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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 12,546 8,055 65.0 63.5-66.5 2,540 20.4 19.1-21.7 1,951 14.6 13.4-15.9
-New Hanover County 392 253 65.8 57.7-73.1 79 21.5 15.1-29.5 60 12.7 8.7-18.2
GENDER
Male 147 86 55.8 42.8-68.1 38 30.3 19.0-44.6 23 13.9 7.5-24.3
Female 245 167 74.9 67.3-81.2 41 13.5 9.3-19.1 37 11.7 7.6-17.6
RACE
White 336 217 66.3 57.2-74.2 67 21.2 14.2-30.4 52 12.6 8.3-18.5
Other 54 34 62.9 43.9-78.7 12 23.3 11.6-41.3 8 13.8 5.2-31.7
AGE
18-44 79 52 65.7 49.8-78.7 17 24.4 13.0-40.9 10 9.9 4.2-21.7
45+ 306 195 65.5 58.8-71.6 62 19.4 14.6-25.2 49 15.1 10.8-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 65 58.5 43.1-72.4 29 26.8 14.7-43.8 28 14.7 8.5-24.2
Some College + 270 188 69.4 60.0-77.3 50 18.9 12.3-27.8 32 11.8 7.0-19.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 102 69.9 59.0-78.9 33 17.5 10.9-26.8 28 12.7 7.5-20.7
$50,000+ 169 117 70.0 59.7-78.7 28 17.6 10.4-28.2 24 12.3 7.8-19.1

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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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