2020 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 5,817 302 4.5 3.9- 5.2 5,515 95.5 94.8-96.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 688 45 6.3 4.5- 8.8 643 93.7 91.2-95.5
Region 3 633 26 3.8 2.4- 6.1 607 96.2 93.9-97.6
Region 4 923 47 4.7 3.3- 6.5 876 95.3 93.5-96.7
Region 5 692 33 4.2 2.7- 6.4 659 95.8 93.6-97.3
Region 6 662 37 4.6 3.1- 6.7 625 95.4 93.3-96.9
Region 7 763 31 3.3 2.2- 4.8 732 96.7 95.2-97.8
Region 8 904 48 4.6 3.1- 6.8 856 95.4 93.2-96.9
Region 9 & 10 552 35 5.6 3.6- 8.6 517 94.4 91.4-96.4
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,105 125 5.1 4.1- 6.4 1,980 94.9 93.6-95.9
Piedmont 2,836 126 4.0 3.2- 5.0 2,710 96.0 95.0-96.8
Western NC 876 51 5.3 3.8- 7.4 825 94.7 92.6-96.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 579 35 5.5 3.8- 7.9 544 94.5 92.1-96.2
Northwest 941 51 5.6 4.0- 7.9 890 94.4 92.1-96.0
Charlotte 735 33 4.0 2.7- 5.8 702 96.0 94.2-97.3
Greensboro 505 30 4.7 2.9- 7.4 475 95.3 92.6-97.1
Southern Regional 905 47 4.6 3.1- 6.8 858 95.4 93.2-96.9
Southeast 460 27 4.5 2.9- 6.8 433 95.5 93.2-97.1
Wake 915 28 2.4 1.6- 3.6 887 97.6 96.4-98.4
Area L & Eastern 777 51 6.0 4.3- 8.5 726 94.0 91.5-95.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 688 45 6.3 4.5- 8.8 643 93.7 91.2-95.5
Region 2 935 45 4.5 3.1- 6.4 890 95.5 93.6-96.9
Region 3 934 48 4.7 3.4- 6.5 886 95.3 93.5-96.6
Region 4 1,108 40 3.1 2.1- 4.5 1,068 96.9 95.5-97.9
Region 5 1,395 72 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,323 95.8 94.4-96.9
Region 6 757 52 5.9 4.2- 8.3 705 94.1 91.7-95.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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