2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 had angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,299 200 3.8 3.2- 4.5 4,099 96.2 95.5-96.8
Eastern NC 1,160 51 3.4 2.4- 4.6 1,109 96.6 95.4-97.6
GENDER
Male 519 30 3.9 2.5- 5.8 489 96.1 94.2-97.5
Female 641 21 2.9 1.7- 4.8 620 97.1 95.2-98.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 726 46 4.8 3.4- 6.7 680 95.2 93.3-96.6
Non-Hispanic Black 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 241 *** *** *** 241 100 -
35-44 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 222 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 197 17 7.3 4.3-12.4 180 92.7 87.6-95.7
75+ 142 18 10.1 5.9-16.7 124 89.9 83.3-94.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 308 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 321 17 4.7 2.7- 7.9 304 95.3 92.1-97.3
College Graduate 424 20 4.0 2.4- 6.6 404 96.0 93.4-97.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 377 31 6.8 4.5-10.0 346 93.2 90.0-95.5
No 750 20 1.9 1.1- 3.2 730 98.1 96.8-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 225 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 932 40 3.3 2.3- 4.8 892 96.7 95.2-97.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 602 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 331 34 8.3 5.6-12.1 297 91.7 87.9-94.4
Unable to Work 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 354 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 273 19 5.4 3.2- 9.1 254 94.6 90.9-96.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 62 *** *** *** 62 100 -
More than 200% 580 25 3.4 2.1- 5.4 555 96.6 94.6-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 273 19 5.4 3.2- 9.1 254 94.6 90.9-96.8
HOUSING
Own 748 38 3.8 2.6- 5.5 710 96.2 94.5-97.4
Rent 320 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 384 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 680 39 4.4 3.1- 6.4 641 95.6 93.6-96.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 703 29 3.2 2.1- 4.9 674 96.8 95.1-97.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 337 16 3.3 1.9- 5.7 321 96.7 94.3-98.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 230 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 220 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 382 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 328 19 4.6 2.8- 7.7 309 95.4 92.3-97.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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