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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Cardiovascular Disease

At what age did you have your first heart attack?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Under 50 50-64 65 +
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 4,553 1,457 35.1 33.0-37.4 1,825 38.7 36.6-40.9 1,271 26.1 24.1-28.3
Alabama 165 55 32.2 24.8-40.5 68 41.8 33.8-50.3 42 26.0 19.2-34.2
Alaska 58 22 34.2 19.9-52.0 24 39.7 24.4-57.3 12 26.2 13.2-45.3
Arkansas 214 65 31.5 24.9-39.0 89 40.4 33.1-48.1 60 28.1 21.7-35.4
Colorado 121 33 31.0 22.5-41.0 46 35.5 27.1-45.0 42 33.5 25.1-43.0
Connecticut 140 35 26.9 19.5-35.7 48 31.7 24.2-40.4 57 41.4 32.8-50.5
District of Columbia 43 17 36.1 21.8-53.4 15 35.1 20.5-53.2 11 28.8 15.6-46.8
Georgia 316 118 43.3 36.3-50.7 126 36.8 30.3-43.8 72 19.8 15.0-25.9
Hawaii 98 27 27.1 17.8-38.9 27 30.8 20.7-43.2 44 42.1 30.9-54.2
Kentucky 409 147 36.1 30.1-42.6 173 43.4 36.8-50.2 89 20.5 15.9-26.1
Louisiana 203 76 41.9 33.7-50.6 80 36.0 28.9-43.9 47 22.0 16.4-29.0
Maine 92 22 21.9 14.2-32.2 43 46.4 35.7-57.4 27 31.7 22.3-42.9
Maryland 131 40 33.2 24.2-43.6 60 48.3 37.9-58.8 31 18.5 11.8-28.0
Minnesota 143 35 27.9 20.4-36.9 52 35.7 27.7-44.6 56 36.4 28.4-45.2
Mississippi 202 62 33.5 26.5-41.4 85 41.0 33.7-48.7 55 25.5 19.6-32.5
Montana 158 46 31.3 22.3-42.0 75 45.2 35.1-55.8 37 23.5 15.6-33.8
Nebraska 203 48 28.3 21.7-36.0 82 38.4 31.5-45.7 73 33.3 26.8-40.5
New York 181 57 33.6 25.9-42.3 72 33.3 26.2-41.3 52 33.1 25.2-42.1
North Carolina 424 146 35.2 28.3-42.8 158 38.9 31.9-46.3 120 25.9 20.4-32.3
North Dakota 123 34 28.5 20.7-37.8 43 34.4 26.2-43.7 46 37.1 28.6-46.5
Ohio 151 53 33.6 24.8-43.7 71 44.0 34.5-54.0 27 22.4 14.4-33.2
South Carolina 232 70 31.9 25.2-39.3 92 39.6 32.2-47.5 70 28.5 22.1-35.9
Tennessee 107 43 46.3 36.0-56.9 47 41.4 31.6-51.9 17 12.3 7.5-19.6
Virginia 224 89 44.2 36.4-52.4 79 32.4 25.2-40.5 56 23.4 17.6-30.4
West Virginia 241 75 31.9 25.9-38.7 96 39.3 32.8-46.1 70 28.8 23.1-35.3
Puerto Rico 174 42 29.6 21.0-39.9 74 41.6 32.7-51.2 58 28.8 21.4-37.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported having had a heart attack.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = 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.

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