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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 12,502 4,353 35.5 34.0-37.0 4,688 39.0 37.4-40.5 3,461 25.5 24.2-26.9
-Wake County 565 190 31.2 26.2-36.6 252 44.7 39.1-50.5 123 24.1 18.7-30.5
GENDER
Male 214 81 32.7 24.8-41.7 96 43.4 34.4-52.8 37 23.9 15.2-35.7
Female 351 109 29.6 24.0-35.9 156 46.1 39.7-52.7 86 24.3 19.1-30.3
RACE
White 437 129 26.4 21.7-31.7 217 53.4 47.3-59.4 91 20.3 15.6-26.0
Other 123 59 43.4 31.0-56.7 32 22.4 14.4-33.3 32 34.2 21.2-50.0
AGE
18-44 204 52 26.0 19.0-34.6 107 47.4 38.5-56.4 45 26.6 18.3-36.9
45+ 353 134 38.2 32.7-44.0 142 41.1 35.5-47.0 77 20.7 16.4-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 56 42.2 28.1-57.6 28 18.3 10.7-29.6 31 39.5 24.0-57.4
Some College + 450 134 27.6 22.9-32.9 224 53.2 47.5-58.9 92 19.2 15.3-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 72 42.1 31.0-54.0 53 32.9 23.1-44.4 38 25.0 14.9-38.8
$50,000+ 324 89 25.7 20.3-32.0 179 55.4 48.5-62.0 56 18.9 14.0-25.1

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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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