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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Cardiovascular Disease

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following?
A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,988 268 4.6 3.8- 5.5 5,720 95.4 94.5-96.2
Gaston County 451 26 5.7 3.8- 8.4 425 94.3 91.6-96.2
GENDER
Male 173 17 8.4 5.1-13.5 156 91.6 86.5-94.9
Female 278 9 3.1 1.6- 6.1 269 96.9 93.9-98.4
RACE
White 379 24 6.4 4.2- 9.7 355 93.6 90.3-95.8
Other 70 2 2.7 0.7-10.5 68 97.3 89.5-99.3
AGE
18-44 215 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4 213 99.1 96.6-99.8
45+ 232 24 10.8 7.2-16.0 208 89.2 84.0-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 16 6.3 3.8-10.5 221 93.7 89.5-96.2
Some College + 214 10 5.0 2.6- 9.2 204 95.0 90.8-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 259 19 7.2 4.5-11.4 240 92.8 88.6-95.5
$50,000+ 100 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 99 98.8 91.8-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 19 4.7 2.8- 7.8 388 95.3 92.2-97.2
Cumberland 417 19 3.4 2.0- 5.6 398 96.6 94.4-98.0
Durham 385 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 372 96.4 93.2-98.1
Forsyth 446 19 3.9 2.4- 6.5 427 96.1 93.5-97.6
Guilford 397 24 5.0 3.2- 7.7 373 95.0 92.3-96.8
Mecklenburg 417 11 2.6 1.4- 4.8 406 97.4 95.2-98.6
New Hanover 395 17 3.7 2.3- 6.2 378 96.3 93.8-97.7
Onslow 420 10 1.7 0.8- 3.7 410 98.3 96.3-99.2
Wake 411 13 2.2 1.2- 4.0 398 97.8 96.0-98.8
Western NC 599 28 4.1 2.7- 6.0 571 95.9 94.0-97.3
Piedmont NC 651 40 6.6 4.6- 9.4 611 93.4 90.6-95.4
Eastern NC 592 29 4.3 2.8- 6.7 563 95.7 93.3-97.2

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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