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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITE 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 2,540 230 6.6 5.4- 7.9 2,310 93.4 92.1-94.6
AGE
18-24 134 0 0.0 . - . 134 100 . - .
25-34 353 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 351 99.7 98.6-99.9
35-44 503 6 0.7 0.3- 2.0 497 99.3 98.0-99.7
45-54 484 40 6.7 4.1-11.0 444 93.3 89.0-95.9
55-64 448 58 12.2 8.6-17.0 390 87.8 83.0-91.4
65-74 380 78 17.7 13.0-23.5 302 82.3 76.5-87.0
75+ 229 46 26.4 18.8-35.7 183 73.6 64.3-81.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 329 55 12.0 8.2-17.4 274 88.0 82.6-91.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 74 7.7 5.3-10.9 639 92.3 89.1-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 628 46 4.1 2.8- 6.1 582 95.9 93.9-97.2
College Graduate 864 54 5.5 3.9- 7.9 810 94.5 92.1-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 35 15.1 9.4-23.5 149 84.9 76.5-90.6
$15,000- 24,999 359 45 8.8 5.3-14.5 314 91.2 85.5-94.7
$25,000- 34,999 270 28 5.6 3.4- 9.1 242 94.4 90.9-96.6
$35,000- 49,999 413 41 9.3 6.1-13.9 372 90.7 86.1-93.9
$50,000-74,999 356 14 2.2 1.1- 4.3 342 97.8 95.7-98.9
$75,000+ 444 18 3.3 1.8- 5.7 426 96.7 94.3-98.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 22 13.2 8.5-20.0 134 86.8 80.0-91.5
Guilford 112 12 12.0 6.4-21.4 100 88.0 78.6-93.6
Mecklenburg 109 12 8.2 4.3-15.0 97 91.8 85.0-95.7
Orange 134 5 2.6 1.1- 6.3 129 97.4 93.7-98.9
Wake 125 8 4.4 2.1- 9.0 117 95.6 91.0-97.9
Chatham/Lee 115 5 3.5 1.4- 8.9 110 96.5 91.1-98.6
Nash/Wilson 82 9 8.5 4.2-16.6 73 91.5 83.4-95.8
Craven/Pamlico 129 13 7.2 3.9-12.7 116 92.8 87.3-96.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 20 11.5 7.1-18.2 126 88.5 81.8-92.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 14 5.9 3.4-10.2 143 94.1 89.8-96.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 8 4.9 2.3-10.1 95 95.1 89.9-97.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 12 6.8 3.7-12.1 126 93.2 87.9-96.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 15 16.9 10.0-27.2 67 83.1 72.8-90.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 9 9.9 5.0-18.8 74 90.1 81.2-95.0
Northeast NC I 71 4 5.1 1.8-13.5 67 94.9 86.5-98.2
Northeast NC II 124 15 8.9 5.2-15.1 109 91.1 84.9-94.8
Northeastern Partnership 195 19 8.0 4.9-12.8 176 92.0 87.2-95.1
Mountain AHEC 428 44 8.1 5.5-11.8 384 91.9 88.2-94.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 730 77 6.4 4.6- 8.8 653 93.6 91.2-95.4
Piedmont 1,118 77 5.9 4.4- 7.7 1,041 94.1 92.3-95.6
Western NC 692 76 9.2 6.3-13.3 616 90.8 86.7-93.7

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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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