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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 12,541 11,817 93.2 92.0-94.2 387 3.3 2.7- 3.9 337 3.5 2.7- 4.6
-Wake County 569 537 90.4 83.7-94.6 21 3.8 2.3- 6.2 11 5.8 2.3-13.7
GENDER
Male 216 203 87.0 74.2-93.9 9 4.4 2.2- 8.9 4 8.6 2.7-23.9
Female 353 334 94.0 89.0-96.8 12 3.1 1.6- 6.0 7 2.8 0.9- 8.5
RACE
White 440 428 97.4 94.8-98.7 9 2.2 1.0- 4.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3
Other 124 104 73.5 56.1-85.7 12 7.7 4.0-14.6 8 18.8 7.7-39.2
AGE
18-44 206 193 87.8 76.3-94.1 8 3.5 1.7- 7.2 5 8.7 3.2-21.8
45+ 355 336 94.1 90.1-96.6 13 4.3 2.2- 8.2 6 1.6 0.6- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 102 73.5 53.1-87.2 5 3.9 1.4-10.1 9 22.6 9.5-44.8
Some College + 453 435 95.9 93.1-97.7 16 3.8 2.1- 6.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 147 81.8 66.2-91.2 10 4.5 2.1- 9.0 8 13.7 5.2-31.4
$50,000+ 325 320 98.2 95.2-99.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.8 0 0.0 . - .

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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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