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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 14,705 948 4.4 4.0- 4.8 13,757 95.6 95.2-96.0
-Eastern NC 4,749 317 4.9 4.3- 5.6 4,432 95.1 94.4-95.7
GENDER
Male 1,632 164 6.4 5.3- 7.7 1,468 93.6 92.3-94.7
Female 3,117 153 3.4 2.8- 4.2 2,964 96.6 95.8-97.2
RACE
White 3,203 241 5.6 4.8- 6.6 2,962 94.4 93.4-95.2
African American 1,088 51 4.0 2.9- 5.5 1,037 96.0 94.5-97.1
Other Minorities 437 25 3.1 1.8- 5.1 412 96.9 94.9-98.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 8 2.2 1.0- 4.6 206 97.8 95.4-99.0
Non-Hispanic 4,518 307 5.1 4.5- 5.9 4,211 94.9 94.1-95.5
AGE
18-24 179 0 0.0 . - . 179 100 . - .
25-34 553 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 550 99.4 98.0-99.8
35-44 750 6 1.1 0.4- 3.0 744 98.9 97.0-99.6
45-54 930 27 3.6 2.4- 5.4 903 96.4 94.6-97.6
55-64 988 82 9.4 7.3-11.9 906 90.6 88.1-92.7
65-74 774 113 15.1 12.3-18.5 661 84.9 81.5-87.7
75+ 547 85 17.1 13.5-21.4 462 82.9 78.6-86.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 720 90 8.2 6.3-10.7 630 91.8 89.3-93.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,534 107 4.8 3.8- 6.0 1,427 95.2 94.0-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,263 66 3.9 2.9- 5.2 1,197 96.1 94.8-97.1
College Graduate 1,225 53 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,172 96.1 94.6-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 532 54 7.2 5.1- 9.9 478 92.8 90.1-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 835 79 6.8 5.1- 8.9 756 93.2 91.1-94.9
$25,000- 34,999 586 40 5.8 4.0- 8.4 546 94.2 91.6-96.0
$35,000- 49,999 660 37 4.0 2.7- 5.9 623 96.0 94.1-97.3
$50,000-74,999 655 34 4.6 3.0- 7.0 621 95.4 93.0-97.0
$75,000+ 794 20 1.8 1.1- 2.9 774 98.2 97.1-98.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,781 225 10.2 8.7-12.0 1,556 89.8 88.0-91.3
No 2,774 88 2.5 2.0- 3.2 2,686 97.5 96.8-98.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 785 99 10.0 8.0-12.5 686 90.0 87.5-92.0
Non-Veteran 3,963 218 3.8 3.2- 4.5 3,745 96.2 95.5-96.8

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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.

** 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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