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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 370 15 3.6 1.6- 7.8 355 96.4 92.2-98.4
GENDER
Male 123 10 6.8 2.6-16.6 113 93.2 83.4-97.4
Female 247 5 1.1 0.5- 2.8 242 98.9 97.2-99.5
RACE
White 254 14 5.4 2.4-11.9 240 94.6 88.1-97.6
Other 116 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 115 99.7 97.8- 100
AGE
18-44 97 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 96 99.7 98.2- 100
45+ 271 14 6.4 2.9-13.7 257 93.6 86.3-97.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 7 3.7 1.4- 9.1 126 96.3 90.9-98.6
Some College + 237 8 3.6 1.1-10.6 229 96.4 89.4-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 5 1.8 0.5- 5.6 179 98.2 94.4-99.5
$50,000+ 131 6 2.5 1.0- 5.9 125 97.5 94.1-99.0

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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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