2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 4,912 244 4.6 3.9- 5.4 4,668 95.4 94.6-96.1
-Piedmont NC 2,445 112 4.0 3.2- 5.1 2,333 96.0 94.9-96.8
GENDER
Male 1,180 69 5.1 3.8- 6.8 1,111 94.9 93.2-96.2
Female 1,265 43 3.0 2.1- 4.4 1,222 97.0 95.6-97.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,556 75 3.9 2.9- 5.0 1,481 96.1 95.0-97.1
Non-Hispanic Black 441 24 5.8 3.6- 9.1 417 94.2 90.9-96.4
Other 396 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 581 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 419 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 398 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 374 18 5.2 3.0- 8.7 356 94.8 91.3-97.0
65-74 369 31 6.3 4.2- 9.3 338 93.7 90.7-95.8
75+ 242 35 13.7 9.1-20.1 207 86.3 79.9-90.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 16 7.2 4.0-12.4 188 92.8 87.6-96.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 501 26 4.9 3.1- 7.8 475 95.1 92.2-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 611 34 4.1 2.8- 6.0 577 95.9 94.0-97.2
College Graduate 1,118 35 2.1 1.5- 3.0 1,083 97.9 97.0-98.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 642 68 9.7 7.3-12.8 574 90.3 87.2-92.7
No 1,747 42 2.0 1.4- 2.9 1,705 98.0 97.1-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 260 31 9.1 6.1-13.3 229 90.9 86.7-93.9
Non-Veteran 2,170 81 3.6 2.7- 4.6 2,089 96.4 95.4-97.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,427 24 1.9 1.2- 3.0 1,403 98.1 97.0-98.8
Unemployed 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 555 60 8.4 6.3-11.2 495 91.6 88.8-93.7
Unable to Work 130 22 19.8 12.2-30.4 108 80.2 69.6-87.8
Other not in Labor Force 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 181 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 228 16 6.5 3.7-11.0 212 93.5 89.0-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 248 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 298 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 838 23 2.3 1.4- 3.7 815 97.7 96.3-98.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 514 27 4.0 2.5- 6.5 487 96.0 93.5-97.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,302 44 2.9 2.0- 4.1 1,258 97.1 95.9-98.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 514 27 4.0 2.5- 6.5 487 96.0 93.5-97.5
HOUSING
Own 1,527 66 4.1 3.0- 5.4 1,461 95.9 94.6-97.0
Rent 720 36 4.5 3.1- 6.6 684 95.5 93.4-96.9
Other arrangement 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,365 47 2.8 2.0- 3.9 1,318 97.2 96.1-98.0
Regional City or Suburban County 623 32 5.0 3.3- 7.6 591 95.0 92.4-96.7
Rural 457 33 6.5 4.4- 9.5 424 93.5 90.5-95.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 209 19 8.3 5.0-13.7 190 91.7 86.3-95.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 912 46 4.4 3.1- 6.3 866 95.6 93.7-96.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,324 47 3.1 2.1- 4.4 1,277 96.9 95.6-97.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 821 25 2.7 1.6- 4.5 796 97.3 95.5-98.4
2nd Quartile 943 41 3.6 2.5- 5.2 902 96.4 94.8-97.5
3rd Quartile 608 39 6.2 4.3- 8.9 569 93.8 91.1-95.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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