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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-New Hanover County 392 348 87.1 79.5-92.2 19 4.9 2.5- 9.5 25 8.0 3.9-15.7
GENDER
Male 147 128 83.3 68.3-92.0 9 6.7 2.5-16.9 10 10.0 3.3-26.6
Female 245 220 90.6 84.6-94.4 10 3.2 1.6- 6.1 15 6.2 3.0-12.2
RACE
White 336 300 88.1 79.3-93.5 18 5.6 2.8-11.1 18 6.3 2.3-15.9
Other 54 46 81.9 62.5-92.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 7 17.0 6.7-36.7
AGE
18-44 79 71 88.7 71.8-96.0 5 3.5 1.2- 9.8 3 7.8 1.8-27.8
45+ 306 270 85.4 77.7-90.8 14 6.3 2.6-14.1 22 8.3 4.8-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 104 78.9 60.1-90.2 7 3.1 1.3- 7.2 11 18.0 7.2-38.1
Some College + 270 244 91.1 84.7-95.0 12 5.7 2.5-12.7 14 3.2 1.7- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 147 90.1 80.4-95.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 13 8.9 3.9-18.8
$50,000+ 169 152 90.2 81.1-95.2 9 6.7 2.5-16.7 8 3.2 1.4- 6.8

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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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