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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 12,502 4,353 35.5 34.0-37.0 4,688 39.0 37.4-40.5 3,461 25.5 24.2-26.9
-Orange County 355 107 30.5 25.1-36.6 158 43.3 37.1-49.7 90 26.2 20.5-32.7
GENDER
Male 135 48 37.2 28.1-47.2 55 40.9 31.6-51.0 32 21.9 15.1-30.7
Female 220 59 25.6 19.3-33.0 103 45.1 36.9-53.5 58 29.4 21.4-38.8
RACE
White 285 74 24.4 19.1-30.5 137 49.0 42.2-55.7 74 26.7 20.8-33.5
Other 64 29 43.4 29.5-58.5 20 30.6 18.3-46.4 15 26.0 13.8-43.6
AGE
18-44 91 34 33.7 23.8-45.2 36 38.7 27.8-50.8 21 27.6 17.3-40.9
45+ 258 70 27.6 21.8-34.2 121 47.6 40.8-54.4 67 24.9 19.5-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 33 38.4 25.6-53.0 26 31.5 19.8-46.3 21 30.1 16.7-48.0
Some College + 273 73 28.0 22.1-34.8 131 46.9 39.9-53.9 69 25.1 19.5-31.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 37 40.1 28.9-52.3 37 36.3 26.0-48.1 24 23.6 15.1-34.9
$50,000+ 202 54 26.7 20.4-34.2 101 50.3 42.3-58.3 47 22.9 16.9-30.3

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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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