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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 413 27 6.0 3.3-10.8 386 94.0 89.2-96.7
GENDER
Male 162 12 4.6 2.3- 8.9 150 95.4 91.1-97.7
Female 251 15 7.4 3.1-16.7 236 92.6 83.3-96.9
RACE
White 351 22 5.7 2.8-11.3 329 94.3 88.7-97.2
Other 60 5 7.7 2.6-20.6 55 92.3 79.4-97.4
AGE
18-44 88 1 3.3 0.5-19.9 87 96.7 80.1-99.5
45+ 318 26 8.7 5.6-13.4 292 91.3 86.6-94.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 9 10.3 3.8-25.1 120 89.7 74.9-96.2
Some College + 284 18 4.0 2.4- 6.7 266 96.0 93.3-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 15 6.0 3.2-11.2 157 94.0 88.8-96.8
$50,000+ 177 9 7.4 2.6-19.2 168 92.6 80.8-97.4

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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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