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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 12,498 8,165 62.8 61.3-64.4 1,623 15.1 14.0-16.3 2,710 22.0 20.7-23.5
-Wake County 565 371 64.5 58.4-70.1 77 13.2 10.1-17.1 117 22.3 17.1-28.6
GENDER
Male 214 141 65.0 54.6-74.1 34 13.9 9.3-20.2 39 21.1 12.9-32.7
Female 351 230 63.9 57.3-70.1 43 12.5 8.8-17.5 78 23.5 18.2-29.9
RACE
White 437 299 68.3 62.3-73.8 56 13.2 9.7-17.6 82 18.5 14.0-24.0
Other 123 70 55.0 41.0-68.3 21 13.7 7.9-22.8 32 31.3 18.7-47.4
AGE
18-44 204 126 61.6 52.0-70.3 33 13.7 9.2-19.8 45 24.8 16.7-35.0
45+ 353 240 68.8 63.1-73.9 43 12.4 9.0-16.9 70 18.8 14.7-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 65 49.4 33.9-64.9 20 15.6 8.5-26.9 30 35.0 20.0-53.7
Some College + 450 306 69.3 64.0-74.2 57 12.4 9.3-16.4 87 18.2 14.4-22.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 91 55.2 43.0-66.8 27 15.4 9.4-24.0 45 29.4 18.9-42.7
$50,000+ 324 230 70.4 63.9-76.1 42 13.3 9.4-18.5 52 16.3 12.0-21.8

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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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