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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 435 29 3.5 2.3- 5.2 406 96.5 94.8-97.7
GENDER
Male 157 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9 147 97.0 94.1-98.5
Female 278 19 3.9 2.3- 6.4 259 96.1 93.6-97.7
RACE
White 382 25 3.8 2.5- 5.9 357 96.2 94.1-97.5
Other 51 4 2.0 0.7- 6.0 47 98.0 94.0-99.3
AGE
18-44 104 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 103 99.6 96.9-99.9
45+ 328 28 6.3 4.2- 9.3 300 93.7 90.7-95.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 216 19 4.1 2.5- 6.8 197 95.9 93.2-97.5
Some College + 219 10 2.8 1.4- 5.6 209 97.2 94.4-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 18 4.8 2.8- 8.0 203 95.2 92.0-97.2
$50,000+ 129 3 1.5 0.5- 4.6 126 98.5 95.4-99.5

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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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