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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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Wayne County 364 249 67.8 60.7-74.2 29 7.8 4.5-13.2 86 24.4 18.8-30.9
GENDER
Male 120 89 70.4 57.9-80.5 7 7.6 2.6-20.4 24 22.0 13.7-33.3
Female 244 160 65.5 57.4-72.8 22 8.0 5.0-12.6 62 26.5 19.8-34.5
RACE
White 224 163 72.0 62.5-79.8 15 8.1 3.6-17.2 46 20.0 13.8-28.0
Other 139 85 61.4 50.4-71.3 14 7.5 4.1-13.3 40 31.1 21.8-42.3
AGE
18-44 104 73 66.9 54.3-77.5 6 7.0 2.3-19.5 25 26.0 16.9-37.8
45+ 257 174 68.5 61.3-74.9 23 8.7 5.5-13.5 60 22.8 17.2-29.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 110 58.1 47.5-68.1 21 11.8 6.1-21.7 50 30.0 21.4-40.3
Some College + 183 139 77.9 69.4-84.5 8 3.6 1.6- 8.2 36 18.5 12.4-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 128 60.4 50.8-69.2 19 6.9 4.2-11.3 58 32.7 24.4-42.3
$50,000+ 94 79 80.3 65.5-89.7 5 10.3 3.4-27.4 10 9.4 4.4-19.1

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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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