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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?

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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
-Gaston County 386 38 7.4 4.9-10.9 348 92.6 89.1-95.1
GENDER
Male 148 22 9.7 5.7-16.1 126 90.3 83.9-94.3
Female 238 16 4.9 2.8- 8.7 222 95.1 91.3-97.2
RACE
White 336 34 6.8 4.6- 9.9 302 93.2 90.1-95.4
Other 50 4 10.0 3.2-27.5 46 90.0 72.5-96.8
AGE
18-44 116 0 0.0 . - . 116 100 . - .
45+ 269 38 15.2 10.4-21.5 231 84.8 78.5-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 23 9.6 5.7-15.9 173 90.4 84.1-94.3
Some College + 190 15 4.9 2.8- 8.4 175 95.1 91.6-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 26 10.7 6.5-17.2 181 89.3 82.8-93.5
$50,000+ 116 5 3.3 1.3- 7.9 111 96.7 92.1-98.7

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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.

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