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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Wake County 568 101 17.0 13.3-21.4 467 83.0 78.6-86.7
GENDER
Male 215 28 13.0 8.0-20.3 187 87.0 79.7-92.0
Female 353 73 21.1 16.3-26.8 280 78.9 73.2-83.7
RACE
White 440 84 19.2 14.8-24.6 356 80.8 75.4-85.2
Other 123 17 12.2 6.8-21.0 106 87.8 79.0-93.2
AGE
18-44 205 39 17.9 12.4-25.2 166 82.1 74.8-87.6
45+ 355 62 15.9 12.3-20.3 293 84.1 79.7-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 9 8.0 3.1-19.0 106 92.0 81.0-96.9
Some College + 453 92 19.9 15.6-25.0 361 80.1 75.0-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 22 13.3 7.6-22.3 142 86.7 77.7-92.4
$50,000+ 325 68 20.8 15.7-27.0 257 79.2 73.0-84.3

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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