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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,541 3,992 34.2 32.7-35.8 5,186 39.7 38.2-41.2 3,363 26.1 24.7-27.6
-Mecklenburg County 589 202 40.1 34.6-45.8 261 40.5 35.3-45.8 126 19.4 15.5-24.0
GENDER
Male 216 81 41.3 33.4-49.6 92 40.7 33.0-49.0 43 18.0 12.6-25.1
Female 373 121 39.1 31.7-47.1 169 40.2 33.6-47.1 83 20.7 15.5-27.1
RACE
White 411 133 39.1 33.0-45.7 196 45.5 39.5-51.7 82 15.3 12.0-19.3
Other 168 65 41.1 31.1-51.9 61 32.2 23.6-42.2 42 26.7 18.5-36.8
AGE
18-44 182 79 48.6 39.4-57.8 73 34.7 26.8-43.5 30 16.8 10.9-24.9
45+ 401 122 31.2 26.0-36.8 186 47.3 41.6-53.0 93 21.5 17.3-26.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 40 34.5 23.7-47.2 66 43.7 32.4-55.7 34 21.8 13.6-33.1
Some College + 447 162 42.3 36.2-48.7 195 39.4 33.9-45.3 90 18.2 14.1-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 72 39.8 29.8-50.8 96 38.6 30.0-48.0 50 21.6 14.5-30.9
$50,000+ 274 102 39.9 33.2-46.9 119 42.4 35.5-49.6 53 17.8 13.2-23.5

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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