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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,731 730 7.4 6.5- 8.3 6,001 92.6 91.7-93.5
GENDER
Male 2,540 335 8.8 7.3-10.5 2,205 91.2 89.5-92.7
Female 4,191 395 6.0 5.2- 7.0 3,796 94.0 93.0-94.8
RACE
White 5,417 608 8.0 7.0- 9.0 4,809 92.0 91.0-93.0
African American 924 100 6.6 4.5- 9.7 824 93.4 90.3-95.5
Other Minorities 337 19 5.1 2.8- 9.2 318 94.9 90.8-97.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 234 17 6.1 3.1-11.4 217 93.9 88.6-96.9
Non-Hispanic 6,473 710 7.5 6.6- 8.5 5,763 92.5 91.5-93.4
AGE
18-24 184 0 0.0 . - . 184 100 . - .
25-34 636 4 0.6 0.2- 2.3 632 99.4 97.7-99.8
35-44 1,087 18 2.0 1.0- 3.7 1,069 98.0 96.3-99.0
45-54 1,346 64 6.2 3.9- 9.7 1,282 93.8 90.3-96.1
55-64 1,368 160 12.9 10.6-15.7 1,208 87.1 84.3-89.4
65+ 2,043 478 24.4 21.7-27.3 1,565 75.6 72.7-78.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 818 186 12.9 10.0-16.6 632 87.1 83.4-90.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,835 210 9.3 7.3-11.8 1,625 90.7 88.2-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,631 183 7.5 6.0- 9.4 1,448 92.5 90.6-94.0
College Graduate 2,434 147 3.6 2.9- 4.5 2,287 96.4 95.5-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 604 125 13.1 9.9-17.2 479 86.9 82.8-90.1
$15,000- 24,999 940 150 11.4 8.8-14.6 790 88.6 85.4-91.2
$25,000- 34,999 636 100 15.1 10.1-22.0 536 84.9 78.0-89.9
$35,000- 49,999 839 75 6.0 4.2- 8.4 764 94.0 91.6-95.8
$50,000-74,999 958 78 6.4 4.7- 8.6 880 93.6 91.4-95.3
$75,000+ 1,702 61 2.3 1.6- 3.2 1,641 97.7 96.8-98.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,132 453 17.8 15.3-20.7 1,679 82.2 79.3-84.7
No 4,174 240 3.5 2.9- 4.3 3,934 96.5 95.7-97.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 781 158 17.0 13.4-21.4 623 83.0 78.6-86.6
Non-Veteran 5,390 513 6.4 5.5- 7.4 4,877 93.6 92.6-94.5

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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