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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-New Hanover County 392 62 13.9 9.5-19.9 330 86.1 80.1-90.5
GENDER
Male 147 11 6.1 2.9-12.4 136 93.9 87.6-97.1
Female 245 51 21.0 13.8-30.6 194 79.0 69.4-86.2
RACE
White 336 54 14.7 9.7-21.6 282 85.3 78.4-90.3
Other 54 7 9.4 3.9-21.0 47 90.6 79.0-96.1
AGE
18-44 79 12 13.2 6.0-26.5 67 86.8 73.5-94.0
45+ 306 49 14.6 10.8-19.3 257 85.4 80.7-89.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 10 10.7 3.3-29.6 112 89.3 70.4-96.7
Some College + 270 52 15.5 11.1-21.3 218 84.5 78.7-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 21 14.4 6.3-29.3 142 85.6 70.7-93.7
$50,000+ 169 34 16.9 11.4-24.4 135 83.1 75.6-88.6

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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