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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Orange County 355 67 16.8 12.6-22.1 288 83.2 77.9-87.4
GENDER
Male 135 22 19.4 12.1-29.7 113 80.6 70.3-87.9
Female 220 45 14.9 10.6-20.4 175 85.1 79.6-89.4
RACE
White 285 59 18.1 13.7-23.4 226 81.9 76.6-86.3
Other 64 6 13.0 4.9-30.0 58 87.0 70.0-95.1
AGE
18-44 91 14 15.3 8.4-26.4 77 84.7 73.6-91.6
45+ 258 52 17.9 13.4-23.5 206 82.1 76.5-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0 74 96.3 91.0-98.5
Some College + 273 60 20.6 15.3-27.1 213 79.4 72.9-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 13 11.3 6.2-19.8 85 88.7 80.2-93.8
$50,000+ 202 47 22.6 16.1-30.6 155 77.4 69.4-83.9

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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