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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 12,546 8,055 65.0 63.5-66.5 2,540 20.4 19.1-21.7 1,951 14.6 13.4-15.9
-Rowan County 414 270 64.4 57.1-71.1 87 19.8 15.1-25.4 57 15.8 10.3-23.5
GENDER
Male 149 91 56.0 43.8-67.5 38 22.4 14.6-32.9 20 21.5 11.4-37.0
Female 265 179 71.2 63.8-77.6 49 17.6 12.6-24.1 37 11.2 7.4-16.7
RACE
White 363 241 70.2 63.8-75.9 76 18.4 14.2-23.6 46 11.4 7.5-16.9
Other 49 27 41.3 23.8-61.4 11 25.3 11.7-46.4 11 33.4 15.1-58.6
AGE
18-44 99 67 62.8 48.7-75.1 21 18.9 11.1-30.3 11 18.3 8.5-34.9
45+ 312 201 65.8 59.6-71.5 66 20.8 16.2-26.3 45 13.4 9.6-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 121 56.8 45.7-67.1 45 21.9 14.6-31.6 37 21.3 12.4-34.2
Some College + 211 149 72.2 63.6-79.4 42 17.6 12.5-24.1 20 10.2 5.3-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 138 66.5 57.1-74.8 45 19.6 13.7-27.3 31 13.8 8.0-22.9
$50,000+ 125 90 74.3 64.9-81.9 25 18.6 12.3-27.3 10 7.1 3.5-13.8

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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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