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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke 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 12,489 2,720 21.6 20.3-22.8 9,769 78.4 77.2-79.7
-Wake County 565 153 26.9 22.3-32.1 412 73.1 67.9-77.7
GENDER
Male 214 57 26.5 19.3-35.2 157 73.5 64.8-80.7
Female 351 96 27.3 22.1-33.3 255 72.7 66.7-77.9
RACE
White 437 138 33.8 28.2-39.9 299 66.2 60.1-71.8
Other 123 13 8.8 4.7-16.2 110 91.2 83.8-95.3
AGE
18-44 204 60 27.1 20.2-35.3 144 72.9 64.7-79.8
45+ 353 91 26.8 21.9-32.4 262 73.2 67.6-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 13 6.6 3.4-12.3 102 93.4 87.7-96.6
Some College + 450 140 33.4 28.0-39.3 310 66.6 60.7-72.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 31 18.5 11.4-28.8 132 81.5 71.2-88.6
$50,000+ 324 111 33.9 27.9-40.6 213 66.1 59.4-72.1

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*Derived from 6 stroke 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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