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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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 12,551 7,847 55.6 53.9-57.2 2,943 29.0 27.5-30.6 1,761 15.4 14.1-16.8
-Orange County 355 207 54.5 47.9-60.9 93 28.6 23.1-34.7 55 17.0 12.1-23.2
GENDER
Male 135 67 51.5 41.7-61.3 45 30.9 22.8-40.5 23 17.5 11.3-26.1
Female 220 140 56.7 47.8-65.2 48 26.8 19.8-35.1 32 16.5 10.0-26.0
RACE
White 285 172 56.5 49.6-63.2 74 28.8 22.8-35.6 39 14.7 10.4-20.4
Other 64 30 48.0 33.2-63.2 18 28.0 17.0-42.6 16 23.9 12.2-41.6
AGE
18-44 91 45 47.1 35.3-59.1 34 35.4 25.1-47.4 12 17.5 9.0-31.3
45+ 258 157 59.4 52.5-65.9 59 24.0 18.6-30.4 42 16.6 12.1-22.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 41 43.4 29.8-58.1 22 31.7 19.7-46.6 17 24.9 12.3-44.1
Some College + 273 165 57.9 50.8-64.7 70 27.5 21.6-34.3 38 14.6 10.3-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 51 47.9 36.3-59.7 31 35.3 24.8-47.6 16 16.8 9.6-27.6
$50,000+ 202 129 60.8 52.7-68.4 49 26.4 19.9-34.1 24 12.8 8.3-19.3

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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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