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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 347 26 4.9 3.2- 7.5 321 95.1 92.5-96.8
Buncombe 355 18 3.5 2.0- 5.8 337 96.5 94.2-98.0
Cabarrus 357 27 5.0 3.2- 7.6 330 95.0 92.4-96.8
Catawba 406 20 3.3 2.0- 5.5 386 96.7 94.5-98.0
Cumberland 376 24 4.3 2.6- 6.8 352 95.7 93.2-97.4
Davidson 366 21 3.9 2.3- 6.3 345 96.1 93.7-97.7
Durham 331 12 2.0 1.1- 3.8 319 98.0 96.2-98.9
Forsyth 374 19 3.1 1.9- 5.0 355 96.9 95.0-98.1
Gaston 386 38 7.4 4.9-10.9 348 92.6 89.1-95.1
Guilford 387 22 4.5 2.7- 7.4 365 95.5 92.6-97.3
Iredell 389 19 3.9 2.3- 6.6 370 96.1 93.4-97.7
Johnston 434 27 4.3 2.4- 7.8 407 95.7 92.2-97.6
Mecklenburg 679 26 2.5 1.6- 3.9 653 97.5 96.1-98.4
New Hanover 386 22 4.2 2.6- 6.8 364 95.8 93.2-97.4
Onslow 374 24 4.7 2.9- 7.7 350 95.3 92.3-97.1
Orange 345 16 3.0 1.7- 5.2 329 97.0 94.8-98.3
Pitt 377 29 5.1 3.4- 7.6 348 94.9 92.4-96.6
Randolph 369 24 5.1 3.3- 7.8 345 94.9 92.2-96.7
Robeson 407 34 5.6 3.7- 8.6 373 94.4 91.4-96.3
Rowan 448 30 5.6 3.7- 8.5 418 94.4 91.5-96.3
Union 374 21 3.7 2.3- 5.9 353 96.3 94.1-97.7
Wake 606 28 3.1 2.1- 4.8 578 96.9 95.2-97.9
Wayne 355 16 3.3 1.9- 5.7 339 96.7 94.3-98.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,749 317 4.9 4.3- 5.6 4,432 95.1 94.4-95.7
Piedmont 7,073 407 3.8 3.4- 4.3 6,666 96.2 95.7-96.6
Western NC 2,883 224 5.7 4.9- 6.7 2,659 94.3 93.3-95.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,906 151 5.5 4.5- 6.7 1,755 94.5 93.3-95.5
Northwest 3,084 192 4.7 3.9- 5.6 2,892 95.3 94.4-96.1
Charlotte 2,030 126 3.7 3.0- 4.6 1,904 96.3 95.4-97.0
Greensboro 1,653 97 4.6 3.5- 6.0 1,556 95.4 94.0-96.5
Southern Regional 1,355 92 4.5 3.5- 5.9 1,263 95.5 94.1-96.5
Coastal 759 54 5.8 4.2- 7.9 705 94.2 92.1-95.8
Wake 1,582 83 3.3 2.5- 4.4 1,499 96.7 95.6-97.5
Area L 401 26 4.8 3.1- 7.4 375 95.2 92.6-96.9
Eastern 1,935 127 4.6 3.8- 5.7 1,808 95.4 94.3-96.2

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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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