| |
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
|---|
|
BRFSS Q: "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have coronary heart disease?" compared to heart disease prescriptions filled
|
0.438
a
|
--
|
0.662
a
|
--
|
0.613
a
|
|
N (states)
|
21
|
14
|
20
|
7
|
24
|
|
BRFSS Heart Disease (State-level):
| | | | | |
|
Meanb
|
4.27%
|
--
|
4.47%
|
--
|
4.48%
|
|
Standard Deviation
|
0.90%
|
--
|
1.08%
|
--
|
1.39%
|
|
Prescriptions-Filled (State-level):
| | | | | |
|
Mean
|
15.19%
|
16.04%
|
16.99%
|
18.02%
|
18.74%
|
|
Standard Deviations
|
3.44%
|
3.57%
|
3.64%
|
3.83%
|
3.96%
|
|
Ratio of Rx/BRFSS rates
|
1.60
|
--
|
1.57
|
--
|
2.25
|
|
Prescriptions-Filled (County-level):
| | | | | |
|
Mean
|
9.41%
|
10.01%
|
10.60%
|
11.28%
|
11.85%
|
|
Standard Deviation
|
5.92%
|
6.33%
|
6.64%
|
7.05%
|
7.32%
|
|
N (counties)
|
3,103
|
3,103
|
3,103
|
3,103
|
3,103
|
- Note: Correlations with populations of less than 30 are unstable and should be viewed with caution.
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a= Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
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b = Caution: Mean of the state-level rates, not a calculated national rate
- -- Data unavailable
