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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 12,516 11,479 89.6 88.4-90.6 291 3.5 2.9- 4.2 746 7.0 6.1- 8.0
-New Hanover County 392 363 89.0 81.1-93.8 8 3.4 1.1- 9.9 21 7.6 3.8-14.8
GENDER
Male 147 126 79.7 65.2-89.1 7 6.7 2.1-19.6 14 13.6 6.2-27.6
Female 245 237 97.5 94.2-98.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 7 2.2 0.9- 5.4
RACE
White 336 312 88.9 79.6-94.2 6 3.7 1.1-11.8 18 7.5 3.3-16.0
Other 54 49 89.5 72.3-96.5 2 1.9 0.4- 7.7 3 8.6 2.3-27.1
AGE
18-44 79 71 82.7 66.5-92.0 3 5.8 1.5-20.4 5 11.5 4.4-27.1
45+ 306 285 94.4 91.0-96.6 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 16 4.3 2.4- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 109 84.6 68.8-93.2 4 6.6 1.3-26.8 9 8.8 3.7-19.6
Some College + 270 254 91.1 80.9-96.2 4 1.8 0.5- 6.5 12 7.1 2.6-17.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 149 84.4 67.2-93.5 4 6.1 1.3-24.8 10 9.5 3.1-25.3
$50,000+ 169 163 97.7 94.5-99.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5

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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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