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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 3,992 34.2 32.7-35.8 5,186 39.7 38.2-41.2 3,363 26.1 24.7-27.6
-Orange County 355 105 31.3 25.3-37.9 167 45.8 39.5-52.3 83 22.9 18.1-28.6
GENDER
Male 135 40 25.0 17.8-33.8 61 49.0 39.2-58.9 34 26.0 18.3-35.6
Female 220 65 36.0 27.7-45.3 106 43.4 35.4-51.8 49 20.6 14.9-27.7
RACE
White 285 78 27.4 21.7-33.9 140 49.2 42.5-56.0 67 23.4 18.1-29.7
Other 64 26 42.8 28.3-58.8 24 36.1 23.0-51.7 14 21.0 11.7-35.0
AGE
18-44 91 32 35.8 24.7-48.6 38 41.3 30.1-53.5 21 23.0 14.6-34.1
45+ 258 71 28.0 22.2-34.6 127 49.5 42.8-56.3 60 22.5 17.4-28.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 29 46.1 31.2-61.6 34 35.0 23.0-49.3 17 18.9 10.6-31.5
Some College + 273 76 26.9 21.2-33.5 131 48.8 41.8-55.9 66 24.3 18.7-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 29 31.5 21.4-43.7 41 36.7 26.4-48.4 28 31.8 21.3-44.4
$50,000+ 202 61 29.6 22.9-37.3 100 50.0 42.0-58.1 41 20.4 14.7-27.5

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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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