2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

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 4,892 253 4.2 3.6- 5.0 4,639 95.8 95.0-96.4
-Eastern NC 1,944 99 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,845 95.8 94.4-96.9
GENDER
Male 854 48 4.1 2.8- 5.8 806 95.9 94.2-97.2
Female 1,090 51 4.4 2.8- 6.8 1,039 95.6 93.2-97.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,125 64 5.4 3.8- 7.6 1,061 94.6 92.4-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 514 22 2.6 1.5- 4.4 492 97.4 95.6-98.5
Other 305 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 374 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 251 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 313 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 393 24 5.0 2.9- 8.4 369 95.0 91.6-97.1
65-74 362 37 13.4 8.0-21.5 325 86.6 78.5-92.0
75+ 235 28 14.1 9.0-21.4 207 85.9 78.6-91.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 248 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 553 39 5.1 3.3- 7.8 514 94.9 92.2-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 573 30 3.5 2.2- 5.5 543 96.5 94.5-97.8
College Graduate 564 12 1.5 0.8- 2.7 552 98.5 97.3-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 222 24 7.6 4.4-12.8 198 92.4 87.2-95.6
$15,000- 24,999 326 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 203 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 239 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 231 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 366 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 673 66 7.6 5.5-10.4 607 92.4 89.6-94.5
No 1,211 30 2.7 1.6- 4.6 1,181 97.3 95.4-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 358 23 4.5 2.8- 7.1 335 95.5 92.9-97.2
Non-Veteran 1,584 76 4.2 2.9- 5.9 1,508 95.8 94.1-97.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 314 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 1,499 85 5.0 3.6- 6.9 1,414 95.0 93.1-96.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 966 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 548 46 9.3 6.5-13.2 502 90.7 86.8-93.5
Unable to Work 214 30 9.9 6.0-16.1 184 90.1 83.9-94.0
Other not in Labor Force 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 329 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 819 27 3.0 1.9- 4.7 792 97.0 95.3-98.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 660 46 5.3 3.6- 7.6 614 94.7 92.4-96.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 937 37 4.1 2.6- 6.5 900 95.9 93.5-97.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 347 16 3.4 2.0- 5.9 331 96.6 94.1-98.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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