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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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 12,551 7,847 55.6 53.9-57.2 2,943 29.0 27.5-30.6 1,761 15.4 14.1-16.8
-Wake County 569 353 54.8 48.8-60.7 144 29.1 24.1-34.6 72 16.1 11.2-22.6
GENDER
Male 216 112 44.7 35.6-54.1 76 35.7 27.5-44.9 28 19.6 11.4-31.6
Female 353 241 65.4 58.7-71.5 68 22.2 16.9-28.6 44 12.5 8.6-17.7
RACE
White 440 294 62.0 55.9-67.9 108 29.5 24.1-35.4 38 8.5 5.5-12.9
Other 124 57 38.7 27.5-51.3 35 27.3 17.4-40.1 32 34.0 21.0-49.9
AGE
18-44 206 108 46.3 37.6-55.2 66 33.0 25.2-41.7 32 20.8 13.1-31.4
45+ 355 241 67.2 61.4-72.4 76 23.6 18.9-29.1 38 9.2 6.6-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 62 41.6 27.9-56.7 30 25.4 14.8-40.0 24 33.0 18.3-52.0
Some College + 453 291 59.1 53.2-64.8 114 30.3 25.0-36.1 48 10.6 7.5-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 91 42.8 32.1-54.2 52 37.6 26.8-49.8 22 19.6 10.0-34.7
$50,000+ 325 215 61.6 54.7-68.2 77 26.5 20.9-32.9 33 11.9 7.7-18.0

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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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