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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 13,219 795 4.4 3.9- 5.0 12,424 95.6 95.0-96.1
-Eastern NC 3,645 243 5.9 4.6- 7.7 3,402 94.1 92.3-95.4
GENDER
Male 1,321 124 7.1 4.7-10.5 1,197 92.9 89.5-95.3
Female 2,324 119 4.9 3.6- 6.6 2,205 95.1 93.4-96.4
RACE
White 2,433 178 5.6 4.4- 7.0 2,255 94.4 93.0-95.6
African American 845 41 5.5 3.2- 9.4 804 94.5 90.6-96.8
Other Minorities 344 22 9.1 3.1-24.2 322 90.9 75.8-96.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 144 1 8.3 1.2-39.9 143 91.7 60.1-98.8
Non-Hispanic 3,494 242 5.8 4.7- 7.2 3,252 94.2 92.8-95.3
AGE
18-24 136 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 135 99.3 95.0-99.9
25-34 393 0 0.0 . - . 393 100 . - .
35-44 556 8 4.6 1.2-16.1 548 95.4 83.9-98.8
45-54 717 18 2.7 1.2- 5.9 699 97.3 94.1-98.8
55-64 737 61 10.1 7.0-14.5 676 89.9 85.5-93.0
65+ 1,077 151 17.4 13.4-22.4 926 82.6 77.6-86.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 497 58 8.6 5.0-14.5 439 91.4 85.5-95.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,162 73 4.7 3.3- 6.7 1,089 95.3 93.3-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,017 66 6.9 3.7-12.2 951 93.1 87.8-96.3
College Graduate 963 46 4.9 3.2- 7.4 917 95.1 92.6-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 460 54 7.7 4.8-12.0 406 92.3 88.0-95.2
$15,000- 24,999 620 54 11.1 5.8-20.2 566 88.9 79.8-94.2
$25,000- 34,999 373 22 3.1 1.7- 5.6 351 96.9 94.4-98.3
$35,000- 49,999 489 24 4.2 2.3- 7.6 465 95.8 92.4-97.7
$50,000-74,999 489 29 5.7 3.1-10.1 460 94.3 89.9-96.9
$75,000+ 683 18 2.6 1.3- 5.0 665 97.4 95.0-98.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,354 173 11.3 8.6-14.6 1,181 88.7 85.4-91.4
No 2,051 60 3.4 1.9- 6.2 1,991 96.6 93.8-98.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 580 64 14.9 8.8-24.0 516 85.1 76.0-91.2
Non-Veteran 2,753 157 3.9 3.0- 5.1 2,596 96.1 94.9-97.0

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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.

**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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