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 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
-Western 621 36 6.3 3.8-10.2 585 93.7 89.8-96.2
GENDER
Male 292 23 9.8 5.3-17.2 269 90.2 82.8-94.7
Female 329 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 509 31 6.5 3.8-11.1 478 93.5 88.9-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 95 *** *** *** 95 100 -
35-44 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 87 14 14.2 7.7-24.6 73 85.8 75.4-92.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 177 14 6.6 3.7-11.4 163 93.4 88.6-96.3
College Graduate 225 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 389 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 549 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 306 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 198 21 11.2 6.8-17.8 177 88.8 82.2-93.2
Unable to Work 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 290 16 5.8 3.3- 9.9 274 94.2 90.1-96.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 423 28 7.5 4.3-13.0 395 92.5 87.0-95.7
Rent 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 442 30 7.3 4.2-12.5 412 92.7 87.5-95.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 309 20 5.8 3.5- 9.5 289 94.2 90.5-96.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 314 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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