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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,763 358 3.7 3.1- 4.3 6,405 96.3 95.7-96.9
GENDER
Male 2,555 198 4.9 4.0- 6.1 2,357 95.1 93.9-96.0
Female 4,208 160 2.5 2.0- 3.1 4,048 97.5 96.9-98.0
RACE
White 5,444 308 4.4 3.7- 5.2 5,136 95.6 94.8-96.3
African American 927 40 2.1 1.4- 3.2 887 97.9 96.8-98.6
Other Minorities 339 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3 331 98.0 95.7-99.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 236 5 1.1 0.3- 3.2 231 98.9 96.8-99.7
Non-Hispanic 6,503 352 3.9 3.3- 4.6 6,151 96.1 95.4-96.7
AGE
18-24 185 0 0.0 . - . 185 100 . - .
25-34 637 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 636 100 99.8- 100
35-44 1,091 7 0.6 0.2- 1.6 1,084 99.4 98.4-99.8
45-54 1,349 31 3.1 1.8- 5.1 1,318 96.9 94.9-98.2
55-64 1,372 81 7.0 5.2- 9.3 1,291 93.0 90.7-94.8
65+ 2,062 235 12.3 10.4-14.5 1,827 87.7 85.5-89.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 828 92 5.9 4.0- 8.5 736 94.1 91.5-96.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,848 113 5.0 3.8- 6.6 1,735 95.0 93.4-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,633 76 3.4 2.5- 4.6 1,557 96.6 95.4-97.5
College Graduate 2,441 73 1.9 1.4- 2.6 2,368 98.1 97.4-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 608 56 5.5 3.7- 8.1 552 94.5 91.9-96.3
$15,000- 24,999 946 83 6.0 4.4- 8.2 863 94.0 91.8-95.6
$25,000- 34,999 641 47 6.5 4.0-10.4 594 93.5 89.6-96.0
$35,000- 49,999 845 36 3.7 2.2- 6.1 809 96.3 93.9-97.8
$50,000-74,999 959 42 3.6 2.4- 5.3 917 96.4 94.7-97.6
$75,000+ 1,706 28 1.1 0.7- 2.0 1,678 98.9 98.0-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,150 213 8.9 7.3-10.8 1,937 91.1 89.2-92.7
No 4,187 126 1.8 1.4- 2.3 4,061 98.2 97.7-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 785 98 11.9 8.7-16.0 687 88.1 84.0-91.3
Non-Veteran 5,415 227 2.7 2.3- 3.3 5,188 97.3 96.7-97.7

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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.

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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