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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,811 194 4.6 3.9- 5.4 2,617 95.4 94.6-96.1
GENDER
Male 1,080 120 6.9 5.6- 8.6 960 93.1 91.4-94.4
Female 1,731 74 2.4 1.8- 3.1 1,657 97.6 96.9-98.2
RACE
White 2,584 175 4.6 3.9- 5.5 2,409 95.4 94.5-96.1
African American 77 5 3.7 1.2-10.6 72 96.3 89.4-98.8
Other Minorities 137 13 4.1 1.9- 8.7 124 95.9 91.3-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 59 99.4 95.6-99.9
Non-Hispanic 2,745 192 4.7 4.0- 5.6 2,553 95.3 94.4-96.0
AGE
18-24 89 0 0.0 . - . 89 100 . - .
25-34 193 0 0.0 . - . 193 100 . - .
35-44 346 8 3.0 1.4- 6.1 338 97.0 93.9-98.6
45-54 495 20 3.2 1.9- 5.4 475 96.8 94.6-98.1
55-64 650 51 6.9 5.1- 9.2 599 93.1 90.8-94.9
65+ 1,016 115 10.8 8.8-13.1 901 89.2 86.9-91.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 396 43 6.7 4.4-10.2 353 93.3 89.8-95.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 919 80 5.8 4.5- 7.5 839 94.2 92.5-95.5
Some Post-H.S. 690 38 3.3 2.3- 4.7 652 96.7 95.3-97.7
College Graduate 802 32 3.1 2.0- 4.7 770 96.9 95.3-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 366 45 8.6 5.9-12.3 321 91.4 87.7-94.1
$15,000- 24,999 519 33 5.0 3.3- 7.5 486 95.0 92.5-96.7
$25,000- 34,999 349 35 8.3 5.7-11.9 314 91.7 88.1-94.3
$35,000- 49,999 372 25 5.1 3.1- 8.2 347 94.9 91.8-96.9
$50,000-74,999 357 11 2.2 1.1- 4.4 346 97.8 95.6-98.9
$75,000+ 407 12 1.9 1.0- 3.6 395 98.1 96.4-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,064 135 10.4 8.5-12.7 929 89.6 87.3-91.5
No 1,613 53 2.1 1.5- 2.8 1,560 97.9 97.2-98.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 354 57 13.7 10.4-18.0 297 86.3 82.0-89.6
Non-Veteran 2,222 119 3.2 2.6- 4.0 2,103 96.8 96.0-97.4

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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.

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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