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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 12,502 4,353 35.5 34.0-37.0 4,688 39.0 37.4-40.5 3,461 25.5 24.2-26.9
-Mecklenburg County 590 196 35.2 30.0-40.7 252 42.6 37.3-48.1 142 22.3 18.1-27.0
GENDER
Male 217 85 41.3 33.5-49.5 92 41.1 33.2-49.5 40 17.6 12.3-24.5
Female 373 111 29.7 23.0-37.5 160 43.9 36.8-51.2 102 26.4 20.5-33.3
RACE
White 412 119 31.2 25.6-37.3 195 50.2 44.0-56.3 98 18.6 14.9-23.1
Other 168 73 42.1 32.1-52.8 52 29.4 21.0-39.4 43 28.6 20.1-38.9
AGE
18-44 182 56 33.5 25.1-43.2 81 43.1 34.4-52.4 45 23.3 16.6-31.7
45+ 402 140 37.6 32.2-43.3 168 42.2 36.6-47.9 94 20.2 16.2-25.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 55 35.5 25.5-46.9 51 43.0 31.3-55.4 35 21.6 13.5-32.6
Some College + 447 140 34.9 29.0-41.4 200 42.5 36.7-48.4 107 22.6 18.0-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 79 39.0 29.3-49.6 81 36.6 27.8-46.3 58 24.5 17.0-33.8
$50,000+ 274 80 28.4 22.7-34.9 132 48.4 41.4-55.5 62 23.1 17.8-29.6

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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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