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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Union County 349 62 13.7 10.3-18.0 287 86.3 82.0-89.7
GENDER
Male 110 14 9.9 5.7-16.8 96 90.1 83.2-94.3
Female 239 48 16.0 11.5-21.9 191 84.0 78.1-88.5
RACE
White 304 58 15.9 11.9-20.9 246 84.1 79.1-88.1
Other 45 4 3.9 1.0-13.4 41 96.1 86.6-99.0
AGE
18-44 136 24 11.8 7.6-18.0 112 88.2 82.0-92.4
45+ 210 38 16.3 11.5-22.6 172 83.7 77.4-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 15 8.9 5.0-15.5 106 91.1 84.5-95.0
Some College + 228 47 16.1 11.6-21.9 181 83.9 78.1-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 14 6.6 3.5-12.1 122 93.4 87.9-96.5
$50,000+ 171 41 18.7 13.2-25.8 130 81.3 74.2-86.8

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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