2022 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 4,466 480 9.8 8.6-11.1 3,986 90.2 88.9-91.4
GENDER
Male 2,105 251 11.1 9.4-13.1 1,854 88.9 86.9-90.6
Female 2,361 229 8.6 7.0-10.5 2,132 91.4 89.5-93.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,774 319 11.7 10.0-13.6 2,455 88.3 86.4-90.0
Non-Hispanic Black 789 85 8.2 6.2-10.8 704 91.8 89.2-93.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 168 30 15.0 9.1-23.8 138 85.0 76.2-90.9
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 73 *** *** *** 67 95.6 88.7-98.3
Non-Hispanic Other 103 *** *** *** 97 95.8 90.4-98.2
Hispanic 454 23 5.7 3.1-10.0 431 94.3 90.0-96.9
AGE
18-34 1,019 19 1.5 0.9- 2.5 1,000 98.5 97.5-99.1
35-44 671 24 3.3 1.8- 5.9 647 96.7 94.1-98.2
45-54 717 56 7.1 5.2- 9.7 661 92.9 90.3-94.8
55-64 791 95 12.7 9.6-16.7 696 87.3 83.3-90.4
65-74 736 148 22.7 18.3-27.8 588 77.3 72.2-81.7
75+ 436 134 30.0 23.7-37.1 302 70.0 62.9-76.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 358 58 17.5 12.0-24.9 300 82.5 75.1-88.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 998 128 11.1 8.7-14.1 870 88.9 85.9-91.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,275 141 9.2 7.5-11.3 1,134 90.8 88.7-92.5
College Graduate 1,817 149 6.2 5.1- 7.5 1,668 93.8 92.5-94.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,373 282 20.0 17.0-23.5 1,091 80.0 76.5-83.0
No 2,943 185 4.9 4.1- 5.9 2,758 95.1 94.1-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 575 94 13.2 10.1-17.2 481 86.8 82.8-89.9
Non-Veteran 3,858 380 9.3 8.0-10.7 3,478 90.7 89.3-92.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,536 128 4.1 3.4- 5.1 2,408 95.9 94.9-96.6
Unemployed 170 15 5.1 2.5- 9.9 155 94.9 90.1-97.5
Retired 1,092 240 22.5 19.0-26.5 852 77.5 73.5-81.0
Unable to Work 320 87 26.2 19.0-34.9 233 73.8 65.1-81.0
Other not in Labor Force 276 *** *** *** 271 97.6 89.8-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 276 48 16.2 10.3-24.7 228 83.8 75.3-89.7
$15,000- 24,999 373 69 17.0 12.2-23.1 304 83.0 76.9-87.8
$25,000- 34,999 436 64 15.0 10.6-20.8 372 85.0 79.2-89.4
$35,000- 49,999 462 57 12.1 8.3-17.2 405 87.9 82.8-91.7
$50,000-74,999 543 42 6.4 4.4- 9.3 501 93.6 90.7-95.6
$75,000-100,000 470 35 5.8 3.9- 8.6 435 94.2 91.4-96.1
$100,000-150,000 451 23 3.8 2.3- 6.2 428 96.2 93.8-97.7
$150,000+ 466 27 4.6 3.0- 6.9 439 95.4 93.1-97.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 989 115 10.2 7.8-13.3 874 89.8 86.7-92.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 374 65 18.2 12.9-25.1 309 81.8 74.9-87.1
101% to 150% 282 38 10.3 6.9-15.2 244 89.7 84.8-93.1
151% to 200% 345 51 14.4 10.1-20.2 294 85.6 79.8-89.9
More than 200% 2,289 188 6.9 5.7- 8.4 2,101 93.1 91.6-94.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 989 115 10.2 7.8-13.3 874 89.8 86.7-92.2
HOUSING
Own 2,877 333 11.1 9.4-12.9 2,544 88.9 87.1-90.6
Rent 1,222 108 7.3 5.7- 9.3 1,114 92.7 90.7-94.3
Other arrangement 311 35 7.2 4.7-10.7 276 92.8 89.3-95.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,514 110 7.0 5.5- 8.8 1,404 93.0 91.2-94.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,171 112 9.1 7.0-11.7 1,059 90.9 88.3-93.0
Rural 1,781 258 13.3 11.0-16.0 1,523 86.7 84.0-89.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,116 163 14.0 10.7-18.1 953 86.0 81.9-89.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,396 171 10.7 8.7-13.1 1,225 89.3 86.9-91.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,954 146 7.2 5.9- 8.8 1,808 92.8 91.2-94.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,396 127 8.1 6.5-10.0 1,269 91.9 90.0-93.5
2nd Quartile 1,246 134 10.1 8.0-12.7 1,112 89.9 87.3-92.0
3rd Quartile 1,116 107 10.5 7.8-13.9 1,009 89.5 86.1-92.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 708 112 12.2 9.4-15.8 596 87.8 84.2-90.6

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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 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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