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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Union County 349 309 89.2 84.2-92.7 20 5.8 3.2-10.4 20 5.0 3.0- 8.3
GENDER
Male 110 101 90.5 80.0-95.8 4 5.0 1.4-16.7 5 4.4 1.7-11.2
Female 239 208 88.4 82.2-92.6 16 6.3 3.3-11.7 15 5.3 2.9- 9.6
RACE
White 304 275 92.4 88.2-95.2 12 3.0 1.4- 6.3 17 4.6 2.6- 8.0
Other 45 34 74.7 55.6-87.5 8 18.5 7.7-37.9 3 6.8 2.0-20.3
AGE
18-44 136 120 87.7 79.4-93.0 10 8.2 3.9-16.3 6 4.1 1.8- 9.2
45+ 210 188 91.4 86.1-94.8 10 2.8 1.4- 5.4 12 5.8 3.0-11.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 96 78.7 67.0-87.0 12 12.2 5.7-24.2 13 9.1 4.8-16.7
Some College + 228 213 94.4 90.0-96.9 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0 7 2.9 1.2- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 114 79.4 68.0-87.5 11 10.9 4.9-22.6 11 9.6 4.9-17.9
$50,000+ 171 164 96.7 92.7-98.6 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5

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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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