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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 12,541 11,817 93.2 92.0-94.2 387 3.3 2.7- 3.9 337 3.5 2.7- 4.6
-Rowan County 415 388 95.6 93.1-97.2 14 2.3 1.3- 4.3 13 2.1 1.1- 4.1
GENDER
Male 149 137 94.9 90.2-97.4 6 2.0 0.9- 4.8 6 3.1 1.2- 7.7
Female 266 251 96.1 92.9-97.9 8 2.6 1.1- 5.9 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8
RACE
White 364 345 96.9 94.9-98.1 11 1.8 0.9- 3.4 8 1.4 0.6- 2.9
Other 49 41 90.5 78.7-96.1 3 4.5 1.3-14.7 5 5.0 1.5-15.1
AGE
18-44 99 95 97.0 91.5-99.0 2 1.4 0.3- 6.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9
45+ 313 290 94.3 91.2-96.4 12 3.2 1.7- 5.9 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 181 92.7 88.0-95.7 10 3.6 1.7- 7.5 12 3.7 1.8- 7.4
Some College + 212 207 98.4 96.1-99.4 4 1.0 0.4- 2.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 197 93.4 88.6-96.2 11 3.7 1.8- 7.4 7 3.0 1.2- 7.1
$50,000+ 125 124 99.6 97.4-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6

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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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