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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 12,541 11,817 93.2 92.0-94.2 387 3.3 2.7- 3.9 337 3.5 2.7- 4.6
-Orange County 355 342 96.5 93.6-98.1 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 6 1.6 0.6- 3.9
GENDER
Male 135 130 97.3 93.5-98.9 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Female 220 212 95.8 91.0-98.1 4 2.0 0.6- 6.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.3
RACE
White 285 281 98.9 96.7-99.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Other 64 55 90.0 80.1-95.2 5 5.4 2.0-13.9 4 4.6 1.5-13.0
AGE
18-44 91 90 98.6 91.0-99.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 258 246 94.7 90.4-97.1 6 2.5 1.1- 5.6 6 2.8 1.2- 6.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 70 87.8 76.6-94.0 6 7.3 2.9-17.1 4 4.9 1.6-14.3
Some College + 273 271 99.4 97.7-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 94 94.5 84.7-98.2 3 3.4 0.9-12.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.2
$50,000+ 202 202 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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