2019 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 that 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 4,266 231 4.4 3.8- 5.1 4,035 95.6 94.9-96.2
-MALES 1,993 141 5.6 4.6- 6.7 1,852 94.4 93.3-95.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,271 103 6.8 5.4- 8.4 1,168 93.2 91.6-94.6
Non-Hispanic Black 354 19 3.1 1.9- 5.0 335 96.9 95.0-98.1
Other 324 17 4.0 2.3- 6.9 307 96.0 93.1-97.7
AGE
18-34 479 *** *** *** 475 99.1 97.5-99.7
35-44 272 *** *** *** 268 98.9 97.0-99.6
45-54 326 15 3.9 2.2- 6.7 311 96.1 93.3-97.8
55-64 338 30 8.5 5.6-12.6 308 91.5 87.4-94.4
65-74 329 56 16.2 12.3-21.1 273 83.8 78.9-87.7
75+ 216 31 15.3 10.1-22.7 185 84.7 77.3-89.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 210 22 8.4 5.2-13.3 188 91.6 86.7-94.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 512 38 5.1 3.6- 7.3 474 94.9 92.7-96.4
Some Post-H.S. 551 42 5.9 4.2- 8.2 509 94.1 91.8-95.8
College Graduate 713 39 4.1 2.9- 5.9 674 95.9 94.1-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 18 10.1 6.0-16.7 136 89.9 83.3-94.0
$15,000- 24,999 236 24 9.1 5.7-14.2 212 90.9 85.8-94.3
$25,000- 34,999 170 20 7.9 4.9-12.5 150 92.1 87.5-95.1
$35,000- 49,999 237 22 8.8 5.5-13.9 215 91.2 86.1-94.5
$50,000- 74,999 224 *** *** *** 216 97.1 94.1-98.6
$75,000+ 599 26 2.7 1.7- 4.2 573 97.3 95.8-98.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 600 89 13.1 10.3-16.4 511 86.9 83.6-89.7
No 1,310 48 2.5 1.8- 3.4 1,262 97.5 96.6-98.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 534 62 10.1 7.6-13.3 472 89.9 86.7-92.4
Non-Veteran 1,440 78 4.2 3.3- 5.4 1,362 95.8 94.6-96.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 673 25 3.0 1.9- 4.8 648 97.0 95.2-98.1
Regional City or Suburban County 561 48 6.6 4.7- 9.1 513 93.4 90.9-95.3
Rural 759 68 7.2 5.5- 9.3 691 92.8 90.7-94.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,184 34 2.2 1.5- 3.3 1,150 97.8 96.7-98.5
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** 71 95.8 88.2-98.6
Retired 500 76 14.8 11.5-18.9 424 85.2 81.1-88.5
Unable to Work 144 26 15.6 10.3-23.1 118 84.4 76.9-89.7
Other not in Labor Force 54 *** *** *** 53 98.1 87.8-99.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 162 21 11.4 7.0-18.2 141 88.6 81.8-93.0
101% to 150% 199 17 6.8 4.0-11.5 182 93.2 88.5-96.0
151% to 200% 161 18 7.4 4.5-12.1 143 92.6 87.9-95.5
More than 200% 997 58 4.6 3.4- 6.1 939 95.4 93.9-96.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 443 44 7.3 5.2-10.0 399 92.7 90.0-94.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 673 51 6.8 4.9- 9.3 622 93.2 90.7-95.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 877 46 3.9 2.8- 5.3 831 96.1 94.7-97.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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