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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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Wayne County 365 309 78.6 70.4-85.1 25 9.7 5.1-17.7 31 11.6 7.2-18.2
GENDER
Male 120 97 68.2 53.7-79.8 10 14.3 5.9-30.7 13 17.6 9.5-30.2
Female 245 212 87.9 82.0-92.0 15 5.7 3.2- 9.9 18 6.4 3.4-11.7
RACE
White 225 201 84.0 71.8-91.5 15 11.9 5.2-25.1 9 4.1 1.7- 9.5
Other 139 107 70.5 58.2-80.3 10 6.5 3.3-12.5 22 23.0 13.7-36.0
AGE
18-44 104 83 71.3 57.2-82.2 11 15.5 7.0-30.7 10 13.3 6.8-24.3
45+ 258 223 85.6 77.2-91.2 14 4.2 2.3- 7.6 21 10.2 5.2-19.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 147 73.4 61.3-82.7 13 11.9 5.2-25.1 22 14.7 8.5-24.3
Some College + 183 162 84.1 71.9-91.7 12 7.4 2.7-18.9 9 8.5 3.4-19.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 175 83.8 75.2-89.8 13 4.2 2.3- 7.6 18 12.0 6.6-20.9
$50,000+ 94 85 77.8 58.7-89.7 6 19.1 7.8-39.7 3 3.0 1.0- 9.1

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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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