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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Pitt County 352 330 94.3 90.5-96.6 10 3.1 1.3- 6.8 12 2.6 1.4- 4.9
GENDER
Male 114 104 92.9 84.5-96.9 7 5.3 1.9-13.8 3 1.8 0.5- 6.7
Female 238 226 95.4 91.5-97.5 3 1.4 0.3- 5.2 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4
RACE
White 240 231 97.2 94.1-98.7 6 2.0 0.8- 5.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5
Other 112 99 89.1 79.7-94.4 4 5.0 1.4-15.7 9 6.0 2.9-11.9
AGE
18-44 93 88 94.7 86.0-98.1 3 4.3 1.3-13.6 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0
45+ 258 241 94.0 90.0-96.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3 10 4.0 2.0- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 113 91.5 84.4-95.5 6 3.6 1.4- 9.1 7 4.9 2.1-10.9
Some College + 226 217 95.9 90.3-98.3 4 2.7 0.8- 9.2 5 1.4 0.5- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 165 92.3 85.5-96.0 8 4.7 1.8-11.5 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1
$50,000+ 124 121 97.9 92.7-99.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6

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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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