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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 9,300 483 4.1 3.5- 4.6 8,817 95.9 95.4-96.5
GENDER
Male 3,406 259 5.5 4.6- 6.5 3,147 94.5 93.5-95.4
Female 5,894 224 2.7 2.3- 3.3 5,670 97.3 96.7-97.7
RACE
White 6,850 404 4.7 4.1- 5.4 6,446 95.3 94.6-95.9
African American 1,825 63 3.0 2.0- 4.4 1,762 97.0 95.6-98.0
Asian 46 0 0.0 . - . 46 100 . - .
Native American 226 14 6.0 2.7-12.7 212 94.0 87.3-97.3
Other Minorities 319 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 317 99.9 99.7- 100
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 5 1.1 0.3- 4.4 326 98.9 95.6-99.7
-English Speaking 134 5 4.2 1.0-15.8 129 95.8 84.2-99.0
-Spanish Speaking 197 0 0.0 . - . 197 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 8,959 478 4.3 3.7- 4.9 8,481 95.7 95.1-96.3
AGE
18-24 568 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 567 99.9 99.3- 100
25-34 1,394 7 0.4 0.1- 1.2 1,387 99.6 98.8-99.9
35-44 1,765 17 0.5 0.2- 0.9 1,748 99.5 99.1-99.8
45-54 1,829 71 4.2 2.8- 6.1 1,758 95.8 93.9-97.2
55-64 1,511 111 7.6 5.8- 9.8 1,400 92.4 90.2-94.2
65-74 1,252 150 11.5 9.2-14.3 1,102 88.5 85.7-90.8
75+ 922 124 14.6 11.5-18.4 798 85.4 81.6-88.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,566 153 6.9 5.5- 8.6 1,413 93.1 91.4-94.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,780 144 4.1 3.2- 5.4 2,636 95.9 94.6-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,321 104 3.1 2.3- 4.3 2,217 96.9 95.7-97.7
College Graduate 2,609 81 3.0 2.2- 4.1 2,528 97.0 95.9-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,090 109 9.6 7.3-12.4 981 90.4 87.6-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,708 95 3.8 2.7- 5.4 1,613 96.2 94.6-97.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,025 42 3.0 1.9- 4.5 983 97.0 95.5-98.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,229 54 4.8 3.2- 7.1 1,175 95.2 92.9-96.8
$50,000-74,999 1,004 27 1.5 0.9- 2.5 977 98.5 97.5-99.1
$75,000+ 1,148 26 2.2 1.3- 3.6 1,122 97.8 96.4-98.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 36 7.7 5.4-10.9 412 92.3 89.1-94.6
Guilford 444 24 5.7 3.5- 9.1 420 94.3 90.9-96.5
Mecklenburg 444 24 4.5 2.9- 7.0 420 95.5 93.0-97.1
Orange 450 13 1.9 1.1- 3.4 437 98.1 96.6-98.9
Wake 444 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3 433 98.3 96.7-99.1
Chatham/Lee 393 16 3.1 1.8- 5.3 377 96.9 94.7-98.2
Nash/Wilson 370 16 4.2 2.5- 7.1 354 95.8 92.9-97.5
Craven/Pamlico 448 25 4.3 2.8- 6.6 423 95.7 93.4-97.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 34 6.9 4.7- 9.9 395 93.1 90.1-95.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 26 4.3 2.8- 6.4 426 95.7 93.6-97.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 24 4.4 2.4- 7.8 447 95.6 92.2-97.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 26 4.3 2.7- 6.8 396 95.7 93.2-97.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 31 6.9 4.7-10.0 438 93.1 90.0-95.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 25 6.5 4.1-10.1 386 93.5 89.9-95.9
Northeast NC I 452 17 3.1 1.9- 5.2 435 96.9 94.8-98.1
Northeast NC II 503 31 5.5 3.7- 8.1 472 94.5 91.9-96.3
Northeastern Partnership 955 48 4.7 3.4- 6.4 907 95.3 93.6-96.6
Mountain AHEC 1,292 85 5.3 4.0- 7.0 1,207 94.7 93.0-96.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,254 173 4.1 3.3- 5.1 3,081 95.9 94.9-96.7
Piedmont 3,991 171 3.5 2.9- 4.3 3,820 96.5 95.7-97.1
Western NC 2,055 139 6.1 4.5- 8.2 1,916 93.9 91.8-95.5

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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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