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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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-New Hanover County 392 284 66.0 57.2-73.8 30 11.3 6.3-19.5 78 22.7 16.1-30.9
GENDER
Male 147 97 57.1 43.7-69.6 18 15.4 7.7-28.6 32 27.4 16.3-42.3
Female 245 187 74.0 63.8-82.1 12 7.7 2.6-20.3 46 18.4 12.6-25.9
RACE
White 336 246 68.3 58.6-76.6 23 9.1 4.6-17.2 67 22.7 15.4-32.0
Other 54 37 54.7 34.7-73.3 7 23.1 7.9-51.1 10 22.2 10.3-41.6
AGE
18-44 79 58 59.0 42.9-73.5 7 15.7 6.6-33.0 14 25.3 13.6-42.0
45+ 306 220 71.8 65.2-77.5 23 7.7 4.9-12.0 63 20.5 15.5-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 78 56.9 41.0-71.5 12 11.6 4.4-27.2 32 31.5 18.3-48.6
Some College + 270 206 70.4 60.0-79.0 18 11.2 5.4-22.0 46 18.4 11.9-27.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 110 68.4 55.7-78.7 13 10.6 4.1-24.9 40 21.0 13.5-31.2
$50,000+ 169 136 79.6 69.3-87.1 9 4.7 2.3- 9.3 24 15.7 8.9-26.3

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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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