2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 945 71 7.2 5.0-10.1 874 92.8 89.9-95.0
GENDER
Male 429 45 9.1 6.3-13.2 384 90.9 86.8-93.7
Female 516 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 833 64 7.3 5.1-10.5 769 92.7 89.5-94.9
Non-Hispanic Black 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 176 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 210 25 11.6 7.2-18.3 185 88.4 81.7-92.8
75+ 163 16 9.9 5.6-17.0 147 90.1 83.0-94.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 241 26 8.3 4.8-14.0 215 91.7 86.0-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 269 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 335 15 3.5 2.0- 6.2 320 96.5 93.8-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 342 45 12.2 8.1-18.1 297 87.8 81.9-91.9
No 575 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 22 14.5 8.9-22.8 117 85.5 77.2-91.1
Non-Veteran 805 49 6.1 3.9- 9.4 756 93.9 90.6-96.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 224 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 721 59 7.8 5.4-11.2 662 92.2 88.8-94.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 418 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 332 33 10.9 7.3-16.0 299 89.1 84.0-92.7
Unable to Work 106 21 11.3 6.5-18.8 85 88.7 81.2-93.5
Other not in Labor Force 57 *** *** *** 57 100 . - .
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 428 27 5.2 3.1- 8.7 401 94.8 91.3-96.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 313 25 6.0 3.6- 9.9 288 94.0 90.1-96.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 262 24 8.5 5.0-14.4 238 91.5 85.6-95.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 370 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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