BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	881	41	3.7	2.6- 5.2	840	96.3	94.8-97.4
GENDER
Male	313	20	4.5	2.8- 7.3	293	95.5	92.7-97.2
Female	568	21	2.8	1.8- 4.5	547	97.2	95.5-98.2
RACE
White	601	26	3.1	2.0- 4.7	575	96.9	95.3-98.0
Other	276	15	4.8	2.7- 8.4	261	95.2	91.6-97.3
AGE
18-44	347	6	1.3	0.5- 3.3	341	98.7	96.7-99.5
45+	525	35	6.5	4.5- 9.3	490	93.5	90.7-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	17	4.7	2.7- 7.9	215	95.3	92.1-97.3
Some College +	647	24	3.2	2.0- 5.1	623	96.8	94.9-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	26	5.6	3.6- 8.6	336	94.4	91.4-96.4
$50,000+	384	10	2.6	1.3- 5.3	374	97.4	94.7-98.7

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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: 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
-Mecklenburg County	881	41	3.7	2.6- 5.2	840	96.3	94.8-97.4
GENDER
Male	313	20	4.5	2.8- 7.3	293	95.5	92.7-97.2
Female	568	21	2.8	1.8- 4.5	547	97.2	95.5-98.2
RACE
White	601	26	3.1	2.0- 4.7	575	96.9	95.3-98.0
Other	276	15	4.8	2.7- 8.4	261	95.2	91.6-97.3
AGE
18-44	347	6	1.3	0.5- 3.3	341	98.7	96.7-99.5
45+	525	35	6.5	4.5- 9.3	490	93.5	90.7-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	17	4.7	2.7- 7.9	215	95.3	92.1-97.3
Some College +	647	24	3.2	2.0- 5.1	623	96.8	94.9-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	26	5.6	3.6- 8.6	336	94.4	91.4-96.4
$50,000+	384	10	2.6	1.3- 5.3	374	97.4	94.7-98.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?