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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 12,516 11,479 89.6 88.4-90.6 291 3.5 2.9- 4.2 746 7.0 6.1- 8.0
-Mecklenburg County 589 541 87.8 82.9-91.4 19 5.2 3.0- 8.9 29 7.0 4.3-11.2
GENDER
Male 216 188 81.8 73.4-88.0 13 8.8 4.7-15.8 15 9.4 5.1-16.7
Female 373 353 93.1 87.4-96.3 6 2.1 0.7- 5.7 14 4.9 2.2-10.3
RACE
White 411 387 93.3 88.5-96.1 9 2.9 1.2- 7.2 15 3.8 1.9- 7.6
Other 168 144 78.4 68.1-86.0 10 9.1 4.6-17.3 14 12.5 6.7-22.1
AGE
18-44 182 165 84.3 75.4-90.4 7 6.8 3.2-14.0 10 8.9 4.5-16.9
45+ 401 371 92.0 88.4-94.6 12 3.6 1.9- 6.5 18 4.4 2.6- 7.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 119 76.4 63.8-85.5 10 13.1 6.4-25.1 12 10.5 5.0-21.0
Some College + 446 420 91.9 87.1-95.1 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 17 5.8 3.1-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 194 84.6 75.2-90.8 10 7.9 3.6-16.3 13 7.6 3.6-15.1
$50,000+ 274 263 94.3 89.1-97.1 4 2.1 0.8- 5.7 7 3.6 1.4- 8.7

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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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