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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-MALES

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 3,406 259 5.5 4.6- 6.5 3,147 94.5 93.5-95.4
RACE
White 2,540 230 6.6 5.4- 7.9 2,310 93.4 92.1-94.6
African American 585 24 3.5 1.8- 6.7 561 96.5 93.3-98.2
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 80 5 7.5 2.3-21.5 75 92.5 78.5-97.7
Other Minorities 161 0 0.0 . - . 161 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 3 1.3 0.2- 7.5 165 98.7 92.5-99.8
-English Speaking 53 3 5.9 1.0-28.6 50 94.1 71.4-99.0
-Spanish Speaking 115 0 0.0 . - . 115 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,235 256 5.8 4.9- 7.0 2,979 94.2 93.0-95.1
AGE
18-24 212 0 0.0 . - . 212 100 . - .
25-34 521 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9 518 99.7 99.1-99.9
35-44 678 7 0.6 0.3- 1.6 671 99.4 98.4-99.7
45-54 680 47 6.4 4.0-10.1 633 93.6 89.9-96.0
55-64 577 67 11.3 8.1-15.5 510 88.7 84.5-91.9
65-74 452 84 16.2 12.1-21.3 368 83.8 78.7-87.9
75+ 271 51 24.1 17.4-32.4 220 75.9 67.6-82.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 591 71 7.1 5.1- 9.9 520 92.9 90.1-94.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,007 83 6.0 4.3- 8.4 924 94.0 91.6-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 797 49 4.2 2.7- 6.4 748 95.8 93.6-97.3
College Graduate 1,002 55 4.7 3.3- 6.7 947 95.3 93.3-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 43 11.6 7.4-17.8 253 88.4 82.2-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 604 51 5.1 3.1- 8.2 553 94.9 91.8-96.9
$25,000- 34,999 362 32 5.0 3.1- 7.9 330 95.0 92.1-96.9
$35,000- 49,999 516 42 8.1 5.2-12.3 474 91.9 87.7-94.8
$50,000-74,999 432 15 1.9 1.0- 3.7 417 98.1 96.3-99.0
$75,000+ 498 18 2.9 1.6- 5.1 480 97.1 94.9-98.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 22 11.3 7.2-17.2 156 88.7 82.8-92.8
Guilford 164 14 8.9 4.9-15.6 150 91.1 84.4-95.1
Mecklenburg 167 14 5.9 3.3-10.3 153 94.1 89.7-96.7
Orange 169 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 164 98.2 95.5-99.3
Wake 168 8 3.0 1.4- 6.1 160 97.0 93.9-98.6
Chatham/Lee 149 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1 144 97.6 93.9-99.1
Nash/Wilson 135 11 6.2 3.3-11.5 124 93.8 88.5-96.7
Craven/Pamlico 167 16 6.3 3.6-10.8 151 93.7 89.2-96.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 20 10.6 6.6-16.7 138 89.4 83.3-93.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 15 6.0 3.5-10.2 150 94.0 89.8-96.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 10 3.8 1.9- 7.5 163 96.2 92.5-98.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 12 4.3 2.1- 8.4 149 95.7 91.6-97.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 19 10.3 6.5-16.1 154 89.7 83.9-93.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 12 8.2 4.3-15.2 111 91.8 84.8-95.7
Northeast NC I 139 7 4.1 1.9- 8.9 132 95.9 91.1-98.1
Northeast NC II 180 17 7.2 4.3-11.9 163 92.8 88.1-95.7
Northeastern Partnership 319 24 6.2 4.0- 9.6 295 93.8 90.4-96.0
Mountain AHEC 489 45 7.3 5.0-10.6 444 92.7 89.4-95.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 95 5.1 3.8- 6.8 1,042 94.9 93.2-96.2
Piedmont 1,499 85 4.7 3.6- 6.1 1,414 95.3 93.9-96.4
Western NC 770 79 9.3 6.3-13.6 691 90.7 86.4-93.7

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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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