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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 3,992 34.2 32.7-35.8 5,186 39.7 38.2-41.2 3,363 26.1 24.7-27.6
-Rowan County 415 118 26.7 21.5-32.6 167 41.4 34.7-48.3 130 32.0 25.6-39.1
GENDER
Male 149 45 25.2 17.5-35.0 54 36.9 26.6-48.5 50 37.9 26.8-50.4
Female 266 73 27.9 21.3-35.5 113 44.9 36.9-53.3 80 27.2 20.8-34.8
RACE
White 364 102 28.8 23.0-35.3 149 43.2 36.6-50.2 113 28.0 22.7-33.9
Other 49 16 18.9 9.8-33.2 16 33.1 17.1-54.4 17 48.0 27.8-68.8
AGE
18-44 99 28 22.8 14.4-34.0 44 45.4 33.0-58.4 27 31.8 20.3-46.0
45+ 313 89 29.9 24.5-36.1 123 38.4 32.5-44.7 101 31.6 26.0-37.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 50 22.2 15.4-30.9 74 35.5 26.5-45.6 79 42.4 32.0-53.4
Some College + 212 68 31.2 23.9-39.6 93 47.3 38.4-56.3 51 21.5 15.8-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 73 33.0 25.1-42.0 73 37.3 28.2-47.4 69 29.7 22.0-38.7
$50,000+ 125 34 28.0 19.3-38.8 61 48.1 37.9-58.4 30 23.9 16.5-33.3

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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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