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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITES

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 6,850 404 4.7 4.1- 5.4 6,446 95.3 94.6-95.9
GENDER
Male 2,540 230 6.6 5.4- 7.9 2,310 93.4 92.1-94.6
Female 4,310 174 3.0 2.4- 3.7 4,136 97.0 96.3-97.6
AGE
18-24 362 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 361 99.8 98.9- 100
25-34 938 6 0.5 0.2- 1.8 932 99.5 98.2-99.8
35-44 1,261 13 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,248 99.5 98.9-99.8
45-54 1,320 56 4.4 2.8- 6.7 1,264 95.6 93.3-97.2
55-64 1,166 91 8.1 6.2-10.7 1,075 91.9 89.3-93.8
65-74 1,009 130 11.9 9.3-15.0 879 88.1 85.0-90.7
75+ 756 106 15.4 12.0-19.7 650 84.6 80.3-88.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 900 115 9.8 7.6-12.6 785 90.2 87.4-92.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,986 119 5.0 3.8- 6.7 1,867 95.0 93.3-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,780 92 3.2 2.4- 4.3 1,688 96.8 95.7-97.6
College Graduate 2,169 77 3.6 2.6- 4.9 2,092 96.4 95.1-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 639 78 11.4 8.4-15.4 561 88.6 84.6-91.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,090 79 5.7 3.8- 8.3 1,011 94.3 91.7-96.2
$25,000- 34,999 741 38 3.7 2.4- 5.6 703 96.3 94.4-97.6
$35,000- 49,999 985 53 5.5 3.7- 8.0 932 94.5 92.0-96.3
$50,000-74,999 841 24 1.6 1.0- 2.8 817 98.4 97.2-99.0
$75,000+ 1,021 25 2.4 1.5- 4.1 996 97.6 95.9-98.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 31 8.2 5.6-11.8 367 91.8 88.2-94.4
Guilford 312 20 6.9 4.1-11.4 292 93.1 88.6-95.9
Mecklenburg 290 18 5.8 3.4- 9.6 272 94.2 90.4-96.6
Orange 370 12 2.2 1.2- 4.0 358 97.8 96.0-98.8
Wake 321 11 2.6 1.4- 4.9 310 97.4 95.1-98.6
Chatham/Lee 287 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6 272 95.6 92.4-97.5
Nash/Wilson 232 13 5.3 2.9- 9.3 219 94.7 90.7-97.1
Craven/Pamlico 347 21 5.1 3.2- 8.0 326 94.9 92.0-96.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 399 34 7.5 5.1-10.8 365 92.5 89.2-94.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 431 25 4.2 2.8- 6.4 406 95.8 93.6-97.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 20 6.4 3.3-12.1 267 93.6 87.9-96.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 25 5.5 3.6- 8.4 339 94.5 91.6-96.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 21 11.3 7.2-17.2 179 88.7 82.8-92.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 14 6.8 3.8-11.9 243 93.2 88.1-96.2
Northeast NC I 208 9 4.1 2.1- 8.1 199 95.9 91.9-97.9
Northeast NC II 344 27 6.9 4.5-10.2 317 93.1 89.8-95.5
Northeastern Partnership 552 36 6.1 4.3- 8.7 516 93.9 91.3-95.7
Mountain AHEC 1,156 77 5.4 4.0- 7.3 1,079 94.6 92.7-96.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,040 127 4.9 3.8- 6.3 1,913 95.1 93.7-96.2
Piedmont 2,935 148 4.2 3.4- 5.3 2,787 95.8 94.7-96.6
Western NC 1,875 129 5.8 4.3- 7.8 1,746 94.2 92.2-95.7

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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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