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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 13,245 572 2.7 2.4- 3.1 12,673 97.3 96.9-97.6
-New Hanover County 411 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5 392 97.3 95.5-98.4
GENDER
Male 160 8 2.9 1.3- 6.4 152 97.1 93.6-98.7
Female 251 11 2.5 1.3- 4.8 240 97.5 95.2-98.7
RACE
White 349 16 2.7 1.5- 4.8 333 97.3 95.2-98.5
Other 60 3 2.8 0.9- 8.7 57 97.2 91.3-99.1
AGE
18-44 88 0 0.0 . - . 88 100 . - .
45+ 316 19 5.2 3.1- 8.7 297 94.8 91.3-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 8 3.9 1.8- 8.1 120 96.1 91.9-98.2
Some College + 283 11 2.1 1.0- 4.5 272 97.9 95.5-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 14 4.2 2.3- 7.5 157 95.8 92.5-97.7
$50,000+ 177 4 2.4 0.8- 6.8 173 97.6 93.2-99.2

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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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