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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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Mecklenburg County 591 507 80.2 74.7-84.8 53 14.1 10.0-19.4 31 5.7 3.6- 9.1
GENDER
Male 218 173 72.7 63.9-80.0 32 19.7 13.3-28.3 13 7.5 3.9-13.9
Female 373 334 86.9 79.9-91.7 21 9.0 4.9-16.1 18 4.1 2.1- 7.9
RACE
White 413 376 88.8 82.6-92.9 20 7.2 3.8-13.4 17 4.0 2.1- 7.4
Other 168 125 67.8 57.1-77.0 30 23.5 15.5-34.0 13 8.7 4.3-16.5
AGE
18-44 182 152 74.8 65.1-82.5 19 18.1 11.4-27.7 11 7.1 3.6-13.5
45+ 403 350 86.4 81.7-90.0 34 9.9 6.8-14.3 19 3.7 2.1- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 106 64.3 51.0-75.7 23 27.7 17.1-41.6 12 8.0 3.4-17.5
Some College + 448 399 86.0 80.8-89.9 30 9.1 6.0-13.7 19 4.9 2.8- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 184 79.2 69.9-86.2 22 13.6 8.2-21.8 13 7.1 3.2-15.0
$50,000+ 274 247 85.7 78.0-91.1 16 9.8 5.2-17.7 11 4.5 2.2- 8.8

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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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