2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,005 83 3.6 2.8- 4.6 1,922 96.4 95.4-97.2
GENDER
Male 910 50 4.8 3.5- 6.6 860 95.2 93.4-96.5
Female 1,095 33 2.4 1.6- 3.7 1,062 97.6 96.3-98.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,300 63 4.6 3.5- 6.1 1,237 95.4 93.9-96.5
Non-Hispanic Black 400 17 2.2 1.2- 3.8 383 97.8 96.2-98.8
Other 305 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 485 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 306 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 354 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 364 19 5.2 3.0- 8.7 345 94.8 91.3-97.0
65-74 283 28 10.1 6.5-15.4 255 89.9 84.6-93.5
75+ 185 19 9.5 5.7-15.4 166 90.5 84.6-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 457 23 3.4 2.1- 5.4 434 96.6 94.6-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 503 26 4.0 2.6- 6.1 477 96.0 93.9-97.4
College Graduate 878 22 1.7 1.1- 2.6 856 98.3 97.4-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 15 10.0 5.6-17.3 157 90.0 82.7-94.4
$15,000- 24,999 251 21 6.5 3.9-10.7 230 93.5 89.3-96.1
$25,000- 34,999 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 218 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 273 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 584 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 493 48 7.5 5.4-10.5 445 92.5 89.5-94.6
No 1,431 31 2.3 1.5- 3.4 1,400 97.7 96.6-98.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,783 69 3.4 2.6- 4.5 1,714 96.6 95.5-97.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,171 37 2.5 1.7- 3.6 1,134 97.5 96.4-98.3
Regional City or Suburban County 448 23 4.5 2.7- 7.2 425 95.5 92.8-97.3
Rural 386 23 5.9 3.7- 9.5 363 94.1 90.5-96.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,160 23 1.9 1.2- 3.0 1,137 98.1 97.0-98.8
Unemployed 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 443 36 7.0 4.8-10.2 407 93.0 89.8-95.2
Unable to Work 143 19 12.1 7.0-20.1 124 87.9 79.9-93.0
Other not in Labor Force 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 220 26 10.6 6.6-16.5 194 89.4 83.5-93.4
151% to 200% 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,029 30 2.3 1.5- 3.4 999 97.7 96.6-98.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 598 25 3.5 2.2- 5.4 573 96.5 94.6-97.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,311 49 3.2 2.3- 4.5 1,262 96.8 95.5-97.7

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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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