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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 505 37 6.3 4.3- 9.2 468 93.7 90.8-95.7
GENDER
Male 181 20 7.9 4.7-13.1 161 92.1 86.9-95.3
Female 324 17 4.8 2.8- 8.0 307 95.2 92.0-97.2
RACE
White 338 25 6.0 3.8- 9.4 313 94.0 90.6-96.2
Other 165 12 7.0 3.6-13.1 153 93.0 86.9-96.4
AGE
18-44 129 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 126 98.6 95.4-99.6
45+ 373 34 10.3 7.0-14.9 339 89.7 85.1-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 282 23 7.7 4.7-12.3 259 92.3 87.7-95.3
Some College + 223 14 4.6 2.6- 7.9 209 95.4 92.1-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 297 19 5.4 3.0- 9.4 278 94.6 90.6-97.0
$50,000+ 130 9 6.0 3.1-11.3 121 94.0 88.7-96.9

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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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