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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 615 24 3.0 1.8- 4.8 591 97.0 95.2-98.2
GENDER
Male 231 14 4.5 2.4- 8.1 217 95.5 91.9-97.6
Female 384 10 1.6 0.7- 3.6 374 98.4 96.4-99.3
RACE
White 427 20 3.5 2.0- 5.9 407 96.5 94.1-98.0
Other 177 4 2.4 0.9- 6.6 173 97.6 93.4-99.1
AGE
18-44 191 0 0.0 . - . 191 100 . - .
45+ 416 23 5.6 3.4- 9.0 393 94.4 91.0-96.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 8 4.5 1.8-10.7 139 95.5 89.3-98.2
Some College + 465 14 2.1 1.2- 3.9 451 97.9 96.1-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 10 2.7 1.3- 5.5 220 97.3 94.5-98.7
$50,000+ 283 8 2.4 1.0- 5.5 275 97.6 94.5-99.0

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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.

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