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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Wake County 568 510 86.8 80.4-91.4 33 5.6 3.6- 8.6 25 7.6 3.8-14.6
GENDER
Male 215 193 83.7 71.6-91.3 14 6.8 3.5-12.5 8 9.5 3.4-24.0
Female 353 317 90.0 85.0-93.5 19 4.4 2.7- 7.3 17 5.5 2.8-10.5
RACE
White 440 404 92.2 88.2-94.9 22 5.7 3.3- 9.6 14 2.2 1.2- 3.9
Other 123 101 73.4 56.0-85.7 11 5.7 2.7-11.5 11 20.9 9.4-40.3
AGE
18-44 205 184 84.6 73.6-91.5 14 6.4 3.5-11.5 7 9.0 3.4-21.8
45+ 355 318 89.9 85.6-93.0 19 4.5 2.7- 7.5 18 5.6 3.3- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 96 73.6 53.1-87.4 8 4.3 1.8- 9.9 11 22.0 9.0-44.6
Some College + 453 414 91.0 87.0-93.9 25 6.0 3.7- 9.8 14 2.9 1.6- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 141 81.1 65.9-90.5 12 5.4 2.7-10.4 11 13.5 5.2-31.0
$50,000+ 325 301 92.9 89.0-95.5 16 4.7 2.7- 8.1 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1

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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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