2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,886 533 9.8 8.9-10.9 4,353 90.2 89.1-91.1
GENDER
Male 2,274 265 10.3 8.8-11.9 2,009 89.7 88.1-91.2
Female 2,612 268 9.5 8.2-11.0 2,344 90.5 89.0-91.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,086 340 10.2 8.9-11.6 2,746 89.8 88.4-91.1
Non-Hispanic Black 903 129 12.5 10.1-15.4 774 87.5 84.6-89.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 79 *** *** *** 72 91.9 82.4-96.5
Non-Hispanic Other 109 *** *** *** 107 99.0 95.2-99.8
Hispanic 476 12 2.4 1.2- 4.6 464 97.6 95.4-98.8
AGE
18-34 1,022 *** *** *** 1,013 99.0 97.9-99.5
35-44 739 24 3.9 2.5- 6.0 715 96.1 94.0-97.5
45-54 769 53 7.7 5.6-10.4 716 92.3 89.6-94.4
55-64 817 99 13.3 10.4-17.0 718 86.7 83.0-89.6
65-74 882 182 20.1 16.9-23.8 700 79.9 76.2-83.1
75+ 538 159 31.5 26.6-36.9 379 68.5 63.1-73.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 448 79 17.3 13.2-22.3 369 82.7 77.7-86.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,138 140 10.8 8.7-13.3 998 89.2 86.7-91.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,298 174 10.5 8.8-12.4 1,124 89.5 87.6-91.2
College Graduate 1,978 138 5.2 4.3- 6.3 1,840 94.8 93.7-95.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,487 330 21.1 18.5-24.0 1,157 78.9 76.0-81.5
No 3,293 197 5.1 4.3- 6.1 3,096 94.9 93.9-95.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 632 108 15.9 12.9-19.4 524 84.1 80.6-87.1
Non-Veteran 4,227 425 9.1 8.1-10.3 3,802 90.9 89.7-91.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,644 100 3.9 3.0- 4.9 2,544 96.1 95.1-97.0
Unemployed 249 23 7.4 4.6-11.6 226 92.6 88.4-95.4
Retired 1,289 301 23.4 20.6-26.5 988 76.6 73.5-79.4
Unable to Work 334 100 34.0 27.3-41.4 234 66.0 58.6-72.7
Other not in Labor Force 309 *** *** *** 301 98.6 96.8-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 287 56 18.2 12.5-25.8 231 81.8 74.2-87.5
$15,000- 24,999 446 78 17.9 13.6-23.2 368 82.1 76.8-86.4
$25,000- 34,999 499 60 10.9 8.1-14.5 439 89.1 85.5-91.9
$35,000- 49,999 520 68 11.9 8.9-15.6 452 88.1 84.4-91.1
$50,000-74,999 613 53 7.7 5.6-10.6 560 92.3 89.4-94.4
$75,000-100,000 494 35 7.2 4.8-10.8 459 92.8 89.2-95.2
$100,000-150,000 527 31 4.7 3.2- 6.9 496 95.3 93.1-96.8
$150,000+ 428 18 3.8 2.2- 6.3 410 96.2 93.7-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,072 134 10.4 8.3-12.9 938 89.6 87.1-91.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 17 13.1 7.5-21.9 95 86.9 78.1-92.5
50% to 100% 389 67 17.6 12.7-23.8 322 82.4 76.2-87.3
101% to 150% 397 47 11.5 8.1-16.1 350 88.5 83.9-91.9
151% to 200% 404 51 11.1 7.9-15.5 353 88.9 84.5-92.1
More than 200% 2,466 215 7.8 6.7- 9.1 2,251 92.2 90.9-93.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,072 134 10.4 8.3-12.9 938 89.6 87.1-91.7
HOUSING
Own 3,166 369 10.9 9.6-12.3 2,797 89.1 87.7-90.4
Rent 1,324 133 8.6 7.1-10.6 1,191 91.4 89.4-92.9
Other arrangement 333 28 5.6 3.5- 8.8 305 94.4 91.2-96.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,509 124 7.3 5.9- 8.9 1,385 92.7 91.1-94.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,303 135 10.0 8.2-12.1 1,168 90.0 87.9-91.8
Rural 2,074 274 12.1 10.4-14.1 1,800 87.9 85.9-89.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,334 180 13.5 11.0-16.4 1,154 86.5 83.6-89.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,935 221 9.8 8.4-11.4 1,714 90.2 88.6-91.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,617 132 7.7 6.3- 9.4 1,485 92.3 90.6-93.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,497 136 8.7 7.0-10.8 1,361 91.3 89.2-93.0
2nd Quartile 1,280 137 9.6 7.9-11.6 1,143 90.4 88.4-92.1
3rd Quartile 1,383 157 11.1 9.2-13.2 1,226 88.9 86.8-90.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 726 103 11.0 8.5-14.2 623 89.0 85.8-91.5

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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 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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