2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Whites

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) 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 8,826 547 4.5 4.1- 5.1 8,279 95.5 94.9-95.9
-Whites 6,132 400 4.7 4.2- 5.4 5,732 95.3 94.6-95.8
GENDER
Male 2,403 203 6.0 5.0- 7.2 2,200 94.0 92.8-95.0
Female 3,729 197 3.6 3.0- 4.3 3,532 96.4 95.7-97.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 5,976 395 4.8 4.2- 5.5 5,581 95.2 94.5-95.8
AGE
18-34 817 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 719 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 1,012 34 2.7 1.8- 4.0 978 97.3 96.0-98.2
55-64 1,273 66 5.7 4.2- 7.8 1,207 94.3 92.2-95.8
65-74 1,230 141 12.2 10.0-14.8 1,089 87.8 85.2-90.0
75+ 1,036 147 14.7 12.1-17.8 889 85.3 82.2-87.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 614 94 12.3 9.6-15.8 520 87.7 84.2-90.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,677 118 4.7 3.7- 5.9 1,559 95.3 94.1-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,708 102 3.6 2.8- 4.6 1,606 96.4 95.4-97.2
College Graduate 2,126 85 2.9 2.2- 3.8 2,041 97.1 96.2-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 587 82 12.2 9.2-16.1 505 87.8 83.9-90.8
$15,000- 24,999 919 80 6.3 4.7- 8.4 839 93.7 91.6-95.3
$25,000- 34,999 550 46 7.6 5.2-11.1 504 92.4 88.9-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 761 39 3.9 2.7- 5.6 722 96.1 94.4-97.3
$50,000- 74,999 726 30 2.9 1.9- 4.4 696 97.1 95.6-98.1
$75,000+ 1,357 32 1.8 1.2- 2.7 1,325 98.2 97.3-98.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,791 236 11.5 9.7-13.5 1,555 88.5 86.5-90.3
No 4,271 160 2.5 2.1- 3.1 4,111 97.5 96.9-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 874 111 9.5 7.4-12.1 763 90.5 87.9-92.6
Non-Veteran 5,257 289 4.0 3.4- 4.7 4,968 96.0 95.3-96.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,108 228 5.7 4.8- 6.7 2,880 94.3 93.3-95.2
No 3,024 172 3.7 3.0- 4.5 2,852 96.3 95.5-97.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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