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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 366 35 6.0 3.9- 8.9 331 94.0 91.1-96.1
GENDER
Male 116 15 8.0 4.2-14.8 101 92.0 85.2-95.8
Female 250 20 4.6 2.8- 7.6 230 95.4 92.4-97.2
RACE
White 316 33 7.1 4.6-10.7 283 92.9 89.3-95.4
Other 49 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1 47 98.3 92.9-99.6
AGE
18-44 144 0 0.0 . - . 144 100 . - .
45+ 219 33 13.8 9.2-20.2 186 86.2 79.8-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 18 8.3 4.9-13.9 113 91.7 86.1-95.1
Some College + 234 17 4.7 2.5- 8.7 217 95.3 91.3-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 20 7.9 4.8-12.6 121 92.1 87.4-95.2
$50,000+ 178 8 3.0 1.4- 6.5 170 97.0 93.5-98.6

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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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