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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,123 757 4.4 3.7- 5.2 12,366 95.6 94.8-96.3
-Wake County 604 22 2.2 1.4- 3.6 582 97.8 96.4-98.6
GENDER
Male 232 8 2.2 0.9- 4.8 224 97.8 95.2-99.1
Female 372 14 2.3 1.3- 4.0 358 97.7 96.0-98.7
RACE
White 461 19 2.9 1.7- 4.9 442 97.1 95.1-98.3
Other 138 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 135 99.2 97.3-99.8
AGE
18-44 220 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 218 99.2 96.3-99.8
45+ 375 20 4.3 2.7- 6.8 355 95.7 93.2-97.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 10 2.9 1.4- 5.9 119 97.1 94.1-98.6
Some College + 475 12 2.0 1.0- 3.8 463 98.0 96.2-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 10 3.1 1.6- 6.1 165 96.9 93.9-98.4
$50,000+ 341 5 1.4 0.5- 3.9 336 98.6 96.1-99.5

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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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