2022 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 4,478 219 4.3 3.5- 5.2 4,259 95.7 94.8-96.5
GENDER
Male 2,110 132 5.5 4.4- 6.8 1,978 94.5 93.2-95.6
Female 2,368 87 3.2 2.3- 4.6 2,281 96.8 95.4-97.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,782 151 5.4 4.3- 6.8 2,631 94.6 93.2-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 791 31 2.8 1.8- 4.4 760 97.2 95.6-98.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 169 18 9.1 4.7-16.8 151 90.9 83.2-95.3
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 *** *** *** 71 97.6 91.8-99.4
Non-Hispanic Other 103 *** *** *** 102 99.4 95.9-99.9
Hispanic 453 *** *** *** 446 98.4 96.4-99.3
AGE
18-34 1,019 *** *** *** 1,011 99.3 98.5-99.7
35-44 672 11 1.1 0.5- 2.5 661 98.9 97.5-99.5
45-54 717 24 3.2 2.0- 5.1 693 96.8 94.9-98.0
55-64 790 37 4.1 2.8- 6.0 753 95.9 94.0-97.2
65-74 738 79 10.3 7.7-13.6 659 89.7 86.4-92.3
75+ 443 60 15.8 10.5-23.0 383 84.2 77.0-89.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 361 29 8.1 4.7-13.6 332 91.9 86.4-95.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 998 57 4.8 3.3- 7.0 941 95.2 93.0-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,279 63 3.7 2.7- 5.1 1,216 96.3 94.9-97.3
College Graduate 1,821 68 2.8 2.1- 3.8 1,753 97.2 96.2-97.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,380 122 8.4 6.4-10.9 1,258 91.6 89.1-93.6
No 2,947 92 2.3 1.8- 2.9 2,855 97.7 97.1-98.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 579 47 5.7 3.9- 8.2 532 94.3 91.8-96.1
Non-Veteran 3,864 168 4.0 3.2- 5.1 3,696 96.0 94.9-96.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,539 60 2.1 1.6- 2.8 2,479 97.9 97.2-98.4
Unemployed 169 *** *** *** 163 98.3 95.5-99.4
Retired 1,102 114 11.0 8.3-14.5 988 89.0 85.5-91.7
Unable to Work 319 34 7.3 4.6-11.4 285 92.7 88.6-95.4
Other not in Labor Force 276 *** *** *** 274 99.8 99.1-99.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 275 21 6.5 4.0-10.6 254 93.5 89.4-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 377 31 6.4 4.0- 9.9 346 93.6 90.1-96.0
$25,000- 34,999 441 29 7.3 4.2-12.5 412 92.7 87.5-95.8
$35,000- 49,999 463 25 3.8 2.3- 6.5 438 96.2 93.5-97.7
$50,000-74,999 544 19 2.7 1.6- 4.7 525 97.3 95.3-98.4
$75,000-100,000 472 20 2.6 1.5- 4.5 452 97.4 95.5-98.5
$100,000-150,000 450 12 2.4 1.2- 4.8 438 97.6 95.2-98.8
$150,000+ 466 12 2.0 1.1- 3.9 454 98.0 96.1-98.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 990 50 5.0 3.2- 7.7 940 95.0 92.3-96.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** 103 97.7 93.0-99.3
50% to 100% 373 28 6.2 3.9- 9.6 345 93.8 90.4-96.1
101% to 150% 286 16 4.1 2.2- 7.5 270 95.9 92.5-97.8
151% to 200% 347 28 9.4 5.7-15.0 319 90.6 85.0-94.3
More than 200% 2,294 89 2.9 2.1- 3.8 2,205 97.1 96.2-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 990 50 5.0 3.2- 7.7 940 95.0 92.3-96.8
HOUSING
Own 2,886 153 4.8 3.8- 6.1 2,733 95.2 93.9-96.2
Rent 1,223 47 3.0 2.0- 4.3 1,176 97.0 95.7-98.0
Other arrangement 311 17 4.0 2.2- 7.1 294 96.0 92.9-97.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,516 41 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,475 97.4 96.1-98.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,173 58 4.9 3.3- 7.2 1,115 95.1 92.8-96.7
Rural 1,789 120 5.5 4.3- 7.1 1,669 94.5 92.9-95.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,119 74 4.9 3.4- 6.9 1,045 95.1 93.1-96.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,399 85 5.8 4.2- 8.0 1,314 94.2 92.0-95.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,960 60 2.9 2.1- 3.9 1,900 97.1 96.1-97.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,402 51 3.4 2.4- 4.8 1,351 96.6 95.2-97.6
2nd Quartile 1,246 61 4.5 3.1- 6.4 1,185 95.5 93.6-96.9
3rd Quartile 1,119 53 4.5 3.0- 6.7 1,066 95.5 93.3-97.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 711 54 5.8 4.0- 8.4 657 94.2 91.6-96.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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