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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 3,992 34.2 32.7-35.8 5,186 39.7 38.2-41.2 3,363 26.1 24.7-27.6
-Wake County 569 155 30.1 24.8-35.9 270 44.5 39.0-50.2 144 25.4 20.2-31.5
GENDER
Male 216 70 36.1 27.4-45.9 98 38.9 30.6-47.9 48 25.0 16.7-35.6
Female 353 85 23.7 18.8-29.5 172 50.4 43.8-56.9 96 25.9 20.4-32.4
RACE
White 440 117 29.4 23.8-35.6 216 49.8 43.7-55.9 107 20.8 16.6-25.8
Other 124 36 30.6 19.8-44.0 53 32.9 23.0-44.7 35 36.5 23.5-51.8
AGE
18-44 206 54 30.3 22.4-39.5 101 43.3 34.9-52.1 51 26.4 18.5-36.3
45+ 355 99 29.8 24.6-35.5 165 46.3 40.5-52.1 91 24.0 19.3-29.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 31 32.7 19.7-49.2 47 30.6 19.9-43.9 38 36.6 22.0-54.2
Some College + 453 124 29.2 24.1-34.9 223 49.0 43.3-54.8 106 21.8 17.5-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 44 30.0 19.9-42.5 70 39.8 29.5-51.0 51 30.2 19.6-43.5
$50,000+ 325 91 28.8 23.0-35.5 166 49.6 42.9-56.3 68 21.6 16.6-27.6

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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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