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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,825 63 3.0 2.0- 4.4 1,762 97.0 95.6-98.0
GENDER
Male 585 24 3.5 1.8- 6.7 561 96.5 93.3-98.2
Female 1,240 39 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1,201 97.4 96.0-98.3
AGE
18-24 138 0 0.0 . - . 138 100 . - .
25-34 280 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 279 99.9 99.0- 100
35-44 363 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 362 99.9 99.3- 100
45-54 409 13 4.5 1.8-11.1 396 95.5 88.9-98.2
55-64 282 15 5.6 2.4-12.6 267 94.4 87.4-97.6
65-74 202 18 10.9 6.1-18.9 184 89.1 81.1-93.9
75+ 139 14 9.4 4.4-19.0 125 90.6 81.0-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 435 31 7.1 4.4-11.1 404 92.9 88.9-95.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 20 2.0 1.1- 3.5 613 98.0 96.5-98.9
Some Post-H.S. 425 10 3.3 1.1- 9.4 415 96.7 90.6-98.9
College Graduate 327 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 325 99.8 99.1- 100
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 345 27 10.4 6.2-17.0 318 89.6 83.0-93.8
$15,000- 24,999 425 12 1.4 0.7- 2.7 413 98.6 97.3-99.3
$25,000- 34,999 222 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 220 99.6 98.2-99.9
$35,000- 49,999 196 1 2.9 0.4-17.5 195 97.1 82.5-99.6
$50,000-74,999 117 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 115 99.8 99.0- 100
$75,000+ 93 0 0.0 . - . 93 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 3 6.0 1.8-18.0 26 94.0 82.0-98.2
Guilford 115 4 3.7 1.2-10.9 111 96.3 89.1-98.8
Mecklenburg 118 6 3.6 1.5- 8.2 112 96.4 91.8-98.5
Orange 48 0 0.0 . - . 48 100 . - .
Wake 83 0 0.0 . - . 83 100 . - .
Chatham/Lee 70 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 69 98.8 92.1-99.8
Nash/Wilson 119 3 3.3 1.0-10.2 116 96.7 89.8-99.0
Craven/Pamlico 90 4 2.2 0.8- 5.9 86 97.8 94.1-99.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 4 2.1 0.6- 6.7 157 97.9 93.3-99.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 3 2.7 0.9- 8.4 139 97.3 91.6-99.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 10 5.8 2.9-11.3 116 94.2 88.7-97.1
Northeast NC I 233 8 2.8 1.3- 5.9 225 97.2 94.1-98.7
Northeast NC II 143 4 3.1 1.0- 9.5 139 96.9 90.5-99.0
Northeastern Partnership 376 12 2.9 1.4- 6.0 364 97.1 94.0-98.6
Mountain AHEC 49 5 10.7 3.7-27.2 44 89.3 72.8-96.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 956 36 2.5 1.6- 4.0 920 97.5 96.0-98.4
Piedmont 798 21 2.5 1.4- 4.3 777 97.5 95.7-98.6
Western NC 71 6 20.2 5.6-51.8 65 79.8 48.2-94.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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

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