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Heart Disease Risk Factors Survey Results

1. Do you have diabetes?

• Yes
  
  83% (66 out of 80)
• No
  
  16% (13 out of 80)
• I don't know
  
  1% (1 out of 80)

2. What type of diabetes do you have?

• Type 1
  
  15% (12 out of 80)
• Type 2
  
  69% (55 out of 80)
• Gestational Diabetes
  
  0% (0 out of 80)
• I don't have diabetes
  
  16% (13 out of 80)

3. When was your most recent physical exam?

• Less than six months ago
  
  63% (50 out of 80)
• Six months to one year ago
  
  16% (13 out of 80)
• One year to two years ago
  
  14% (11 out of 80)
• More than two years ago
  
  8% (6 out of 80)

4. Coronary heart disease develops quickly in a person?

• True
  
  44% (35 out of 80)
• False
  
  56% (45 out of 80)

5. Do you believe that you are at risk for developing heart disease?

• Yes
  
  75% (60 out of 80)
• No
  
  10% (8 out of 80)
• I don't know
  
  15% (12 out of 80)

6. Is there a history of heart disease in your family?

• Yes
  
  59% (47 out of 80)
• No
  
  30% (24 out of 80)
• I don't know
  
  11% (9 out of 80)

7. Do you have any of the following heart disease risk factors?

• Smoke cigarettes
  
  8% (6 out of 80)
• Have high level of stress
  
  14% (11 out of 80)
• Smoke cigarettes AND have high levels of stress
  
  4% (3 out of 80)
• None of the above
  
  75% (60 out of 80)

 

 

 

 

 

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