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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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Wake County 565 427 74.0 67.5-79.6 38 6.4 3.9-10.4 100 19.5 14.4-25.9
GENDER
Male 214 166 71.9 60.4-81.1 15 6.8 2.9-15.1 33 21.3 12.9-33.1
Female 351 261 76.2 70.2-81.2 23 6.1 3.9- 9.6 67 17.7 13.2-23.3
RACE
White 437 346 81.6 76.5-85.8 27 5.4 3.5- 8.2 64 13.0 9.3-17.8
Other 123 77 55.4 41.0-69.0 11 9.2 3.3-23.5 35 35.4 22.3-51.0
AGE
18-44 204 155 71.9 61.4-80.5 11 5.5 2.2-13.0 38 22.6 14.7-33.1
45+ 353 265 76.9 71.7-81.5 27 8.0 5.2-11.9 61 15.1 11.5-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 69 52.1 36.0-67.7 12 11.0 3.9-27.4 34 36.9 21.7-55.2
Some College + 450 358 81.1 76.5-84.9 26 5.0 3.2- 7.7 66 14.0 10.6-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 100 57.4 44.5-69.3 16 11.6 4.6-25.9 47 31.1 20.3-44.4
$50,000+ 324 269 84.1 79.1-88.1 18 5.0 3.0- 8.3 37 10.9 7.6-15.4

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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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