2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 had angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,888 264 4.7 4.0- 5.5 4,624 95.3 94.5-96.0
-Western 615 36 7.5 4.7-11.9 579 92.5 88.1-95.3
GENDER
Male 288 24 10.7 6.0-18.2 264 89.3 81.8-94.0
Female 327 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 503 31 7.8 4.6-13.0 472 92.2 87.0-95.4
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 95 *** *** *** 95 100 -
35-44 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 174 13 7.9 4.4-13.9 161 92.1 86.1-95.6
College Graduate 223 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 216 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 388 14 3.0 1.7- 5.2 374 97.0 94.8-98.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 545 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 307 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 193 23 15.0 8.7-24.5 170 85.0 75.5-91.3
Unable to Work 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 287 15 6.3 3.5-10.9 272 93.7 89.1-96.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 417 28 8.9 5.1-15.1 389 91.1 84.9-94.9
Rent 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 438 26 8.4 4.8-14.2 412 91.6 85.8-95.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 305 20 6.0 3.6- 9.8 285 94.0 90.2-96.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 311 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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