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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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Rowan County 414 297 66.5 58.8-73.4 30 7.6 4.5-12.7 87 25.9 19.3-33.7
GENDER
Male 148 102 60.6 47.7-72.2 7 3.1 1.4- 6.7 39 36.3 24.7-49.8
Female 266 195 71.1 62.5-78.5 23 11.3 6.1-19.9 48 17.6 12.2-24.7
RACE
White 363 265 71.3 64.3-77.5 24 7.7 4.1-13.9 74 21.0 15.9-27.2
Other 49 30 46.9 27.8-66.9 6 7.6 3.0-17.9 13 45.5 25.4-67.3
AGE
18-44 99 69 57.8 43.9-70.5 9 9.6 4.1-21.1 21 32.6 20.5-47.6
45+ 312 226 74.1 68.4-79.1 21 6.0 3.8- 9.5 65 19.9 15.4-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 125 53.0 42.3-63.5 19 9.0 5.1-15.5 59 38.0 27.5-49.8
Some College + 211 172 80.0 70.1-87.2 11 6.3 2.2-16.3 28 13.7 8.2-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 151 64.0 53.6-73.1 22 13.3 7.3-22.9 41 22.8 15.2-32.7
$50,000+ 125 104 84.3 76.3-90.0 4 2.2 0.7- 6.1 17 13.5 8.3-21.3

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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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