2024 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 had angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,299 200 3.8 3.2- 4.5 4,099 96.2 95.5-96.8
GENDER
Male 1,963 107 4.4 3.5- 5.5 1,856 95.6 94.5-96.5
Female 2,336 93 3.3 2.6- 4.2 2,243 96.7 95.8-97.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,710 171 5.3 4.4- 6.3 2,539 94.7 93.7-95.6
Non-Hispanic Black 729 16 1.8 1.0- 3.2 713 98.2 96.8-99.0
Non-Hispanic Other 236 *** *** *** 227 97.2 93.5-98.8
Hispanic 579 *** *** *** 576 99.6 98.8-99.9
AGE
18-34 968 *** *** *** 968 100 . - .
35-44 659 *** *** *** 652 99.4 98.7-99.7
45-54 680 17 2.3 1.4- 3.9 663 97.7 96.1-98.6
55-64 707 38 5.6 3.9- 8.1 669 94.4 91.9-96.1
65-74 651 64 10.5 7.9-13.8 587 89.5 86.2-92.1
75+ 558 72 11.0 8.3-14.5 486 89.0 85.5-91.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 401 22 5.0 3.0- 8.3 379 95.0 91.7-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 932 33 2.9 2.0- 4.3 899 97.1 95.7-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,131 61 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,070 95.8 94.4-96.9
College Graduate 1,812 84 4.0 3.1- 5.0 1,728 96.0 95.0-96.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,299 120 7.4 5.9- 9.2 1,179 92.6 90.8-94.1
No 2,856 77 2.4 1.8- 3.1 2,779 97.6 96.9-98.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 495 38 6.1 4.2- 8.7 457 93.9 91.3-95.8
Non-Veteran 3,794 161 3.5 2.9- 4.2 3,633 96.5 95.8-97.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,326 42 1.5 1.1- 2.2 2,284 98.5 97.8-98.9
Unemployed 206 *** *** *** 201 97.9 94.7-99.2
Retired 1,142 118 9.7 7.8-12.0 1,024 90.3 88.0-92.2
Unable to Work 257 29 9.1 6.0-13.5 228 90.9 86.5-94.0
Other not in Labor Force 300 *** *** *** 296 98.6 95.8-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 *** *** *** 189 96.1 92.3-98.0
$15,000- 24,999 279 23 5.5 3.3- 8.8 256 94.5 91.2-96.7
$25,000- 34,999 350 15 3.5 1.8- 6.5 335 96.5 93.5-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 518 27 3.9 2.3- 6.5 491 96.1 93.5-97.7
$50,000-74,999 501 19 3.7 2.1- 6.3 482 96.3 93.7-97.9
$75,000-100,000 468 24 4.4 2.7- 7.1 444 95.6 92.9-97.3
$100,000-150,000 451 12 2.0 1.1- 3.7 439 98.0 96.3-98.9
$150,000+ 508 14 2.5 1.4- 4.5 494 97.5 95.5-98.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,026 57 4.8 3.5- 6.5 969 95.2 93.5-96.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 113 *** *** *** 107 96.1 90.8-98.4
50% to 100% 264 11 3.3 1.7- 6.3 253 96.7 93.7-98.3
101% to 150% 429 30 4.8 3.0- 7.4 399 95.2 92.6-97.0
151% to 200% 210 *** *** *** 204 97.4 91.2-99.3
More than 200% 2,182 87 3.4 2.6- 4.4 2,095 96.6 95.6-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,026 57 4.8 3.5- 6.5 969 95.2 93.5-96.5
HOUSING
Own 2,624 144 4.5 3.7- 5.5 2,480 95.5 94.5-96.3
Rent 1,352 47 2.5 1.8- 3.5 1,305 97.5 96.5-98.2
Other arrangement 289 *** *** *** 280 98.4 96.5-99.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,507 49 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,458 97.1 96.0-97.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,245 55 3.8 2.8- 5.3 1,190 96.2 94.7-97.2
Rural 1,547 96 4.8 3.7- 6.1 1,451 95.2 93.9-96.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 882 47 4.1 2.9- 5.8 835 95.9 94.2-97.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,362 73 4.2 3.2- 5.5 1,289 95.8 94.5-96.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,055 80 3.4 2.6- 4.5 1,975 96.6 95.5-97.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,510 77 4.6 3.5- 6.1 1,433 95.4 93.9-96.5
2nd Quartile 1,374 50 2.8 2.0- 3.9 1,324 97.2 96.1-98.0
3rd Quartile 1,034 49 3.7 2.6- 5.1 985 96.3 94.9-97.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 381 24 5.5 3.4- 8.5 357 94.5 91.5-96.6

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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