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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

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
-Rowan County 434 60 8.4 6.2-11.3 374 91.6 88.7-93.8
GENDER
Male 157 20 7.1 4.2-11.6 137 92.9 88.4-95.8
Female 277 40 9.5 6.6-13.5 237 90.5 86.5-93.4
RACE
White 381 52 8.9 6.5-12.0 329 91.1 88.0-93.5
Other 51 8 6.7 2.6-15.9 43 93.3 84.1-97.4
AGE
18-44 104 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 102 99.2 96.8-99.8
45+ 327 58 15.4 11.6-20.0 269 84.6 80.0-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 35 10.0 6.7-14.8 180 90.0 85.2-93.3
Some College + 219 25 6.8 4.4-10.4 194 93.2 89.6-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 39 12.3 8.4-17.5 182 87.7 82.5-91.6
$50,000+ 129 9 4.6 2.3- 9.0 120 95.4 91.0-97.7

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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.

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