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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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 12,551 7,847 55.6 53.9-57.2 2,943 29.0 27.5-30.6 1,761 15.4 14.1-16.8
-New Hanover County 392 265 58.5 50.1-66.5 81 28.8 21.3-37.7 46 12.7 8.1-19.2
GENDER
Male 147 80 43.5 32.1-55.5 45 42.2 29.9-55.6 22 14.3 7.7-25.1
Female 245 185 72.2 61.6-80.8 36 16.7 9.9-26.6 24 11.2 5.9-20.2
RACE
White 336 234 59.8 50.5-68.5 66 27.4 19.5-37.2 36 12.7 7.7-20.4
Other 54 30 52.1 32.9-70.7 14 35.3 17.6-58.2 10 12.6 5.8-25.4
AGE
18-44 79 48 49.0 34.3-63.8 25 39.2 25.1-55.3 6 11.9 4.7-26.8
45+ 306 211 66.4 59.3-72.8 55 20.0 14.5-26.9 40 13.7 9.7-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 73 46.7 32.4-61.5 31 38.2 24.0-54.7 18 15.2 7.2-29.3
Some College + 270 192 64.3 54.1-73.3 50 24.3 16.1-34.8 28 11.5 6.6-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 111 60.6 47.3-72.5 28 23.1 13.7-36.1 24 16.3 8.4-29.4
$50,000+ 169 120 66.4 55.5-75.8 31 18.8 12.0-28.2 18 14.8 8.1-25.6

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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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