BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Buncombe County	453	30	5.2	3.5- 7.6	423	94.8	92.4-96.5
GENDER
Male	161	18	7.0	4.2-11.4	143	93.0	88.6-95.8
Female	292	12	3.4	1.8- 6.3	280	96.6	93.7-98.2
RACE
White	384	26	5.5	3.6- 8.3	358	94.5	91.7-96.4
Other	69	4	3.9	1.3-11.0	65	96.1	89.0-98.7
AGE
18-44	170	2	0.8	0.2- 3.6	168	99.2	96.4-99.8
45+	281	28	11.0	7.4-15.9	253	89.0	84.1-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	13	4.7	2.6- 8.3	166	95.3	91.7-97.4
Some College +	271	17	5.5	3.3- 9.2	254	94.5	90.8-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	26	7.4	4.9-11.2	236	92.6	88.8-95.1
$50,000+	122	3	3.0	0.9- 9.6	119	97.0	90.4-99.1

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Buncombe County	453	30	5.2	3.5- 7.6	423	94.8	92.4-96.5
GENDER
Male	161	18	7.0	4.2-11.4	143	93.0	88.6-95.8
Female	292	12	3.4	1.8- 6.3	280	96.6	93.7-98.2
RACE
White	384	26	5.5	3.6- 8.3	358	94.5	91.7-96.4
Other	69	4	3.9	1.3-11.0	65	96.1	89.0-98.7
AGE
18-44	170	2	0.8	0.2- 3.6	168	99.2	96.4-99.8
45+	281	28	11.0	7.4-15.9	253	89.0	84.1-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	13	4.7	2.6- 8.3	166	95.3	91.7-97.4
Some College +	271	17	5.5	3.3- 9.2	254	94.5	90.8-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	26	7.4	4.9-11.2	236	92.6	88.8-95.1
$50,000+	122	3	3.0	0.9- 9.6	119	97.0	90.4-99.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?