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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,803 185 4.3 3.6- 5.1 3,618 95.7 94.9-96.4
No 422 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,126 41 3.3 2.3- 4.8 1,085 96.7 95.2-97.7
Overweight 1,355 64 3.9 2.9- 5.3 1,291 96.1 94.7-97.1
Obese 1,352 76 5.0 3.8- 6.4 1,276 95.0 93.6-96.2
Current Smoker
Yes 454 34 7.1 4.7-10.4 420 92.9 89.6-95.3
No 3,685 155 3.7 3.0- 4.4 3,530 96.3 95.6-97.0
History of CVD**
Yes 444 195 43.2 37.6-49.0 249 56.8 51.0-62.4
No 3,840 *** *** *** 3,840 100 . - .
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,510 178 4.6 3.8- 5.4 3,332 95.4 94.6-96.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,844 186 4.3 3.6- 5.1 3,658 95.7 94.9-96.4
COPD
Yes 296 48 13.9 10.1-19.0 248 86.1 81.0-89.9
No 3,993 147 3.3 2.7- 4.0 3,846 96.7 96.0-97.3
Current Asthma
Yes 408 31 6.7 4.4-10.1 377 93.3 89.9-95.6
No 3,875 163 3.7 3.1- 4.4 3,712 96.3 95.6-96.9
Diabetes
Yes 576 72 11.8 9.0-15.3 504 88.2 84.7-91.0
No 3,723 123 2.8 2.2- 3.4 3,600 97.2 96.6-97.8
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,320 173 12.3 10.4-14.6 1,147 87.7 85.4-89.6
No 2,983 22 0.7 0.4- 1.1 2,961 99.3 98.9-99.6

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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.

^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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