2023 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%)
North Carolina 4,071 203 4.8 3.9- 5.8 3,868 95.2 94.2-96.1
FEMALES 2,275 87 3.8 2.7- 5.2 2,188 96.2 94.8-97.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,356 54 4.8 3.3- 7.0 1,302 95.2 93.0-96.7
Non-Hispanic Black 407 15 3.6 2.0- 6.4 392 96.4 93.6-98.0
Other 488 17 0.6 0.2- 1.9 471 99.4 98.1-99.8
AGE
18-34 402 *** *** *** 402 100 . - .
35-44 323 *** *** *** 319 99.5 98.1-99.9
45-54 366 *** *** *** 362 98.8 96.8-99.6
55-64 420 23 6.1 3.1-11.5 397 93.9 88.5-96.9
65-74 414 29 8.4 4.9-14.1 385 91.6 85.9-95.1
75+ 317 26 11.0 6.2-18.7 291 89.0 81.3-93.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 154 12 8.9 3.8-19.5 142 91.1 80.5-96.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 471 26 5.4 3.1- 9.1 445 94.6 90.9-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 669 30 3.5 2.1- 5.7 639 96.5 94.3-97.9
College Graduate 969 17 0.9 0.5- 1.7 952 99.1 98.3-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 130 *** *** *** 122 95.0 89.4-97.7
$15,000- 24,999 190 14 11.6 5.1-24.2 176 88.4 75.8-94.9
$25,000- 34,999 227 17 6.4 3.3-12.2 210 93.6 87.8-96.7
$35,000- 49,999 262 12 4.1 1.8- 8.8 250 95.9 91.2-98.2
$50,000- 74,999 301 *** *** *** 295 99.3 97.3-99.8
$75,000+ 633 12 1.3 0.6- 2.9 621 98.7 97.1-99.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 765 60 8.2 5.5-12.0 705 91.8 88.0-94.5
No 1,438 26 1.7 0.9- 2.9 1,412 98.3 97.1-99.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 *** *** *** 72 96.4 88.1-99.0
Non-Veteran 2,191 84 3.8 2.7- 5.3 2,107 96.2 94.7-97.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 673 19 2.8 1.5- 5.0 654 97.2 95.0-98.5
Regional City or Suburban County 537 *** *** *** 527 97.0 93.7-98.6
Rural 1,065 58 5.3 3.4- 8.1 1,007 94.7 91.9-96.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,078 14 1.2 0.6- 2.3 1,064 98.8 97.7-99.4
Unemployed 110 *** *** *** 110 100 . - .
Retired 672 42 7.5 4.7-11.7 630 92.5 88.3-95.3
Unable to Work 194 28 17.0 9.5-28.5 166 83.0 71.5-90.5
Other not in Labor Force 190 *** *** *** 188 99.1 96.4-99.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** 48 94.2 84.5-98.0
50% to 100% 202 13 10.1 4.4-21.4 189 89.9 78.6-95.6
101% to 150% 155 11 3.1 1.4- 6.9 144 96.9 93.1-98.6
151% to 200% 169 *** *** *** 161 94.4 87.0-97.7
More than 200% 1,131 32 2.0 1.2- 3.4 1,099 98.0 96.6-98.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 758 38 4.6 2.5- 8.1 720 95.4 91.9-97.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 627 23 3.6 1.9- 6.6 604 96.4 93.4-98.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 890 26 3.5 2.1- 5.7 864 96.5 94.3-97.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 678 22 3.3 2.0- 5.4 656 96.7 94.6-98.0
2nd Quartile 588 18 3.6 1.8- 7.0 570 96.4 93.0-98.2
3rd Quartile 582 19 4.4 2.3- 8.2 563 95.6 91.8-97.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 427 28 4.1 2.2- 7.6 399 95.9 92.4-97.8

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

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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