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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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Union County 349 315 86.2 79.1-91.1 23 10.0 5.6-17.2 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1
GENDER
Male 110 97 81.6 68.8-89.9 8 13.1 6.0-26.5 5 5.3 2.0-12.8
Female 239 218 88.9 79.7-94.3 15 8.1 3.4-17.9 6 2.9 1.2- 6.9
RACE
White 304 283 92.3 86.7-95.7 16 6.1 3.1-11.7 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5
Other 45 32 58.9 38.4-76.7 7 27.6 11.7-52.3 6 13.5 5.8-28.2
AGE
18-44 136 120 81.7 69.9-89.5 10 13.7 6.7-26.0 6 4.6 2.0-10.2
45+ 210 192 92.1 86.9-95.3 13 5.2 2.8- 9.4 5 2.7 1.0- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 100 74.4 61.6-84.0 13 16.6 8.5-29.8 8 9.0 4.3-17.9
Some College + 228 215 92.0 82.3-96.6 10 6.7 2.5-17.0 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 123 82.3 69.7-90.3 7 10.4 4.2-23.8 6 7.3 3.2-15.9
$50,000+ 171 164 97.2 93.6-98.8 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.2

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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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