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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,142 1,589 8.7 7.9- 9.6 11,553 91.3 90.4-92.1
-Eastern NC 3,620 482 11.2 9.1-13.8 3,138 88.8 86.2-90.9
GENDER
Male 1,311 217 13.0 9.2-18.0 1,094 87.0 82.0-90.8
Female 2,309 265 9.5 7.8-11.5 2,044 90.5 88.5-92.2
RACE
White 2,418 334 10.3 8.7-12.2 2,084 89.7 87.8-91.3
African American 838 108 9.8 6.9-13.7 730 90.2 86.3-93.1
Other Minorities 341 34 18.4 7.3-39.1 307 81.6 60.9-92.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 141 4 22.4 6.7-53.8 137 77.6 46.2-93.3
Non-Hispanic 3,472 478 10.4 9.0-12.0 2,994 89.6 88.0-91.0
AGE
18-24 136 2 0.9 0.2- 4.6 134 99.1 95.4-99.8
25-34 392 3 5.4 0.9-27.0 389 94.6 73.0-99.1
35-44 553 15 5.8 2.0-15.8 538 94.2 84.2-98.0
45-54 714 42 5.8 3.5- 9.4 672 94.2 90.6-96.5
55-64 734 122 19.1 14.9-24.2 612 80.9 75.8-85.1
65+ 1,062 293 30.7 26.1-35.8 769 69.3 64.2-73.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 106 14.6 10.1-20.6 383 85.4 79.4-89.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,158 165 12.1 7.7-18.5 993 87.9 81.5-92.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,006 124 11.2 7.5-16.4 882 88.8 83.6-92.5
College Graduate 961 86 7.9 5.8-10.7 875 92.1 89.3-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 457 113 22.2 12.3-36.8 344 77.8 63.2-87.7
$15,000- 24,999 613 103 16.4 10.5-24.7 510 83.6 75.3-89.5
$25,000- 34,999 373 48 5.7 3.8- 8.6 325 94.3 91.4-96.2
$35,000- 49,999 486 47 8.2 5.0-13.0 439 91.8 87.0-95.0
$50,000-74,999 488 49 8.3 5.3-12.7 439 91.7 87.3-94.7
$75,000+ 683 33 4.8 3.0- 7.6 650 95.2 92.4-97.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,342 339 19.9 16.6-23.7 1,003 80.1 76.3-83.4
No 2,041 126 7.3 4.5-11.6 1,915 92.7 88.4-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 576 106 20.6 14.0-29.3 470 79.4 70.7-86.0
Non-Veteran 2,733 332 9.2 6.9-12.0 2,401 90.8 88.0-93.1

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

^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.

**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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