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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 385 29 5.0 3.3- 7.6 356 95.0 92.4-96.7
GENDER
Male 125 14 6.4 3.5-11.4 111 93.6 88.6-96.5
Female 260 15 3.9 2.2- 6.7 245 96.1 93.3-97.8
RACE
White 237 18 4.6 2.8- 7.7 219 95.4 92.3-97.2
Other 147 11 5.7 2.9-10.9 136 94.3 89.1-97.1
AGE
18-44 113 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 112 99.5 96.3-99.9
45+ 269 27 9.5 6.3-14.3 242 90.5 85.7-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 17 5.8 3.3- 9.9 176 94.2 90.1-96.7
Some College + 192 12 4.2 2.2- 7.9 180 95.8 92.1-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 17 5.9 3.4-10.1 199 94.1 89.9-96.6
$50,000+ 97 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0 91 96.0 91.0-98.3

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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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