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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,245 572 2.7 2.4- 3.1 12,673 97.3 96.9-97.6
-Wake County 603 23 2.5 1.6- 3.9 580 97.5 96.1-98.4
GENDER
Male 231 9 2.1 1.0- 4.4 222 97.9 95.6-99.0
Female 372 14 2.9 1.6- 5.0 358 97.1 95.0-98.4
RACE
White 460 17 2.7 1.6- 4.7 443 97.3 95.3-98.4
Other 138 6 1.9 0.8- 4.6 132 98.1 95.4-99.2
AGE
18-44 221 0 0.0 . - . 221 100 . - .
45+ 373 23 6.2 3.9- 9.5 350 93.8 90.5-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 10 4.0 1.9- 8.0 120 96.0 92.0-98.1
Some College + 473 13 1.9 1.1- 3.5 460 98.1 96.5-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 11 4.1 2.1- 8.0 164 95.9 92.0-97.9
$50,000+ 341 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 335 98.8 97.3-99.5

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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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