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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 367 19 3.7 2.1- 6.5 348 96.3 93.5-97.9
GENDER
Male 117 9 5.2 2.2-11.6 108 94.8 88.4-97.8
Female 250 10 2.8 1.4- 5.6 240 97.2 94.4-98.6
RACE
White 317 18 4.4 2.5- 7.8 299 95.6 92.2-97.5
Other 49 1 1.1 0.1- 7.6 48 98.9 92.4-99.9
AGE
18-44 144 0 0.0 . - . 144 100 . - .
45+ 221 19 8.8 5.1-14.8 202 91.2 85.2-94.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 11 4.9 2.6- 9.1 120 95.1 90.9-97.4
Some College + 235 8 3.1 1.3- 7.3 227 96.9 92.7-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 11 4.8 2.5- 9.0 130 95.2 91.0-97.5
$50,000+ 179 4 1.4 0.5- 3.7 175 98.6 96.3-99.5

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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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