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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,883 224 5.7 4.9- 6.7 2,659 94.3 93.3-95.1
GENDER
Male 1,069 123 7.9 6.4- 9.8 946 92.1 90.2-93.6
Female 1,814 101 3.7 3.0- 4.7 1,713 96.3 95.3-97.0
RACE
White 2,662 210 5.9 5.0- 7.0 2,452 94.1 93.0-95.0
African American 94 5 4.7 1.5-13.5 89 95.3 86.5-98.5
Other Minorities 117 7 3.1 1.3- 7.2 110 96.9 92.8-98.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 68 99.5 96.4-99.9
Non-Hispanic 2,807 222 6.0 5.1- 7.0 2,585 94.0 93.0-94.9
AGE
18-24 78 0 0.0 . - . 78 100 . - .
25-34 237 2 1.5 0.4- 5.6 235 98.5 94.4-99.6
35-44 377 9 2.2 1.1- 4.4 368 97.8 95.6-98.9
45-54 524 21 4.5 2.8- 7.1 503 95.5 92.9-97.2
55-64 643 51 7.7 5.6-10.5 592 92.3 89.5-94.4
65-74 572 81 13.7 10.9-17.1 491 86.3 82.9-89.1
75+ 440 59 14.6 10.9-19.3 381 85.4 80.7-89.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 451 65 12.7 9.2-17.3 386 87.3 82.7-90.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 911 69 4.8 3.7- 6.3 842 95.2 93.7-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 748 56 5.1 3.7- 6.9 692 94.9 93.1-96.3
College Graduate 767 33 3.6 2.4- 5.2 734 96.4 94.8-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 52 10.4 7.6-14.2 296 89.6 85.8-92.4
$15,000- 24,999 558 59 7.5 5.6-10.1 499 92.5 89.9-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 313 27 7.9 4.7-13.1 286 92.1 86.9-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 450 27 4.5 2.9- 6.8 423 95.5 93.2-97.1
$50,000-74,999 396 14 3.3 1.9- 5.8 382 96.7 94.2-98.1
$75,000+ 432 10 2.1 1.0- 4.1 422 97.9 95.9-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,114 145 11.7 9.6-14.3 969 88.3 85.7-90.4
No 1,644 66 2.8 2.1- 3.7 1,578 97.2 96.3-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 439 73 14.8 11.4-18.9 366 85.2 81.1-88.6
Non-Veteran 2,444 151 4.3 3.5- 5.3 2,293 95.7 94.7-96.5

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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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