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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Wayne County 364 52 13.6 9.7-18.9 312 86.4 81.1-90.3
GENDER
Male 120 14 10.2 5.6-18.0 106 89.8 82.0-94.4
Female 244 38 16.7 11.0-24.4 206 83.3 75.6-89.0
RACE
White 225 39 16.3 10.7-24.0 186 83.7 76.0-89.3
Other 138 12 9.2 4.9-16.8 126 90.8 83.2-95.1
AGE
18-44 104 15 13.1 7.1-22.8 89 86.9 77.2-92.9
45+ 257 36 14.2 9.8-20.3 221 85.8 79.7-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 20 8.3 4.7-14.2 161 91.7 85.8-95.3
Some College + 183 32 19.2 12.6-28.3 151 80.8 71.7-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 23 7.9 4.9-12.6 182 92.1 87.4-95.1
$50,000+ 94 19 17.4 10.5-27.4 75 82.6 72.6-89.5

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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