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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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 12,546 8,055 65.0 63.5-66.5 2,540 20.4 19.1-21.7 1,951 14.6 13.4-15.9
-Wayne County 365 237 68.4 61.4-74.6 73 17.5 12.8-23.5 55 14.1 9.8-19.9
GENDER
Male 120 84 69.2 56.6-79.5 20 14.8 7.8-26.3 16 15.9 8.6-27.5
Female 245 153 67.6 60.0-74.4 53 19.8 14.5-26.6 39 12.6 8.7-17.8
RACE
White 225 159 78.3 70.1-84.8 39 13.7 8.3-21.9 27 7.9 5.1-12.3
Other 139 77 53.2 42.4-63.8 34 23.2 15.7-33.0 28 23.5 14.7-35.5
AGE
18-44 104 75 75.6 63.7-84.5 18 16.0 8.7-27.5 11 8.4 4.0-16.9
45+ 258 159 60.7 52.7-68.2 55 19.2 14.4-25.3 44 20.0 13.5-28.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 101 61.8 51.8-70.9 44 19.8 13.5-28.1 37 18.3 12.1-26.8
Some College + 183 136 75.2 64.6-83.5 29 15.0 8.7-24.7 18 9.7 4.7-19.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 128 63.2 53.5-72.0 46 22.3 14.9-32.1 32 14.5 9.5-21.5
$50,000+ 94 76 85.6 76.7-91.5 12 10.4 5.5-18.7 6 4.0 1.6- 9.5

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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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