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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 3,992 34.2 32.7-35.8 5,186 39.7 38.2-41.2 3,363 26.1 24.7-27.6
-New Hanover County 392 125 40.4 32.5-48.8 165 36.0 29.2-43.4 102 23.6 17.7-30.7
GENDER
Male 147 49 45.7 33.3-58.7 61 33.5 23.5-45.1 37 20.8 13.1-31.4
Female 245 76 35.6 26.4-45.9 104 38.2 29.5-47.8 65 26.2 18.2-36.1
RACE
White 336 104 41.5 32.7-50.8 147 38.4 30.7-46.7 85 20.1 14.9-26.6
Other 54 21 35.8 21.0-54.0 17 23.4 12.8-38.9 16 40.8 22.4-62.2
AGE
18-44 79 35 49.9 35.1-64.8 30 31.4 19.9-45.9 14 18.6 9.3-33.7
45+ 306 88 32.1 25.7-39.2 133 40.3 34.1-46.9 85 27.6 22.1-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 35 45.5 30.6-61.2 44 31.1 19.4-45.8 43 23.4 15.1-34.4
Some College + 270 90 37.9 29.2-47.5 121 38.3 30.4-47.0 59 23.7 16.4-33.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 53 42.3 30.2-55.4 60 32.7 22.1-45.5 50 25.0 16.8-35.5
$50,000+ 169 53 36.9 26.8-48.2 77 40.0 30.9-49.8 39 23.1 15.3-33.4

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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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