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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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 12,551 7,847 55.6 53.9-57.2 2,943 29.0 27.5-30.6 1,761 15.4 14.1-16.8
-Rowan County 416 271 57.2 50.0-64.2 91 31.5 24.5-39.4 54 11.2 8.1-15.3
GENDER
Male 150 76 41.5 31.3-52.5 49 43.3 31.7-55.7 25 15.2 9.5-23.2
Female 266 195 69.9 61.1-77.4 42 22.0 14.9-31.3 29 8.1 5.2-12.2
RACE
White 365 242 61.3 54.3-67.9 75 26.3 20.2-33.6 48 12.4 8.9-16.9
Other 49 28 41.6 24.2-61.3 15 51.5 31.4-71.1 6 7.0 2.5-18.2
AGE
18-44 99 50 42.4 30.7-55.1 37 47.7 34.9-60.8 12 9.9 5.3-17.6
45+ 314 218 69.5 63.4-74.9 54 18.0 13.6-23.3 42 12.6 9.0-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 112 45.6 35.7-55.8 55 39.6 29.0-51.3 37 14.8 9.9-21.6
Some College + 212 159 69.0 59.2-77.3 36 23.4 15.6-33.6 17 7.6 4.3-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 135 56.5 46.7-65.9 52 32.1 23.1-42.8 28 11.4 7.3-17.3
$50,000+ 126 92 70.0 59.8-78.6 23 20.3 13.3-29.8 11 9.6 5.0-17.9

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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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