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 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%)
TOTAL 4,303 195 4.0 3.3- 4.7 4,108 96.0 95.3-96.7
GENDER
Male 1,966 115 5.1 4.1- 6.4 1,851 94.9 93.6-95.9
Female 2,337 80 2.9 2.2- 3.7 2,257 97.1 96.3-97.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,716 147 4.7 3.9- 5.7 2,569 95.3 94.3-96.1
Non-Hispanic Black 728 26 3.0 2.0- 4.7 702 97.0 95.3-98.0
Non-Hispanic Other 235 *** *** *** 227 96.3 91.7-98.4
Hispanic 580 13 1.8 1.0- 3.4 567 98.2 96.6-99.0
AGE
18-34 967 *** *** *** 962 99.6 98.5-99.9
35-44 658 *** *** *** 652 99.1 97.9-99.6
45-54 678 21 2.3 1.4- 3.8 657 97.7 96.2-98.6
55-64 707 42 6.4 4.5- 9.0 665 93.6 91.0-95.5
65-74 655 54 8.5 6.2-11.4 601 91.5 88.6-93.8
75+ 563 66 12.1 9.0-16.0 497 87.9 84.0-91.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 401 27 7.1 4.6-10.9 374 92.9 89.1-95.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 934 46 4.4 3.1- 6.0 888 95.6 94.0-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,134 62 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,072 95.8 94.4-96.9
College Graduate 1,813 60 2.4 1.8- 3.1 1,753 97.6 96.9-98.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,306 127 8.6 7.0-10.6 1,179 91.4 89.4-93.0
No 2,856 65 2.0 1.5- 2.7 2,791 98.0 97.3-98.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 497 34 6.1 4.1- 8.9 463 93.9 91.1-95.9
Non-Veteran 3,796 161 3.7 3.0- 4.4 3,635 96.3 95.6-97.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,321 53 2.0 1.5- 2.8 2,268 98.0 97.2-98.5
Unemployed 205 *** *** *** 201 97.9 94.5-99.2
Retired 1,153 103 9.2 7.3-11.6 1,050 90.8 88.4-92.7
Unable to Work 259 31 9.9 6.6-14.5 228 90.1 85.5-93.4
Other not in Labor Force 300 *** *** *** 298 99.7 98.7-99.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 196 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3 185 95.6 91.7-97.7
$15,000- 24,999 283 27 8.0 4.9-12.6 256 92.0 87.4-95.1
$25,000- 34,999 352 14 2.9 1.6- 5.1 338 97.1 94.9-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 516 23 3.8 2.2- 6.4 493 96.2 93.6-97.8
$50,000-74,999 500 22 4.5 2.7- 7.2 478 95.5 92.8-97.3
$75,000-100,000 469 17 3.7 2.1- 6.4 452 96.3 93.6-97.9
$100,000-150,000 450 13 2.7 1.4- 5.4 437 97.3 94.6-98.6
$150,000+ 509 *** *** *** 500 98.7 97.4-99.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,028 59 5.0 3.7- 6.7 969 95.0 93.3-96.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 *** *** *** 105 95.3 89.6-98.0
50% to 100% 265 18 4.6 2.7- 7.5 247 95.4 92.5-97.3
101% to 150% 434 24 4.5 2.7- 7.3 410 95.5 92.7-97.3
151% to 200% 211 *** *** *** 202 95.3 89.5-98.0
More than 200% 2,181 76 3.3 2.5- 4.3 2,105 96.7 95.7-97.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,028 59 5.0 3.7- 6.7 969 95.0 93.3-96.3
HOUSING
Own 2,630 126 4.5 3.7- 5.5 2,504 95.5 94.5-96.3
Rent 1,353 57 3.1 2.3- 4.2 1,296 96.9 95.8-97.7
Other arrangement 290 12 2.2 1.2- 4.2 278 97.8 95.8-98.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,510 43 2.5 1.8- 3.6 1,467 97.5 96.4-98.2
Regional City or Suburban County 1,245 61 4.5 3.3- 5.9 1,184 95.5 94.1-96.7
Rural 1,548 91 5.0 3.8- 6.4 1,457 95.0 93.6-96.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 887 43 4.4 3.1- 6.3 844 95.6 93.7-96.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,362 78 4.9 3.8- 6.3 1,284 95.1 93.7-96.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,054 74 3.1 2.3- 4.1 1,980 96.9 95.9-97.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,510 68 3.7 2.7- 5.0 1,442 96.3 95.0-97.3
2nd Quartile 1,375 60 3.9 2.9- 5.2 1,315 96.1 94.8-97.1
3rd Quartile 1,036 50 4.3 3.1- 5.9 986 95.7 94.1-96.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 382 17 4.1 2.3- 7.4 365 95.9 92.6-97.7

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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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