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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 408 30 5.8 3.6- 9.1 378 94.2 90.9-96.4
GENDER
Male 160 12 4.0 2.0- 7.7 148 96.0 92.3-98.0
Female 248 18 7.5 4.1-13.5 230 92.5 86.5-95.9
RACE
White 346 23 4.2 2.6- 6.8 323 95.8 93.2-97.4
Other 60 7 13.3 5.2-29.8 53 86.7 70.2-94.8
AGE
18-44 88 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 87 99.6 97.2-99.9
45+ 313 29 11.0 7.0-16.8 284 89.0 83.2-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 11 8.6 3.9-18.0 115 91.4 82.0-96.1
Some College + 282 19 4.4 2.6- 7.5 263 95.6 92.5-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 17 9.5 4.9-17.7 152 90.5 82.3-95.1
$50,000+ 177 9 4.1 2.0- 8.3 168 95.9 91.7-98.0

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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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