BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	450	16	4.0	2.1- 7.3	434	96.0	92.7-97.9
GENDER
Male	161	8	4.7	2.0-10.5	153	95.3	89.5-98.0
Female	289	8	3.3	1.3- 8.0	281	96.7	92.0-98.7
RACE
White	380	14	4.5	2.4- 8.6	366	95.5	91.4-97.6
Other	70	2	1.5	0.4- 5.9	68	98.5	94.1-99.6
AGE
18-44	150	1	1.7	0.2-11.2	149	98.3	88.8-99.8
45+	298	15	6.0	3.3-10.6	283	94.0	89.4-96.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	10	6.1	2.8-12.6	138	93.9	87.4-97.2
Some College +	301	6	2.7	1.0- 7.4	295	97.3	92.6-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	220	13	6.9	3.4-13.4	207	93.1	86.6-96.6
$50,000+	163	1	0.6	0.1- 4.4	162	99.4	95.6-99.9

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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
-New Hanover County	450	16	4.0	2.1- 7.3	434	96.0	92.7-97.9
GENDER
Male	161	8	4.7	2.0-10.5	153	95.3	89.5-98.0
Female	289	8	3.3	1.3- 8.0	281	96.7	92.0-98.7
RACE
White	380	14	4.5	2.4- 8.6	366	95.5	91.4-97.6
Other	70	2	1.5	0.4- 5.9	68	98.5	94.1-99.6
AGE
18-44	150	1	1.7	0.2-11.2	149	98.3	88.8-99.8
45+	298	15	6.0	3.3-10.6	283	94.0	89.4-96.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	10	6.1	2.8-12.6	138	93.9	87.4-97.2
Some College +	301	6	2.7	1.0- 7.4	295	97.3	92.6-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	220	13	6.9	3.4-13.4	207	93.1	86.6-96.6
$50,000+	163	1	0.6	0.1- 4.4	162	99.4	95.6-99.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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?