2021 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%)
TOTAL 4,912 244 4.6 3.9- 5.4 4,668 95.4 94.6-96.1
GENDER
Male 2,287 149 6.2 5.0- 7.6 2,138 93.8 92.4-95.0
Female 2,625 95 3.2 2.5- 4.0 2,530 96.8 96.0-97.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,102 162 4.8 3.9- 5.8 2,940 95.2 94.2-96.1
Non-Hispanic Black 908 53 5.6 4.0- 7.9 855 94.4 92.1-96.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 80 *** *** *** 76 94.5 84.9-98.1
Non-Hispanic Other 111 *** *** *** 110 99.2 94.7-99.9
Hispanic 476 *** *** *** 473 99.4 97.7-99.9
AGE
18-34 1,022 *** *** *** 1,018 99.5 98.3-99.8
35-44 741 14 2.3 1.3- 3.9 727 97.7 96.1-98.7
45-54 771 26 4.4 2.8- 6.8 745 95.6 93.2-97.2
55-64 825 52 7.4 5.0-10.7 773 92.6 89.3-95.0
65-74 887 80 8.1 6.2-10.5 807 91.9 89.5-93.8
75+ 547 64 12.2 9.1-16.3 483 87.8 83.7-90.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 452 41 8.2 5.6-11.8 411 91.8 88.2-94.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,142 62 5.3 3.8- 7.5 1,080 94.7 92.5-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,308 81 4.8 3.7- 6.2 1,227 95.2 93.8-96.3
College Graduate 1,985 59 2.2 1.6- 2.9 1,926 97.8 97.1-98.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,503 157 10.2 8.3-12.4 1,346 89.8 87.6-91.7
No 3,302 85 2.3 1.8- 3.0 3,217 97.7 97.0-98.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 640 61 9.4 7.1-12.3 579 90.6 87.7-92.9
Non-Veteran 4,245 183 4.0 3.3- 4.9 4,062 96.0 95.1-96.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,648 52 2.1 1.5- 2.9 2,596 97.9 97.1-98.5
Unemployed 250 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0 237 95.5 92.0-97.5
Retired 1,302 124 8.7 7.1-10.7 1,178 91.3 89.3-92.9
Unable to Work 342 51 19.1 13.3-26.6 291 80.9 73.4-86.7
Other not in Labor Force 309 *** *** *** 305 99.1 97.1-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 287 30 11.3 6.5-19.1 257 88.7 80.9-93.5
$15,000- 24,999 449 36 7.8 5.1-11.8 413 92.2 88.2-94.9
$25,000- 34,999 505 29 5.2 3.4- 7.9 476 94.8 92.1-96.6
$35,000- 49,999 522 32 5.7 3.8- 8.7 490 94.3 91.3-96.2
$50,000-74,999 614 20 3.4 2.0- 5.5 594 96.6 94.5-98.0
$75,000-100,000 495 20 4.7 2.7- 8.0 475 95.3 92.0-97.3
$100,000-150,000 531 15 2.2 1.2- 3.9 516 97.8 96.1-98.8
$150,000+ 428 *** *** *** 422 98.6 96.6-99.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,081 56 4.0 2.9- 5.6 1,025 96.0 94.4-97.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 *** *** *** 105 92.0 83.5-96.3
50% to 100% 388 37 9.5 5.7-15.4 351 90.5 84.6-94.3
101% to 150% 404 24 5.8 3.4- 9.5 380 94.2 90.5-96.6
151% to 200% 407 23 4.7 2.8- 7.8 384 95.3 92.2-97.2
More than 200% 2,474 95 3.8 2.9- 4.8 2,379 96.2 95.2-97.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,081 56 4.0 2.9- 5.6 1,025 96.0 94.4-97.1
HOUSING
Own 3,182 168 5.2 4.3- 6.3 3,014 94.8 93.7-95.7
Rent 1,331 60 3.8 2.8- 5.2 1,271 96.2 94.8-97.2
Other arrangement 336 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 321 96.9 94.4-98.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,513 53 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,460 97.1 96.0-97.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,314 62 4.8 3.6- 6.5 1,252 95.2 93.5-96.4
Rural 2,085 129 6.0 4.7- 7.6 1,956 94.0 92.4-95.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,342 88 6.9 5.1- 9.3 1,254 93.1 90.7-94.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,946 100 4.8 3.8- 6.0 1,846 95.2 94.0-96.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,624 56 3.1 2.2- 4.2 1,568 96.9 95.8-97.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,502 50 3.4 2.2- 5.2 1,452 96.6 94.8-97.8
2nd Quartile 1,291 63 4.2 3.2- 5.7 1,228 95.8 94.3-96.8
3rd Quartile 1,389 79 5.8 4.5- 7.5 1,310 94.2 92.5-95.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 730 52 6.4 4.4- 9.2 678 93.6 90.8-95.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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