2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Chronic Health Conditions

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,701 598 10.3 9.3-11.3 4,103 89.7 88.7-90.7
Medicaid Region 5 817 115 12.8 10.2-16.0 702 87.2 84.0-89.8
GENDER
Male 381 62 14.7 10.7-19.7 319 85.3 80.3-89.3
Female 436 53 11.1 7.9-15.5 383 88.9 84.5-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 504 72 14.2 10.7-18.5 432 85.8 81.5-89.3
Non-Hispanic Black 161 24 10.7 6.7-16.7 137 89.3 83.3-93.3
Other 152 19 10.6 5.1-20.9 133 89.4 79.1-94.9
AGE
18-44 293 *** *** *** 285 98.2 96.4-99.1
45-64 260 37 17.9 12.2-25.5 223 82.1 74.5-87.8
65+ 245 67 29.0 22.0-37.0 178 71.0 63.0-78.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 59 16.6 12.1-22.3 251 83.4 77.7-87.9
Some Post-H.S. 250 34 12.3 7.9-18.7 216 87.7 81.3-92.1
College Graduate 256 22 6.9 4.4-10.6 234 93.1 89.4-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 410 74 16.9 12.9-21.9 336 83.1 78.1-87.1
$50,000+ 254 19 7.7 4.1-13.9 235 92.3 86.1-95.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 21 11.3 6.2-19.8 122 88.7 80.2-93.8

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more 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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