2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,303 195 4.0 3.3- 4.7 4,108 96.0 95.3-96.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 608 38 5.5 3.6- 8.2 570 94.5 91.8-96.4
Region 3 343 14 3.4 1.8- 6.3 329 96.6 93.7-98.2
Region 4 874 32 3.0 2.0- 4.4 842 97.0 95.6-98.0
Region 5 631 32 4.8 3.2- 7.1 599 95.2 92.9-96.8
Region 6 304 15 4.9 2.9- 8.3 289 95.1 91.7-97.1
Region 7 807 25 2.8 1.7- 4.5 782 97.2 95.5-98.3
Region 8 389 19 4.1 2.4- 6.8 370 95.9 93.2-97.6
Region 9 & 10 347 20 4.6 2.7- 7.9 327 95.4 92.1-97.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,163 53 3.8 2.8- 5.3 1,110 96.2 94.7-97.2
Piedmont 2,397 97 3.6 2.8- 4.5 2,300 96.4 95.5-97.2
Western NC 743 45 5.3 3.6- 7.6 698 94.7 92.4-96.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 523 30 5.0 3.1- 8.0 493 95.0 92.0-96.9
Northwest 602 33 4.3 2.9- 6.4 569 95.7 93.6-97.1
Charlotte 709 21 2.3 1.4- 3.8 688 97.7 96.2-98.6
Greensboro 481 26 4.7 3.1- 7.2 455 95.3 92.8-96.9
Southern Regional 352 18 4.9 2.9- 8.0 334 95.1 92.0-97.1
Southeast 216 *** *** *** 206 96.0 91.1-98.3
Wake 877 31 3.7 2.4- 5.7 846 96.3 94.3-97.6
Area L & Eastern 543 26 3.8 2.3- 6.1 517 96.2 93.9-97.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 608 38 5.5 3.6- 8.2 570 94.5 91.8-96.4
Region 2 612 31 4.7 3.1- 7.0 581 95.3 93.0-96.9
Region 3 883 32 3.0 2.0- 4.4 851 97.0 95.6-98.0
Region 4 1,139 40 3.2 2.2- 4.6 1,099 96.8 95.4-97.8
Region 5 579 29 4.8 3.2- 7.2 550 95.2 92.8-96.8
Region 6 482 25 4.2 2.6- 6.7 457 95.8 93.3-97.4

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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.

^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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