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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Mecklenburg County 590 516 87.0 82.7-90.3 42 7.8 5.3-11.4 32 5.2 3.2- 8.4
GENDER
Male 217 184 81.9 74.1-87.7 21 11.1 6.7-17.7 12 7.0 3.5-13.6
Female 373 332 91.5 87.4-94.4 21 4.9 2.7- 8.7 20 3.5 2.0- 6.1
RACE
White 412 372 92.4 88.9-94.8 20 4.4 2.5- 7.5 20 3.2 1.9- 5.5
Other 168 138 81.6 72.5-88.1 19 10.8 6.2-18.1 11 7.6 3.5-15.6
AGE
18-44 182 163 86.7 79.1-91.8 11 7.7 4.0-14.3 8 5.6 2.6-11.8
45+ 402 347 87.1 82.5-90.6 31 8.1 5.3-12.2 24 4.8 2.9- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 110 77.9 66.6-86.2 18 13.0 7.1-22.6 13 9.1 4.1-19.1
Some College + 447 404 90.3 86.0-93.3 24 6.0 3.6- 9.8 19 3.7 2.1- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 182 81.7 72.5-88.3 19 9.1 5.0-16.2 17 9.2 4.5-17.6
$50,000+ 274 254 92.6 87.8-95.5 12 4.9 2.5- 9.4 8 2.5 1.1- 5.5

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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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