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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 12,551 7,847 55.6 53.9-57.2 2,943 29.0 27.5-30.6 1,761 15.4 14.1-16.8
-Wayne County 365 210 49.6 42.4-56.9 88 31.3 24.4-39.2 67 19.1 13.9-25.5
GENDER
Male 120 60 37.7 27.4-49.1 37 41.4 29.4-54.4 23 21.0 12.5-33.0
Female 245 150 60.2 51.8-68.0 51 22.4 16.0-30.5 44 17.4 12.1-24.3
RACE
White 226 138 51.7 41.9-61.4 51 34.6 24.9-45.8 37 13.7 8.9-20.4
Other 138 71 46.2 35.9-56.9 37 26.5 18.4-36.6 30 27.3 17.8-39.4
AGE
18-44 104 45 36.2 25.7-48.3 40 45.3 33.1-58.0 19 18.5 11.0-29.5
45+ 258 162 62.1 54.1-69.4 48 18.0 13.1-24.2 48 19.9 13.7-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 93 43.7 34.0-54.0 47 34.1 24.2-45.6 41 22.1 14.9-31.7
Some College + 184 117 55.8 45.3-65.8 41 28.4 19.3-39.6 26 15.9 9.4-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 117 50.4 40.9-59.9 49 28.1 19.8-38.3 39 21.5 14.5-30.7
$50,000+ 94 60 52.5 39.0-65.7 24 37.3 24.2-52.7 10 10.1 5.3-18.6

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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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