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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Rowan County 415 358 83.6 75.6-89.3 26 10.4 5.5-18.9 31 6.0 3.5-10.0
GENDER
Male 149 126 79.9 64.2-89.7 14 16.9 7.5-33.8 9 3.2 1.6- 6.5
Female 266 232 86.5 78.9-91.7 12 5.2 2.4-10.9 22 8.3 4.3-15.2
RACE
White 364 320 88.8 83.0-92.9 20 7.0 3.6-13.3 24 4.1 2.6- 6.4
Other 49 36 62.6 38.8-81.5 6 23.8 7.9-53.2 7 13.6 4.8-33.1
AGE
18-44 99 88 79.0 62.5-89.4 6 16.0 6.7-33.5 5 5.1 1.6-15.4
45+ 313 267 87.3 82.9-90.7 20 5.7 3.6- 9.1 26 6.9 4.5-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 164 75.9 62.9-85.4 18 15.4 7.2-29.8 21 8.6 4.4-16.4
Some College + 212 194 91.2 82.5-95.8 8 5.4 1.7-15.6 10 3.4 1.7- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 186 84.1 73.6-90.9 11 7.9 3.1-18.4 18 8.0 3.9-16.0
$50,000+ 125 117 94.7 89.3-97.5 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7

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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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