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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,599 906 4.2 3.8- 4.5 14,693 95.8 95.5-96.2
-Mtn. AHEC 926 48 3.8 2.6- 5.6 878 96.2 94.4-97.4
GENDER
Male 346 27 5.6 3.4- 9.0 319 94.4 91.0-96.6
Female 580 21 2.3 1.3- 4.2 559 97.7 95.8-98.7
RACE
White 824 43 3.6 2.4- 5.3 781 96.4 94.7-97.6
Other 98 5 6.9 2.2-20.1 93 93.1 79.9-97.8
AGE
18-44 242 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 238 98.4 95.2-99.5
45+ 683 44 5.5 3.7- 8.0 639 94.5 92.0-96.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 391 33 5.5 3.5- 8.6 358 94.5 91.4-96.5
Some College + 530 15 2.5 1.3- 5.0 515 97.5 95.0-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 560 41 5.5 3.7- 8.3 519 94.5 91.7-96.3
$50,000+ 235 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 233 99.6 98.4-99.9

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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