2022 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 4,478 219 4.3 3.5- 5.2 4,259 95.7 94.8-96.5
Piedmont NC 2,357 93 4.0 3.1- 5.3 2,264 96.0 94.7-96.9
GENDER
Male 1,133 54 4.8 3.5- 6.6 1,079 95.2 93.4-96.5
Female 1,224 39 3.3 2.1- 5.3 1,185 96.7 94.7-97.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,452 69 5.3 3.8- 7.3 1,383 94.7 92.7-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 442 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 405 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 598 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 383 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 401 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 390 16 4.0 2.3- 6.8 374 96.0 93.2-97.7
65-74 329 33 11.2 7.4-16.6 296 88.8 83.4-92.6
75+ 198 25 19.0 11.0-30.9 173 81.0 69.1-89.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 476 26 5.1 3.0- 8.5 450 94.9 91.5-97.0
Some Post-H.S. 623 29 4.0 2.6- 6.0 594 96.0 94.0-97.4
College Graduate 1,081 27 2.0 1.3- 3.0 1,054 98.0 97.0-98.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 647 54 9.3 6.4-13.3 593 90.7 86.7-93.6
No 1,623 37 1.9 1.3- 2.7 1,586 98.1 97.3-98.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,113 76 3.8 2.8- 5.2 2,037 96.2 94.8-97.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,430 25 1.6 1.0- 2.4 1,405 98.4 97.6-99.0
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 494 48 12.5 8.4-18.1 446 87.5 81.9-91.6
Unable to Work 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 212 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 278 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 813 19 2.1 1.3- 3.4 794 97.9 96.6-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 547 26 5.3 3.0- 9.2 521 94.7 90.8-97.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,249 36 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,213 97.4 96.1-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 547 26 5.3 3.0- 9.2 521 94.7 90.8-97.0
HOUSING
Own 1,414 65 4.7 3.4- 6.6 1,349 95.3 93.4-96.6
Rent 727 17 2.3 1.3- 4.0 710 97.7 96.0-98.7
Other arrangement 181 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,403 36 2.5 1.6- 3.7 1,367 97.5 96.3-98.4
Regional City or Suburban County 562 30 5.8 3.5- 9.5 532 94.2 90.5-96.5
Rural 392 27 6.4 3.9-10.1 365 93.6 89.9-96.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 858 51 6.0 4.0- 8.8 807 94.0 91.2-96.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,392 36 2.6 1.7- 3.8 1,356 97.4 96.2-98.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 813 24 3.0 1.8- 4.8 789 97.0 95.2-98.2
2nd Quartile 943 41 4.4 2.8- 6.7 902 95.6 93.3-97.2
3rd Quartile 537 23 4.8 2.7- 8.3 514 95.2 91.7-97.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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