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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Pitt County 352 320 90.2 85.1-93.7 17 5.2 2.8- 9.7 15 4.6 2.4- 8.4
GENDER
Male 114 101 88.1 77.8-93.9 7 6.7 2.5-17.0 6 5.2 2.1-12.3
Female 238 219 91.8 85.9-95.4 10 4.2 2.0- 8.5 9 4.0 1.6- 9.6
RACE
White 240 226 96.7 94.2-98.1 7 1.7 0.8- 3.8 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5
Other 112 94 78.7 66.6-87.3 10 11.5 5.4-23.0 8 9.8 4.5-19.9
AGE
18-44 93 84 88.2 77.0-94.3 4 6.4 2.2-17.0 5 5.5 2.0-14.2
45+ 258 235 91.9 87.6-94.8 13 4.3 2.4- 7.6 10 3.8 1.9- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 111 89.1 79.7-94.4 11 8.2 3.6-17.4 4 2.7 0.9- 8.1
Some College + 226 209 90.8 83.9-95.0 6 3.6 1.2- 9.8 11 5.6 2.7-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 154 85.2 76.5-91.0 15 9.1 4.7-17.1 10 5.7 2.6-11.9
$50,000+ 124 120 96.0 88.0-98.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 3 3.4 0.9-11.8

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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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