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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 369 10 1.8 0.9- 3.5 359 98.2 96.5-99.1
GENDER
Male 138 4 2.4 0.8- 6.7 134 97.6 93.3-99.2
Female 231 6 1.3 0.6- 2.9 225 98.7 97.1-99.4
RACE
White 293 7 2.0 0.9- 4.5 286 98.0 95.5-99.1
Other 70 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 67 98.8 96.1-99.6
AGE
18-44 98 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 97 99.1 93.9-99.9
45+ 265 9 2.5 1.3- 5.0 256 97.5 95.0-98.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 4 3.3 1.0-10.1 81 96.7 89.9-99.0
Some College + 282 6 1.3 0.5- 3.0 276 98.7 97.0-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 4 2.6 0.8- 8.0 102 97.4 92.0-99.2
$50,000+ 205 5 1.6 0.6- 4.0 200 98.4 96.0-99.4

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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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