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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 612 48 5.7 3.8- 8.3 564 94.3 91.7-96.2
GENDER
Male 231 24 8.4 5.0-13.7 207 91.6 86.3-95.0
Female 381 24 3.3 2.0- 5.3 357 96.7 94.7-98.0
RACE
White 425 39 6.1 4.1- 9.0 386 93.9 91.0-95.9
Other 176 9 5.4 2.4-11.9 167 94.6 88.1-97.6
AGE
18-44 190 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 188 98.0 91.9-99.5
45+ 414 45 9.1 6.4-12.8 369 90.9 87.2-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 17 10.3 5.3-19.1 129 89.7 80.9-94.7
Some College + 463 29 3.8 2.4- 5.9 434 96.2 94.1-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 24 7.5 4.0-13.6 203 92.5 86.4-96.0
$50,000+ 283 11 3.5 1.7- 7.0 272 96.5 93.0-98.3

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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.

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