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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 438 29 5.3 3.5- 7.9 409 94.7 92.1-96.5
GENDER
Male 157 17 8.0 4.7-13.3 140 92.0 86.7-95.3
Female 281 12 3.0 1.7- 5.5 269 97.0 94.5-98.3
RACE
White 211 18 7.6 4.6-12.4 193 92.4 87.6-95.4
Other 225 11 3.5 1.8- 6.7 214 96.5 93.3-98.2
AGE
18-44 107 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2 105 99.0 95.8-99.8
45+ 326 27 8.2 5.4-12.2 299 91.8 87.8-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 21 6.4 3.9-10.2 238 93.6 89.8-96.1
Some College + 176 8 3.6 1.7- 7.6 168 96.4 92.4-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 284 23 7.3 4.6-11.2 261 92.7 88.8-95.4
$50,000+ 77 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 76 99.2 94.4-99.9

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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