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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 12,498 8,165 62.8 61.3-64.4 1,623 15.1 14.0-16.3 2,710 22.0 20.7-23.5
-New Hanover County 392 267 63.3 55.0-70.8 58 18.4 12.8-25.9 67 18.3 12.6-25.9
GENDER
Male 147 80 56.7 44.0-68.5 33 24.1 14.6-37.1 34 19.2 11.7-29.9
Female 245 187 69.2 58.1-78.5 25 13.3 7.9-21.6 33 17.5 9.8-29.4
RACE
White 336 231 65.8 56.8-73.7 50 18.3 12.0-26.7 55 16.0 10.6-23.4
Other 54 36 51.7 32.6-70.3 8 19.6 8.9-37.8 10 28.7 12.0-54.2
AGE
18-44 79 52 58.7 43.2-72.6 17 21.9 12.1-36.2 10 19.5 9.5-35.8
45+ 306 211 67.4 60.2-73.9 40 15.4 10.0-23.0 55 17.2 12.9-22.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 79 61.0 45.6-74.4 18 21.1 11.2-36.2 25 17.9 9.3-31.7
Some College + 270 188 64.4 54.4-73.2 40 17.1 10.8-26.1 42 18.5 11.6-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 117 71.7 59.0-81.7 20 15.9 7.9-29.4 26 12.4 7.2-20.5
$50,000+ 169 113 64.8 54.1-74.2 26 16.7 10.2-26.0 30 18.6 11.4-28.8

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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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