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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Mecklenburg County 589 86 11.4 8.9-14.5 503 88.6 85.5-91.1
GENDER
Male 216 25 8.4 5.2-13.2 191 91.6 86.8-94.8
Female 373 61 14.0 10.5-18.5 312 86.0 81.5-89.5
RACE
White 411 77 16.1 12.6-20.4 334 83.9 79.6-87.4
Other 168 9 4.8 2.2-10.2 159 95.2 89.8-97.8
AGE
18-44 182 21 7.5 4.6-12.1 161 92.5 87.9-95.4
45+ 401 64 15.7 12.0-20.2 337 84.3 79.8-88.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 15 7.3 3.9-13.4 125 92.7 86.6-96.1
Some College + 447 71 12.9 9.9-16.7 376 87.1 83.3-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 21 6.2 3.7-10.1 197 93.8 89.9-96.3
$50,000+ 274 52 15.9 11.7-21.3 222 84.1 78.7-88.3

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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