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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 12,516 11,479 89.6 88.4-90.6 291 3.5 2.9- 4.2 746 7.0 6.1- 8.0
-Wake County 565 535 91.9 86.0-95.5 10 2.0 1.0- 4.2 20 6.0 2.9-12.2
GENDER
Male 214 200 89.1 77.8-95.0 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7 9 7.8 2.8-20.3
Female 351 335 94.9 89.9-97.4 5 0.9 0.4- 2.3 11 4.2 1.8- 9.4
RACE
White 437 422 97.1 94.6-98.5 6 1.5 0.5- 4.1 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8
Other 123 108 79.2 62.4-89.7 4 3.3 1.1- 9.8 11 17.5 7.6-35.3
AGE
18-44 204 194 90.5 80.1-95.8 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0 5 7.1 2.5-18.7
45+ 353 334 94.0 90.2-96.4 5 1.6 0.5- 4.9 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 102 79.6 59.6-91.2 3 1.5 0.4- 5.3 10 18.8 7.6-39.6
Some College + 450 433 95.9 92.9-97.7 7 2.2 0.9- 5.2 10 1.9 1.0- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 148 78.6 61.1-89.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 12 20.4 9.5-38.4
$50,000+ 324 316 97.4 94.0-98.9 5 2.1 0.7- 5.6 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9

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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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