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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 12,502 4,353 35.5 34.0-37.0 4,688 39.0 37.4-40.5 3,461 25.5 24.2-26.9
-New Hanover County 392 140 39.1 31.5-47.2 145 37.5 30.1-45.5 107 23.4 18.0-29.9
GENDER
Male 147 61 41.7 30.2-54.2 50 39.2 27.5-52.4 36 19.1 11.8-29.5
Female 245 79 36.7 27.1-47.5 95 35.9 27.4-45.4 71 27.4 20.1-36.0
RACE
White 336 113 36.3 28.2-45.2 134 40.9 32.6-49.8 89 22.8 17.0-29.9
Other 54 27 54.1 35.4-71.7 10 20.0 9.5-37.3 17 25.9 13.4-44.3
AGE
18-44 79 30 43.5 29.4-58.7 33 39.3 25.8-54.7 16 17.2 9.1-30.1
45+ 306 107 35.3 29.2-41.8 109 35.5 29.2-42.4 90 29.2 23.5-35.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 47 38.1 25.0-53.2 32 38.5 24.0-55.3 43 23.4 15.1-34.5
Some College + 270 93 39.5 30.6-49.2 113 37.0 29.1-45.8 64 23.4 16.8-31.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 56 31.7 21.7-43.7 50 31.5 20.8-44.7 57 36.8 25.5-49.8
$50,000+ 169 60 43.3 32.9-54.3 73 38.3 29.2-48.2 36 18.4 12.8-25.8

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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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