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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 12,516 11,479 89.6 88.4-90.6 291 3.5 2.9- 4.2 746 7.0 6.1- 8.0
-Rowan County 414 381 91.5 86.6-94.7 10 2.3 1.1- 4.7 23 6.3 3.5-11.0
GENDER
Male 148 134 92.7 86.6-96.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9 10 5.1 2.4-10.6
Female 266 247 90.5 82.5-95.0 6 2.4 0.9- 5.8 13 7.2 3.2-15.5
RACE
White 363 337 93.0 88.7-95.8 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 19 5.7 3.1-10.0
Other 49 42 85.1 65.6-94.5 3 6.2 1.9-18.7 4 8.7 1.9-31.2
AGE
18-44 99 89 88.7 78.2-94.5 3 2.5 0.8- 8.2 7 8.7 3.7-19.5
45+ 312 289 93.7 90.3-96.0 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6 16 4.2 2.4- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 182 88.0 79.1-93.4 5 3.0 1.1- 7.9 16 9.0 4.3-17.9
Some College + 211 199 95.0 90.2-97.5 5 1.6 0.6- 3.9 7 3.5 1.4- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 199 89.6 80.3-94.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.6 11 7.9 3.3-17.4
$50,000+ 125 119 94.5 87.1-97.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 3 3.8 1.1-11.8

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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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