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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 12,502 4,353 35.5 34.0-37.0 4,688 39.0 37.4-40.5 3,461 25.5 24.2-26.9
-Rowan County 413 153 39.0 32.2-46.1 149 35.9 29.8-42.6 111 25.1 19.7-31.4
GENDER
Male 148 60 41.6 30.6-53.6 51 33.4 23.5-45.0 37 24.9 16.5-35.8
Female 265 93 36.8 29.0-45.5 98 37.9 30.6-45.8 74 25.2 18.8-33.0
RACE
White 362 129 37.5 31.0-44.6 137 39.0 32.7-45.8 96 23.4 18.6-29.0
Other 49 24 45.1 25.7-66.2 11 23.3 10.3-44.4 14 31.6 15.4-53.9
AGE
18-44 99 35 39.1 26.9-52.8 38 33.7 23.1-46.3 26 27.2 17.4-39.8
45+ 311 117 38.9 32.8-45.3 109 37.4 31.4-43.8 85 23.7 19.0-29.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 80 45.4 35.0-56.1 53 25.4 17.7-35.0 70 29.2 20.9-39.2
Some College + 210 73 32.5 24.6-41.6 96 46.5 37.8-55.5 41 21.0 14.7-28.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 93 46.7 37.4-56.3 62 28.7 20.9-38.1 58 24.5 17.6-33.2
$50,000+ 125 33 26.4 17.8-37.1 65 48.4 38.2-58.7 27 25.2 16.8-36.0

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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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