2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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%)
North Carolina 4,303 195 4.0 3.3- 4.7 4,108 96.0 95.3-96.7
Western 743 45 5.3 3.6- 7.6 698 94.7 92.4-96.4
GENDER
Male 333 25 6.6 4.0-10.7 308 93.4 89.3-96.0
Female 410 20 4.0 2.2- 6.9 390 96.0 93.1-97.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 606 42 6.0 4.1- 8.7 564 94.0 91.3-95.9
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 107 *** *** *** 107 100 -
35-44 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 162 19 17.2 9.4-29.4 143 82.8 70.6-90.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 206 19 6.3 3.7-10.7 187 93.7 89.3-96.3
College Graduate 295 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 296 35 11.2 7.4-16.6 261 88.8 83.4-92.6
No 427 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 673 39 5.1 3.4- 7.6 634 94.9 92.4-96.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 316 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 292 28 12.5 7.8-19.3 264 87.5 80.7-92.2
Unable to Work 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 205 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 187 19 10.2 5.7-17.8 168 89.8 82.2-94.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 353 16 4.1 2.3- 7.1 337 95.9 92.9-97.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 187 19 10.2 5.7-17.8 168 89.8 82.2-94.3
HOUSING
Own 530 33 5.8 3.8- 8.8 497 94.2 91.2-96.2
Rent 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 239 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 504 34 5.6 3.7- 8.4 470 94.4 91.6-96.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 405 32 6.4 4.1- 9.8 373 93.6 90.2-95.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 239 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 436 25 4.9 2.9- 8.1 411 95.1 91.9-97.1
2nd Quartile 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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