Then it's not good writing, because it isn't a statistical probability in the movie. We actually see that he has a heart condition.
Perhaps it's true that his genetic predisposition, as measured, is 70th percentile, but there are other relevant factors towards being a good astronaut that aren't so easily measured, to say nothing of environmental factors affecting cardiac health as well as the reliability of the gene-based measurement itself.
Actually we don't. The portions of the movie where Vincent struggles are because he's trying to keep up with the genetically enhanced.