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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Orange County 355 321 92.0 88.3-94.6 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6 18 4.1 2.3- 7.2
GENDER
Male 135 120 89.8 82.4-94.3 7 4.5 2.0- 9.9 8 5.6 2.4-12.7
Female 220 201 93.6 89.7-96.1 9 3.4 1.7- 6.9 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8
RACE
White 285 261 92.0 87.4-95.0 12 4.0 2.2- 7.2 12 4.0 1.9- 8.2
Other 64 55 91.8 83.8-96.1 4 3.9 1.3-11.4 5 4.2 1.7-10.2
AGE
18-44 91 86 94.3 86.1-97.8 4 3.6 1.3- 9.6 1 2.0 0.3-13.1
45+ 258 229 90.0 85.6-93.2 12 4.2 2.3- 7.6 17 5.8 3.5- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 68 89.3 80.3-94.5 4 3.8 1.2-11.8 8 6.9 3.2-14.2
Some College + 273 251 92.7 88.4-95.5 12 4.0 2.2- 7.1 10 3.3 1.5- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 92 94.1 86.2-97.6 4 4.2 1.3-12.3 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5
$50,000+ 202 186 94.1 90.2-96.5 11 4.4 2.4- 8.1 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7

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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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