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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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-New Hanover County 392 361 91.4 85.9-94.9 16 3.5 1.8- 6.5 15 5.1 2.4-10.6
GENDER
Male 147 129 89.9 82.3-94.5 8 4.5 1.7-11.2 10 5.6 2.6-11.6
Female 245 232 92.8 83.1-97.1 8 2.5 1.2- 5.3 5 4.7 1.2-16.7
RACE
White 336 314 93.0 86.8-96.4 11 2.2 1.1- 4.6 11 4.8 1.9-11.5
Other 54 45 83.3 66.3-92.7 5 9.7 3.1-26.5 4 7.0 2.1-20.5
AGE
18-44 79 69 88.2 76.2-94.6 5 4.3 1.5-11.6 5 7.5 2.6-20.0
45+ 306 285 94.1 90.8-96.3 11 2.8 1.5- 5.1 10 3.1 1.5- 6.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 107 84.7 69.8-93.0 8 6.9 2.7-16.3 7 8.4 2.5-25.2
Some College + 270 254 94.7 90.6-97.1 8 1.8 0.8- 3.8 8 3.5 1.6- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 152 93.4 85.4-97.1 5 3.8 1.1-12.6 6 2.8 1.0- 7.5
$50,000+ 169 156 87.8 76.4-94.2 7 3.7 1.5- 8.4 6 8.5 3.1-21.2

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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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