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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,245 572 2.7 2.4- 3.1 12,673 97.3 96.9-97.6
-Rowan County 436 20 2.9 1.7- 4.9 416 97.1 95.1-98.3
GENDER
Male 157 4 2.1 0.6- 6.4 153 97.9 93.6-99.4
Female 279 16 3.6 2.0- 6.2 263 96.4 93.8-98.0
RACE
White 383 16 2.6 1.5- 4.6 367 97.4 95.4-98.5
Other 51 4 4.0 1.1-13.5 47 96.0 86.5-98.9
AGE
18-44 104 0 0.0 . - . 104 100 . - .
45+ 329 20 5.5 3.3- 9.1 309 94.5 90.9-96.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 11 3.6 1.8- 7.3 206 96.4 92.7-98.2
Some College + 219 9 2.1 1.0- 4.4 210 97.9 95.6-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 14 4.7 2.5- 8.8 208 95.3 91.2-97.5
$50,000+ 129 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 127 99.3 97.3-99.8

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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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