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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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Rowan County 415 376 86.9 79.0-92.1 21 6.5 3.4-11.9 18 6.7 2.9-14.8
GENDER
Male 149 133 84.5 68.9-93.1 9 7.2 2.6-18.1 7 8.3 2.2-26.7
Female 266 243 88.8 80.3-93.9 12 5.9 2.6-12.9 11 5.3 2.0-13.2
RACE
White 364 339 92.6 86.4-96.1 16 6.2 3.0-12.7 9 1.2 0.6- 2.4
Other 49 35 64.4 40.7-82.7 5 7.4 2.1-22.8 9 28.2 11.4-54.4
AGE
18-44 99 88 80.0 64.1-90.0 6 9.2 3.6-21.5 5 10.7 3.6-28.1
45+ 313 285 92.7 88.8-95.2 15 4.1 2.4- 7.2 13 3.2 1.6- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 175 80.7 67.5-89.4 14 7.8 3.8-15.5 14 11.5 4.5-26.4
Some College + 212 201 93.1 83.6-97.3 7 5.1 1.5-15.7 4 1.8 0.6- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 189 82.0 71.1-89.4 14 10.4 4.9-21.0 12 7.5 3.3-16.2
$50,000+ 125 124 99.7 98.2- 100 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8

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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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