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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 12,541 11,817 93.2 92.0-94.2 387 3.3 2.7- 3.9 337 3.5 2.7- 4.6
-New Hanover County 392 377 97.4 95.1-98.6 10 1.8 0.9- 3.9 5 0.8 0.3- 2.5
GENDER
Male 147 138 96.8 92.8-98.7 6 2.5 0.9- 6.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3
Female 245 239 97.8 94.4-99.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8
RACE
White 336 323 97.5 95.1-98.7 9 2.0 0.9- 4.5 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
Other 54 52 96.7 85.3-99.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 1 2.5 0.3-16.0
AGE
18-44 79 77 98.3 93.0-99.6 2 1.7 0.4- 7.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 306 293 96.4 93.4-98.1 8 2.0 0.9- 4.1 5 1.6 0.5- 4.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 114 94.6 87.7-97.8 5 3.4 1.1- 9.8 3 2.0 0.5- 7.6
Some College + 270 263 98.7 97.0-99.4 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 157 98.1 95.4-99.2 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
$50,000+ 169 167 98.4 92.8-99.7 2 1.6 0.3- 7.2 0 0.0 . - .

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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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