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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 12,498 8,165 62.8 61.3-64.4 1,623 15.1 14.0-16.3 2,710 22.0 20.7-23.5
-Rowan County 414 263 57.8 50.4-64.8 50 13.4 9.0-19.3 101 28.9 22.2-36.6
GENDER
Male 148 90 55.8 43.5-67.4 17 9.1 5.2-15.5 41 35.1 23.6-48.7
Female 266 173 59.4 50.6-67.6 33 16.7 10.2-26.2 60 23.9 17.4-31.8
RACE
White 363 234 63.1 56.0-69.8 45 15.3 10.2-22.3 84 21.6 16.4-27.8
Other 49 27 36.2 20.7-55.2 5 6.0 2.1-15.5 17 57.9 38.2-75.3
AGE
18-44 99 60 46.7 34.5-59.3 10 13.7 6.4-26.7 29 39.6 27.1-53.6
45+ 312 201 67.4 61.4-72.8 40 13.3 9.6-18.1 71 19.3 15.1-24.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 109 42.8 33.5-52.7 28 16.3 10.0-25.5 66 40.8 30.2-52.3
Some College + 211 154 72.8 63.2-80.7 22 10.4 5.4-19.0 35 16.8 10.7-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 132 52.2 42.6-61.7 30 19.1 11.6-29.8 52 28.7 20.4-38.8
$50,000+ 125 97 78.9 70.1-85.6 9 6.3 3.2-12.3 19 14.8 9.2-22.9

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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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