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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,448 621 5.9 5.1- 6.8 91 0.7 0.5- 1.0 11,012 88.2 87.0-89.2 83 0.7 0.4- 1.2 641 4.6 4.0- 5.2
-Wake County 564 22 5.4 2.7-10.5 5 1.3 0.4- 4.1 504 88.1 82.8-91.9 2 1.2 0.2- 6.1 31 4.0 2.7- 6.0
GENDER
Male 214 9 6.2 2.1-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 191 87.6 78.0-93.4 1 2.0 0.3-12.5 13 4.2 2.3- 7.5
Female 350 13 4.6 2.2- 9.3 5 2.7 0.9- 8.1 313 88.5 82.8-92.4 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 18 3.9 2.3- 6.6
RACE
White 436 20 5.3 3.0- 9.0 3 1.2 0.2- 5.9 386 87.1 81.7-91.0 2 1.7 0.3- 8.5 25 4.8 3.0- 7.4
Other 123 2 5.9 0.9-29.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 113 90.0 73.3-96.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.5 1.0- 5.9
AGE
18-44 204 11 7.6 3.3-16.5 2 1.6 0.4- 7.1 181 86.1 77.1-91.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.0 9 3.0 1.5- 6.1
45+ 352 11 2.4 1.2- 4.5 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2 315 90.7 87.0-93.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 22 5.6 3.5- 8.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 7 12.4 3.9-32.7 4 2.6 0.8- 7.7 96 78.1 60.2-89.4 2 4.8 0.9-22.0 6 2.1 0.9- 5.1
Some College + 449 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 408 91.3 87.5-93.9 0 0.0 . - . 25 4.7 3.0- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 8 9.1 2.4-29.1 4 4.9 1.5-14.8 141 80.5 65.4-90.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 9 4.9 2.3-10.1
$50,000+ 323 13 5.1 2.6- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 291 89.2 83.4-93.1 1 1.7 0.2-10.8 18 4.1 2.4- 6.8

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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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