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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Wayne County 365 308 81.7 75.1-86.9 25 6.7 4.1-10.8 32 11.6 7.3-18.0
GENDER
Male 120 100 79.8 67.6-88.1 7 6.1 2.4-14.7 13 14.1 7.2-26.0
Female 245 208 83.5 76.0-88.9 18 7.2 4.3-11.8 19 9.3 5.0-16.7
RACE
White 225 193 86.0 78.6-91.2 16 5.6 3.0-10.5 16 8.3 4.4-15.4
Other 139 114 75.2 62.8-84.4 9 8.3 3.9-16.8 16 16.5 8.6-29.3
AGE
18-44 104 87 81.2 69.8-88.9 8 6.7 2.9-14.8 9 12.2 6.0-23.0
45+ 258 218 82.0 73.6-88.1 17 6.8 4.0-11.4 23 11.2 6.0-19.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 146 78.6 69.2-85.7 17 10.6 6.0-18.2 19 10.8 5.8-19.0
Some College + 183 162 85.0 74.4-91.7 8 2.6 1.1- 5.7 13 12.4 6.2-23.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 168 78.7 69.7-85.6 18 8.7 4.8-15.3 20 12.6 7.2-21.0
$50,000+ 94 88 93.1 83.6-97.3 4 5.2 1.7-15.1 2 1.7 0.4- 7.2

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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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