2017 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 4,892 253 4.2 3.6- 5.0 4,639 95.8 95.0-96.4
GENDER
Male 2,193 143 5.2 4.2- 6.4 2,050 94.8 93.6-95.8
Female 2,699 110 3.3 2.5- 4.4 2,589 96.7 95.6-97.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,193 186 5.4 4.4- 6.5 3,007 94.6 93.5-95.6
Non-Hispanic Black 947 42 2.5 1.7- 3.7 905 97.5 96.3-98.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 151 *** *** *** 142 97.4 94.3-98.9
Non-Hispanic Other 184 *** *** *** 177 97.6 93.7-99.1
Hispanic 354 *** *** *** 350 99.6 98.9-99.9
AGE
18-34 996 *** *** *** 991 99.5 98.5-99.8
35-44 653 *** *** *** 644 98.1 95.9-99.1
45-54 821 27 2.9 1.8- 4.7 794 97.1 95.3-98.2
55-64 933 59 6.0 4.2- 8.5 874 94.0 91.5-95.8
65-74 855 90 11.4 8.6-15.1 765 88.6 84.9-91.4
75+ 583 63 10.9 8.1-14.6 520 89.1 85.4-91.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 507 45 8.6 5.8-12.5 462 91.4 87.5-94.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,251 88 4.7 3.6- 6.2 1,163 95.3 93.8-96.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,345 71 4.0 2.9- 5.3 1,274 96.0 94.7-97.1
College Graduate 1,777 49 1.8 1.3- 2.6 1,728 98.2 97.4-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 490 52 9.7 6.5-14.2 438 90.3 85.8-93.5
$15,000- 24,999 739 47 6.0 4.1- 8.8 692 94.0 91.2-95.9
$25,000- 34,999 476 32 5.2 3.3- 8.1 444 94.8 91.9-96.7
$35,000- 49,999 557 25 3.4 2.1- 5.5 532 96.6 94.5-97.9
$50,000-74,999 629 24 3.2 2.0- 5.1 605 96.8 94.9-98.0
$75,000+ 1,141 25 1.5 0.9- 2.6 1,116 98.5 97.4-99.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 862 48 4.3 2.8- 6.4 814 95.7 93.6-97.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,508 159 8.4 6.8-10.3 1,349 91.6 89.7-93.2
No 3,217 84 2.6 2.0- 3.5 3,133 97.4 96.5-98.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 718 59 6.1 4.4- 8.3 659 93.9 91.7-95.6
Non-Veteran 4,172 194 4.0 3.3- 4.8 3,978 96.0 95.2-96.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,302 41 2.4 1.7- 3.4 1,261 97.6 96.6-98.3
Regional City or Suburban County 986 45 4.1 2.7- 6.0 941 95.9 94.0-97.3
Rural 2,606 167 6.0 4.8- 7.4 2,439 94.0 92.6-95.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,544 52 2.1 1.5- 3.0 2,492 97.9 97.0-98.5
Unemployed 189 *** *** *** 181 97.3 93.5-98.9
Retired 1,323 115 8.4 6.7-10.5 1,208 91.6 89.5-93.3
Unable to Work 463 70 11.4 8.1-15.9 393 88.6 84.1-91.9
Other not in Labor Force 343 *** *** *** 335 97.0 92.6-98.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 145 13 10.4 5.2-20.0 132 89.6 80.0-94.8
50% to 100% 369 25 4.6 2.4- 8.8 344 95.4 91.2-97.6
101% to 150% 699 59 7.5 5.3-10.6 640 92.5 89.4-94.7
151% to 200% 331 18 5.2 2.9- 9.3 313 94.8 90.7-97.1
More than 200% 2,276 84 2.8 2.2- 3.7 2,192 97.2 96.3-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 862 48 4.3 2.8- 6.4 814 95.7 93.6-97.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,069 80 6.6 4.9- 8.9 989 93.4 91.1-95.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,797 86 4.4 3.3- 5.8 1,711 95.6 94.2-96.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,028 87 3.6 2.7- 4.7 1,941 96.4 95.3-97.3

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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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