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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Rowan County 414 74 16.5 12.4-21.6 340 83.5 78.4-87.6
GENDER
Male 149 17 9.6 5.4-16.5 132 90.4 83.5-94.6
Female 265 57 22.0 16.0-29.4 208 78.0 70.6-84.0
RACE
White 363 69 18.2 13.8-23.6 294 81.8 76.4-86.2
Other 49 4 9.5 2.7-28.5 45 90.5 71.5-97.3
AGE
18-44 99 14 12.3 6.5-22.1 85 87.7 77.9-93.5
45+ 312 60 20.4 15.6-26.3 252 79.6 73.7-84.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 21 8.8 5.2-14.5 182 91.2 85.5-94.8
Some College + 211 53 24.2 17.4-32.6 158 75.8 67.4-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 24 10.3 5.9-17.2 190 89.7 82.8-94.1
$50,000+ 125 39 30.2 21.5-40.7 86 69.8 59.3-78.5

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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