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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-FEMALES

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 5,894 224 2.7 2.3- 3.3 5,670 97.3 96.7-97.7
RACE
White 4,310 174 3.0 2.4- 3.7 4,136 97.0 96.3-97.6
African American 1,240 39 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1,201 97.4 96.0-98.3
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 146 9 4.5 1.9-10.0 137 95.5 90.0-98.1
Other Minorities 158 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 156 99.8 99.2- 100
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 2 0.7 0.1- 3.7 161 99.3 96.3-99.9
-English Speaking 81 2 2.2 0.4-11.3 79 97.8 88.7-99.6
-Spanish Speaking 82 0 0.0 . - . 82 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,724 222 2.8 2.3- 3.5 5,502 97.2 96.5-97.7
AGE
18-24 356 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 355 99.8 98.5- 100
25-34 873 4 0.5 0.1- 2.6 869 99.5 97.4-99.9
35-44 1,087 10 0.3 0.1- 0.5 1,077 99.7 99.5-99.9
45-54 1,149 24 2.0 1.1- 3.7 1,125 98.0 96.3-98.9
55-64 934 44 4.2 2.9- 6.2 890 95.8 93.8-97.1
65-74 800 66 7.8 5.5-10.9 734 92.2 89.1-94.5
75+ 651 73 9.5 6.9-12.9 578 90.5 87.1-93.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 975 82 6.7 5.0- 9.0 893 93.3 91.0-95.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,773 61 2.3 1.6- 3.3 1,712 97.7 96.7-98.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,524 55 2.2 1.4- 3.2 1,469 97.8 96.8-98.6
College Graduate 1,607 26 1.4 0.7- 2.5 1,581 98.6 97.5-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 794 66 8.3 6.0-11.3 728 91.7 88.7-94.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,104 44 2.5 1.6- 3.7 1,060 97.5 96.3-98.4
$25,000- 34,999 663 10 1.2 0.4- 3.3 653 98.8 96.7-99.6
$35,000- 49,999 713 12 1.4 0.6- 3.3 701 98.6 96.7-99.4
$50,000-74,999 572 12 1.0 0.4- 2.1 560 99.0 97.9-99.6
$75,000+ 650 8 1.3 0.5- 3.8 642 98.7 96.2-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 14 3.9 2.3- 6.8 256 96.1 93.2-97.7
Guilford 280 10 2.8 1.3- 5.9 270 97.2 94.1-98.7
Mecklenburg 277 10 3.1 1.5- 6.2 267 96.9 93.8-98.5
Orange 281 8 2.0 0.9- 4.2 273 98.0 95.8-99.1
Wake 276 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 273 99.4 97.9-99.8
Chatham/Lee 244 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1 233 96.2 92.9-98.0
Nash/Wilson 235 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0 230 97.7 94.0-99.1
Craven/Pamlico 281 9 2.6 1.3- 5.0 272 97.4 95.0-98.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 271 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6 257 96.2 93.4-97.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 11 2.9 1.5- 5.4 276 97.1 94.6-98.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 14 5.0 2.0-11.7 284 95.0 88.3-98.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 261 14 4.4 2.5- 7.6 247 95.6 92.4-97.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 12 3.9 2.1- 7.2 284 96.1 92.8-97.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 13 5.1 2.6- 9.8 275 94.9 90.2-97.4
Northeast NC I 313 10 2.4 1.3- 4.7 303 97.6 95.3-98.7
Northeast NC II 323 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 309 96.2 93.2-97.9
Northeastern Partnership 636 24 3.3 2.1- 5.2 612 96.7 94.8-97.9
Mountain AHEC 803 40 3.3 2.2- 4.9 763 96.7 95.1-97.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,117 78 3.2 2.3- 4.5 2,039 96.8 95.5-97.7
Piedmont 2,492 86 2.4 1.8- 3.2 2,406 97.6 96.8-98.2
Western NC 1,285 60 3.0 2.1- 4.1 1,225 97.0 95.9-97.9

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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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