2023 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 4,062 437 10.0 8.8-11.4 3,625 90.0 88.6-91.2
GENDER
Male 1,791 203 11.0 9.1-13.2 1,588 89.0 86.8-90.9
Female 2,271 234 9.1 7.6-11.0 2,037 90.9 89.0-92.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,423 276 11.3 9.6-13.2 2,147 88.7 86.8-90.4
Non-Hispanic Black 695 83 12.5 9.4-16.5 612 87.5 83.5-90.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 344 45 10.5 5.2-20.3 299 89.5 79.7-94.8
Non-Hispanic Other 164 *** *** *** 156 98.2 95.7-99.2
Hispanic 374 20 4.1 2.5- 6.7 354 95.9 93.3-97.5
AGE
18-34 810 *** *** *** 802 99.2 98.2-99.7
35-44 583 18 1.7 0.9- 3.0 565 98.3 97.0-99.1
45-54 624 49 10.3 6.8-15.4 575 89.7 84.6-93.2
55-64 748 98 15.7 12.2-20.0 650 84.3 80.0-87.8
65-74 720 128 18.1 14.2-22.8 592 81.9 77.2-85.8
75+ 517 133 29.2 23.5-35.5 384 70.8 64.5-76.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 61 19.0 13.4-26.4 261 81.0 73.6-86.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 879 105 10.2 7.8-13.3 774 89.8 86.7-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,120 131 9.5 7.6-11.8 989 90.5 88.2-92.4
College Graduate 1,718 135 6.8 5.5- 8.5 1,583 93.2 91.5-94.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,301 263 20.2 17.1-23.7 1,038 79.8 76.3-82.9
No 2,625 165 5.5 4.4- 6.8 2,460 94.5 93.2-95.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 514 88 15.4 11.8-19.8 426 84.6 80.2-88.2
Non-Veteran 3,530 348 9.3 8.0-10.8 3,182 90.7 89.2-92.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,166 108 5.0 3.9- 6.4 2,058 95.0 93.6-96.1
Unemployed 185 11 4.2 2.1- 8.3 174 95.8 91.7-97.9
Retired 1,133 227 20.1 16.9-23.8 906 79.9 76.2-83.1
Unable to Work 287 80 35.6 27.0-45.3 207 64.4 54.7-73.0
Other not in Labor Force 234 *** *** *** 227 98.0 95.2-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 204 33 13.4 8.9-19.7 171 86.6 80.3-91.1
$15,000- 24,999 276 48 16.5 10.6-24.7 228 83.5 75.3-89.4
$25,000- 34,999 375 58 13.9 9.3-20.4 317 86.1 79.6-90.7
$35,000- 49,999 489 57 11.5 7.9-16.4 432 88.5 83.6-92.1
$50,000-74,999 543 49 7.8 5.3-11.4 494 92.2 88.6-94.7
$75,000-100,000 425 32 6.7 4.3-10.4 393 93.3 89.6-95.7
$100,000-150,000 460 31 6.0 3.8- 9.5 429 94.0 90.5-96.2
$150,000+ 418 23 6.1 3.6-10.1 395 93.9 89.9-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 872 106 11.5 8.8-15.0 766 88.5 85.0-91.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** 58 88.8 77.5-94.8
50% to 100% 308 53 17.4 11.2-26.0 255 82.6 74.0-88.8
101% to 150% 258 32 8.0 4.8-13.1 226 92.0 86.9-95.2
151% to 200% 299 37 12.2 8.2-17.7 262 87.8 82.3-91.8
More than 200% 2,190 199 8.4 6.9-10.1 1,991 91.6 89.9-93.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 872 106 11.5 8.8-15.0 766 88.5 85.0-91.2
HOUSING
Own 2,661 305 10.9 9.3-12.7 2,356 89.1 87.3-90.7
Rent 1,082 101 9.1 6.8-12.1 981 90.9 87.9-93.2
Other arrangement 272 26 5.5 2.9-10.3 246 94.5 89.7-97.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,249 100 7.9 6.1-10.0 1,149 92.1 90.0-93.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,011 89 9.8 7.4-13.0 922 90.2 87.0-92.6
Rural 1,802 248 12.2 10.1-14.6 1,554 87.8 85.4-89.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,303 159 10.5 8.2-13.4 1,144 89.5 86.6-91.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,140 134 11.2 8.9-14.1 1,006 88.8 85.9-91.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,619 144 8.9 7.2-11.0 1,475 91.1 89.0-92.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,249 128 9.8 7.9-12.1 1,121 90.2 87.9-92.1
2nd Quartile 1,080 102 9.2 7.0-11.9 978 90.8 88.1-93.0
3rd Quartile 1,022 104 10.3 7.9-13.4 918 89.7 86.6-92.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 711 103 12.6 8.8-17.8 608 87.4 82.2-91.2

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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