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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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 12,541 11,817 93.2 92.0-94.2 387 3.3 2.7- 3.9 337 3.5 2.7- 4.6
-Union County 349 330 94.8 91.2-96.9 7 2.0 0.8- 4.8 12 3.2 1.7- 6.2
GENDER
Male 110 107 96.7 89.5-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.3 1.0-10.5
Female 239 223 93.6 88.6-96.5 7 3.2 1.3- 7.7 9 3.2 1.5- 6.9
RACE
White 304 293 97.0 93.7-98.6 3 1.1 0.3- 4.7 8 1.9 0.8- 4.3
Other 45 37 84.8 70.0-93.0 4 5.8 1.9-16.9 4 9.4 3.4-23.6
AGE
18-44 136 129 94.4 88.3-97.4 3 2.5 0.8- 7.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.3
45+ 210 198 95.2 90.9-97.5 4 1.3 0.5- 3.8 8 3.5 1.5- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 110 89.2 79.8-94.6 6 5.1 1.9-13.1 5 5.6 2.1-14.0
Some College + 228 220 97.5 94.5-98.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 7 2.1 0.9- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 125 89.7 81.0-94.7 4 2.8 0.9- 8.6 7 7.5 3.4-15.9
$50,000+ 171 169 99.5 97.8-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2

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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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