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%)
North Carolina 4,892 253 4.2 3.6- 5.0 4,639 95.8 95.0-96.4
-MALES 2,193 143 5.2 4.2- 6.4 2,050 94.8 93.6-95.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,447 111 6.8 5.4- 8.5 1,336 93.2 91.5-94.6
Non-Hispanic Black 366 17 2.3 1.2- 4.4 349 97.7 95.6-98.8
Other 60 *** *** *** 57 98.1 93.2-99.5
AGE
18-34 501 *** *** *** 498 99.3 97.3-99.8
35-44 297 *** *** *** 293 98.1 94.4-99.4
45-54 390 18 4.2 2.3- 7.3 372 95.8 92.7-97.7
55-64 407 33 7.7 5.0-11.7 374 92.3 88.3-95.0
65-74 368 51 13.9 9.8-19.2 317 86.1 80.8-90.2
75+ 212 34 15.7 10.5-22.9 178 84.3 77.1-89.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 236 22 8.0 4.7-13.4 214 92.0 86.6-95.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 612 50 5.8 4.1- 8.2 562 94.2 91.8-95.9
Some Post-H.S. 544 40 5.6 3.8- 8.1 504 94.4 91.9-96.2
College Graduate 797 31 2.6 1.8- 4.0 766 97.4 96.0-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 194 25 14.0 8.4-22.3 169 86.0 77.7-91.6
$15,000- 24,999 311 23 6.7 3.9-11.3 288 93.3 88.7-96.1
$25,000- 34,999 196 20 8.1 4.7-13.6 176 91.9 86.4-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 267 *** *** *** 257 97.8 95.2-99.0
$50,000- 74,999 311 21 5.8 3.5- 9.2 290 94.2 90.8-96.5
$75,000+ 601 19 2.1 1.2- 3.8 582 97.9 96.2-98.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 637 86 11.3 8.7-14.5 551 88.7 85.5-91.3
No 1,473 52 3.0 2.1- 4.3 1,421 97.0 95.7-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 638 57 6.7 4.9- 9.1 581 93.3 90.9-95.1
Non-Veteran 1,551 86 4.8 3.7- 6.3 1,465 95.2 93.7-96.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 610 24 3.2 2.0- 5.1 586 96.8 94.9-98.0
Regional City or Suburban County 446 23 4.1 2.4- 6.8 423 95.9 93.2-97.6
Rural 1,137 96 7.8 6.0-10.0 1,041 92.2 90.0-94.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,348 35 2.3 1.5- 3.5 1,313 97.7 96.5-98.5
Unemployed 80 *** *** *** 74 94.9 85.7-98.3
Retired 514 72 13.9 10.5-18.1 442 86.1 81.9-89.5
Unable to Work 165 30 15.4 9.5-24.1 135 84.6 75.9-90.5
Other not in Labor Force 73 *** *** *** 73 100 . - .
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 139 15 6.4 2.8-13.7 124 93.6 86.3-97.2
101% to 150% 295 27 9.3 5.7-14.6 268 90.7 85.4-94.3
151% to 200% 143 14 9.0 4.6-16.9 129 91.0 83.1-95.4
More than 200% 1,141 55 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,086 96.5 95.2-97.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 439 45 10.0 6.7-14.6 394 90.0 85.4-93.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 777 47 5.0 3.5- 7.0 730 95.0 93.0-96.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 977 51 4.4 3.1- 6.1 926 95.6 93.9-96.9

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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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