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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 13,245 572 2.7 2.4- 3.1 12,673 97.3 96.9-97.6
-Mecklenburg County 617 19 1.8 1.0- 3.2 598 98.2 96.8-99.0
GENDER
Male 232 8 2.4 1.0- 5.5 224 97.6 94.5-99.0
Female 385 11 1.3 0.7- 2.5 374 98.7 97.5-99.3
RACE
White 428 16 2.3 1.2- 4.4 412 97.7 95.6-98.8
Other 178 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2 175 98.8 95.8-99.7
AGE
18-44 191 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 190 99.3 95.3-99.9
45+ 418 18 3.1 1.7- 5.3 400 96.9 94.7-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 5 2.0 0.6- 6.2 144 98.0 93.8-99.4
Some College + 465 14 1.7 0.9- 3.4 451 98.3 96.6-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 10 2.4 1.1- 5.4 222 97.6 94.6-98.9
$50,000+ 283 4 1.2 0.3- 4.3 279 98.8 95.7-99.7

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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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