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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 603 55 5.5 4.0- 7.4 548 94.5 92.6-96.0
GENDER
Male 232 20 4.7 2.8- 7.9 212 95.3 92.1-97.2
Female 371 35 6.3 4.3- 8.9 336 93.7 91.1-95.7
RACE
White 461 46 6.8 4.9- 9.5 415 93.2 90.5-95.1
Other 137 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 128 97.3 94.4-98.7
AGE
18-44 220 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 218 99.2 96.3-99.8
45+ 375 53 12.4 9.3-16.4 322 87.6 83.6-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 26 9.1 5.5-14.5 103 90.9 85.5-94.5
Some College + 474 29 4.3 2.8- 6.4 445 95.7 93.6-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 31 10.1 6.6-15.2 144 89.9 84.8-93.4
$50,000+ 341 13 3.0 1.6- 5.5 328 97.0 94.5-98.4

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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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