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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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Wake County 568 525 88.6 81.8-93.1 21 3.5 2.0- 5.8 22 7.9 3.9-15.4
GENDER
Male 215 196 84.6 71.8-92.2 8 3.6 1.6- 8.1 11 11.8 4.9-25.8
Female 353 329 92.8 87.9-95.8 13 3.3 1.8- 6.0 11 3.9 1.7- 9.1
RACE
White 440 419 95.8 91.6-98.0 10 1.5 0.8- 3.0 11 2.7 0.9- 7.5
Other 123 101 70.8 53.8-83.5 11 8.3 4.0-16.1 11 20.9 9.3-40.5
AGE
18-44 205 191 86.1 74.4-93.0 6 2.8 1.1- 6.8 8 11.1 4.8-23.7
45+ 355 326 92.1 88.4-94.7 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7 14 3.5 2.0- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 97 66.1 47.0-81.1 7 5.5 2.1-13.8 11 28.4 14.0-49.3
Some College + 453 428 95.8 93.4-97.4 14 2.8 1.5- 5.1 11 1.4 0.7- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 145 78.6 63.2-88.6 9 6.9 3.0-14.8 10 14.6 5.8-32.0
$50,000+ 325 312 95.9 90.6-98.3 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 8 2.9 0.9- 8.9

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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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