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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,791 377 9.5 8.2-10.9 2,414 90.5 89.1-91.8
GENDER
Male 1,076 184 10.9 9.1-13.0 892 89.1 87.0-90.9
Female 1,715 193 8.1 6.3-10.3 1,522 91.9 89.7-93.7
RACE
White 2,563 343 9.6 8.2-11.2 2,220 90.4 88.8-91.8
African American 77 14 13.1 6.4-24.7 63 86.9 75.3-93.6
Other Minorities 138 19 5.9 3.1-11.0 119 94.1 89.0-96.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 59 99.4 95.6-99.9
Non-Hispanic 2,725 375 9.8 8.4-11.3 2,350 90.2 88.7-91.6
AGE
18-24 88 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 87 99.3 95.4-99.9
25-34 193 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 192 99.5 96.3-99.9
35-44 346 11 4.0 2.1- 7.4 335 96.0 92.6-97.9
45-54 495 37 8.4 4.8-14.4 458 91.6 85.6-95.2
55-64 644 99 15.2 12.1-18.9 545 84.8 81.1-87.9
65+ 1,003 228 21.2 18.3-24.4 775 78.8 75.6-81.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 390 90 16.8 11.2-24.4 300 83.2 75.6-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 915 142 10.6 8.6-13.0 773 89.4 87.0-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 684 84 7.5 5.7- 9.8 600 92.5 90.2-94.3
College Graduate 798 60 6.0 4.5- 8.1 738 94.0 91.9-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 364 94 17.1 12.7-22.6 270 82.9 77.4-87.3
$15,000- 24,999 513 77 11.3 8.6-14.7 436 88.7 85.3-91.4
$25,000- 34,999 346 47 11.6 8.4-15.8 299 88.4 84.2-91.6
$35,000- 49,999 370 45 9.1 6.4-12.9 325 90.9 87.1-93.6
$50,000-74,999 356 23 4.5 2.8- 7.1 333 95.5 92.9-97.2
$75,000+ 405 26 4.4 2.8- 6.8 379 95.6 93.2-97.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,047 269 22.6 19.1-26.5 778 77.4 73.5-80.9
No 1,610 97 3.8 3.0- 4.9 1,513 96.2 95.1-97.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 354 91 23.0 18.6-28.2 263 77.0 71.8-81.4
Non-Veteran 2,206 252 7.6 6.2- 9.2 1,954 92.4 90.8-93.8

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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