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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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Orange County 355 269 74.0 67.4-79.7 25 7.0 4.3-11.1 61 19.0 13.9-25.4
GENDER
Male 135 100 72.6 62.9-80.5 11 8.0 4.2-14.7 24 19.4 12.6-28.7
Female 220 169 75.2 65.7-82.7 14 6.2 3.1-12.2 37 18.6 11.8-28.1
RACE
White 285 221 77.5 71.3-82.6 14 4.2 2.4- 7.4 50 18.3 13.5-24.3
Other 64 44 64.6 47.6-78.6 11 14.6 7.1-27.7 9 20.7 9.2-40.3
AGE
18-44 91 71 73.0 59.4-83.2 4 5.1 1.7-14.8 16 21.9 12.5-35.5
45+ 258 193 74.6 68.1-80.1 20 8.2 5.1-13.0 45 17.2 12.7-23.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 47 54.8 39.2-69.6 12 14.9 7.1-28.5 21 30.3 16.7-48.4
Some College + 273 220 79.8 73.5-84.9 13 4.6 2.5- 8.3 40 15.6 11.1-21.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 71 70.9 58.7-80.7 12 10.2 5.4-18.3 15 18.9 10.7-31.3
$50,000+ 202 164 82.0 75.0-87.3 8 3.2 1.5- 6.6 30 14.9 10.0-21.6

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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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