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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Cardiovascular Disease

At what age did you have your first heart attack?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Under 50 50-64 65 +
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 2,710 918 37.7 34.8-40.8 1,040 38.6 35.8-41.5 752 23.6 21.4-26.0
Alabama 126 56 43.3 34.0-53.0 46 37.9 29.0-47.6 24 18.9 12.5-27.4
Arkansas 121 44 32.1 24.0-41.5 49 44.3 34.8-54.2 28 23.6 16.4-32.8
Colorado 66 23 28.7 18.8-41.2 31 55.1 41.9-67.7 12 16.1 9.0-27.3
District of Colum 40 20 50.9 34.6-67.1 9 20.4 10.1-36.7 11 28.7 16.0-46.0
Iowa 128 31 26.3 18.4-36.0 63 48.4 38.8-58.0 34 25.4 17.8-34.8
Minnesota 131 32 26.9 19.3-36.1 59 47.2 38.0-56.6 40 25.9 18.9-34.4
Mississippi 130 44 33.4 24.8-43.4 51 45.0 35.2-55.2 35 21.6 15.2-29.7
Missouri 176 60 32.9 24.5-42.7 69 44.0 34.2-54.3 47 23.1 16.2-31.7
Montana 148 40 33.2 23.7-44.3 65 42.9 32.7-53.9 43 23.9 16.2-33.6
New York 100 42 49.1 37.5-60.7 31 28.0 19.3-38.7 27 22.9 15.2-33.1
North Carolina 239 74 34.2 25.4-44.3 95 42.4 33.0-52.3 70 23.4 17.2-31.0
North Dakota 75 21 29.5 19.6-41.8 28 41.7 30.1-54.3 26 28.8 19.5-40.3
Ohio 136 49 39.0 29.5-49.3 49 36.8 28.0-46.7 38 24.2 17.1-33.0
Oklahoma 242 78 35.6 28.4-43.5 82 31.0 24.4-38.4 82 33.4 26.5-41.2
South Carolina 114 37 30.7 22.1-40.8 51 49.4 39.2-59.6 26 19.9 13.2-29.1
Tennessee 127 56 45.3 35.1-55.9 48 38.4 29.1-48.5 23 16.3 10.6-24.3
Utah 95 31 34.3 22.8-48.0 30 38.7 26.5-52.6 34 26.9 17.0-39.9
Virginia 96 36 35.7 26.1-46.5 32 34.3 24.8-45.3 28 30.0 20.9-41.0
Washington 131 51 36.4 28.1-45.6 47 36.7 28.3-46.1 33 26.8 19.3-35.9
West Virginia 192 58 32.6 25.7-40.3 68 37.0 29.8-44.8 66 30.5 24.0-37.9
Wyoming 97 35 35.2 25.8-45.9 37 38.0 28.3-48.7 25 26.8 18.4-37.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having had a heart attack.

#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.

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