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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 411 52 10.5 6.9-15.5 359 89.5 84.5-93.1
GENDER
Male 161 24 8.7 5.3-13.9 137 91.3 86.1-94.7
Female 250 28 12.2 6.7-21.2 222 87.8 78.8-93.3
RACE
White 349 42 9.0 5.5-14.4 307 91.0 85.6-94.5
Other 60 10 17.6 8.1-33.9 50 82.4 66.1-91.9
AGE
18-44 88 2 3.7 0.6-18.7 86 96.3 81.3-99.4
45+ 316 50 17.0 12.2-23.1 266 83.0 76.9-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 19 17.2 8.7-31.1 108 82.8 68.9-91.3
Some College + 284 33 7.2 4.8-10.8 251 92.8 89.2-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 31 13.7 8.3-21.8 140 86.3 78.2-91.7
$50,000+ 177 14 9.8 4.4-20.6 163 90.2 79.4-95.6

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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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