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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,672 948 4.1 3.7- 4.5 14,724 95.9 95.5-96.3
-New Hanover County 367 31 6.0 4.1- 8.8 336 94.0 91.2-95.9
GENDER
Male 144 19 7.6 4.5-12.5 125 92.4 87.5-95.5
Female 223 12 4.3 2.3- 7.9 211 95.7 92.1-97.7
RACE
White 315 26 6.0 3.9- 9.1 289 94.0 90.9-96.1
Other 49 5 6.2 2.1-16.6 44 93.8 83.4-97.9
AGE
18-44 82 0 0.0 . - . 82 100 . - .
45+ 283 31 10.3 7.0-14.9 252 89.7 85.1-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 102 12 7.5 3.9-14.0 90 92.5 86.0-96.1
Some College + 264 19 5.4 3.3- 8.8 245 94.6 91.2-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 14 5.4 2.8-10.0 146 94.6 90.0-97.2
$50,000+ 160 13 6.9 3.9-11.8 147 93.1 88.2-96.1

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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