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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 14,705 948 4.4 4.0- 4.8 13,757 95.6 95.2-96.0
GENDER
Male 5,314 507 5.6 5.0- 6.3 4,807 94.4 93.7-95.0
Female 9,391 441 3.2 2.8- 3.6 8,950 96.8 96.4-97.2
RACE
White 11,516 802 5.0 4.5- 5.4 10,714 95.0 94.6-95.5
African American 2,163 98 3.4 2.6- 4.3 2,065 96.6 95.7-97.4
Asian 103 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 100 98.6 95.5-99.6
Native American 273 26 6.5 4.0-10.5 247 93.5 89.5-96.0
Other Minorities 594 15 1.4 0.8- 2.7 579 98.6 97.3-99.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 594 21 1.9 1.1- 3.1 573 98.1 96.9-98.9
-English Speaking 237 20 7.1 4.2-11.7 217 92.9 88.3-95.8
-Spanish Speaking 357 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 356 99.9 99.5- 100
Non-Hispanic 14,074 922 4.6 4.2- 5.0 13,152 95.4 95.0-95.8
AGE
18-24 494 0 0.0 . - . 494 100 . - .
25-34 1,503 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3 1,493 99.4 98.7-99.7
35-44 2,335 26 1.0 0.6- 1.7 2,309 99.0 98.3-99.4
45-54 2,914 93 3.4 2.6- 4.3 2,821 96.6 95.7-97.4
55-64 3,054 236 8.2 7.0- 9.6 2,818 91.8 90.4-93.0
65-74 2,463 312 13.0 11.4-14.8 2,151 87.0 85.2-88.6
75+ 1,854 268 15.1 13.2-17.3 1,586 84.9 82.7-86.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,103 251 7.5 6.4- 8.9 1,852 92.5 91.1-93.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,414 313 4.9 4.2- 5.7 4,101 95.1 94.3-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 3,794 223 3.9 3.3- 4.6 3,571 96.1 95.4-96.7
College Graduate 4,374 159 2.7 2.2- 3.3 4,215 97.3 96.7-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,519 187 9.0 7.3-11.0 1,332 91.0 89.0-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 2,392 225 6.6 5.6- 7.8 2,167 93.4 92.2-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,614 122 6.0 4.8- 7.5 1,492 94.0 92.5-95.2
$35,000- 49,999 2,087 113 3.8 3.0- 4.9 1,974 96.2 95.1-97.0
$50,000-74,999 2,090 86 3.2 2.5- 4.1 2,004 96.8 95.9-97.5
$75,000+ 2,921 67 1.5 1.1- 2.0 2,854 98.5 98.0-98.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,249 643 10.0 9.1-11.1 4,606 90.0 88.9-90.9
No 8,834 275 2.0 1.7- 2.3 8,559 98.0 97.7-98.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,168 289 10.9 9.5-12.6 1,879 89.1 87.4-90.5
Non-Veteran 12,533 659 3.4 3.0- 3.7 11,874 96.6 96.3-97.0

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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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