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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,123 757 4.4 3.7- 5.2 12,366 95.6 94.8-96.3
-Mecklenburg County 613 29 3.2 1.9- 5.6 584 96.8 94.4-98.1
GENDER
Male 231 14 4.6 2.2- 9.5 217 95.4 90.5-97.8
Female 382 15 2.0 1.0- 3.8 367 98.0 96.2-99.0
RACE
White 426 25 3.6 2.2- 6.0 401 96.4 94.0-97.8
Other 176 4 2.8 0.8-10.0 172 97.2 90.0-99.2
AGE
18-44 190 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 189 98.7 91.3-99.8
45+ 415 28 5.4 3.3- 8.5 387 94.6 91.5-96.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 12 7.3 3.1-16.1 135 92.7 83.9-96.9
Some College + 463 16 1.6 0.9- 2.7 447 98.4 97.3-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 16 4.5 1.9-10.6 212 95.5 89.4-98.1
$50,000+ 283 6 1.8 0.7- 5.0 277 98.2 95.0-99.3

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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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