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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Routine Checkup--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Within the past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,438 4,923 74.1 72.3-75.8 729 11.9 10.7-13.3 384 7.0 6.0- 8.2 360 6.0 5.2- 7.1 42 0.9 0.5- 1.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,519 4,400 78.1 76.3-79.8 592 11.2 10.0-12.6 272 5.9 5.0- 7.1 228 4.3 3.5- 5.2 27 0.4 0.2- 0.8
No 903 513 54.3 48.9-59.6 134 15.6 12.0-20.1 111 12.7 9.6-16.7 130 14.3 11.0-18.6 15 3.0 1.1- 7.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 129 102 64.1 48.2-77.4 10 13.4 6.0-27.3 5 13.3 4.5-33.4 10 6.4 2.5-15.1 2 2.8 0.4-15.8
Recommended Range 2,457 1,886 73.3 70.1-76.2 289 14.6 12.2-17.3 144 6.9 5.3- 9.0 126 4.8 3.7- 6.3 12 0.4 0.2- 0.9
Overweight 2,131 1,593 73.8 70.8-76.5 254 11.8 9.9-13.9 144 7.6 6.0- 9.8 125 6.0 4.7- 7.7 15 0.8 0.4- 1.6
Obese 1,318 1,053 80.6 77.2-83.5 129 8.9 6.9-11.3 64 5.2 3.6- 7.4 67 5.3 3.7- 7.3 5 0.1 0.0- 0.3
Current Smoker
No 4,948 3,904 76.5 74.4-78.4 525 11.5 10.1-13.0 262 6.2 5.1- 7.5 226 4.9 4.0- 5.9 31 1.0 0.5- 2.0
Yes 1,465 996 67.4 63.5-71.1 203 13.3 10.9-16.2 122 9.5 7.4-12.2 133 9.3 7.0-12.2 11 0.4 0.1- 1.3
Binge Drinker
No 5,807 4,542 76.4 74.5-78.1 634 11.4 10.2-12.8 307 6.0 5.0- 7.1 290 5.4 4.6- 6.4 34 0.8 0.4- 1.6
Yes 554 333 59.5 53.0-65.7 87 16.5 12.2-21.9 71 14.1 9.9-19.7 55 8.6 5.7-12.6 8 1.3 0.5- 3.8
Heavy Drinker
No 6,156 4,741 74.8 73.0-76.6 691 11.8 10.6-13.1 355 6.8 5.8- 8.0 328 5.7 4.8- 6.7 41 0.9 0.5- 1.6
Yes 216 137 58.8 46.8-69.8 35 18.8 10.0-32.6 21 10.6 5.9-18.5 22 11.0 5.5-20.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 2,371 1,827 75.9 73.1-78.4 253 10.9 9.2-12.9 154 8.0 6.3-10.0 118 4.5 3.4- 5.8 19 0.8 0.4- 1.5
Some Physical Activity 2,594 1,963 72.6 69.5-75.4 336 14.4 12.2-16.8 146 6.4 4.9- 8.3 137 5.6 4.3- 7.3 12 1.1 0.4- 3.2
Physically Inactive 1,227 945 74.0 69.8-77.7 117 9.3 7.1-12.1 70 7.0 5.1- 9.6 85 9.1 6.6-12.5 10 0.6 0.2- 1.6
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 1,327 1,098 82.3 78.8-85.4 102 6.4 4.8- 8.4 64 5.7 3.9- 8.2 53 5.0 3.2- 7.6 10 0.6 0.2- 1.7
No 5,094 3,809 72.0 69.9-74.0 626 13.3 11.9-14.9 320 7.4 6.3- 8.8 307 6.3 5.3- 7.5 32 0.9 0.5- 1.9
Disability Status
Yes 1,587 1,333 84.0 80.9-86.6 115 6.1 4.6- 7.9 71 5.8 4.0- 8.3 57 3.5 2.4- 5.0 11 0.7 0.3- 1.9
No 4,820 3,565 71.3 69.1-73.3 614 13.6 12.2-15.3 311 7.4 6.3- 8.8 300 6.8 5.7- 8.0 30 0.9 0.4- 1.8
Current Asthma
Yes 411 332 82.6 75.3-88.0 49 10.5 6.8-16.1 14 4.7 1.6-12.5 14 2.1 0.9- 4.4 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7
No 6,005 4,574 73.5 71.6-75.3 676 12.0 10.8-13.4 370 7.2 6.2- 8.4 345 6.3 5.4- 7.4 40 0.9 0.5- 1.7
Diabetes
Yes 502 461 91.0 86.8-94.0 21 5.0 2.8- 8.6 10 1.7 0.7- 4.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4
Yes, During Pregnancy 52 44 84.5 66.1-93.8 4 4.5 1.4-13.5 2 9.4 2.2-31.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
No 5,877 4,414 72.7 70.8-74.6 704 12.6 11.3-14.0 372 7.4 6.4- 8.7 348 6.4 5.4- 7.5 39 0.9 0.5- 1.7
Arthritis
Yes 2,089 1,784 85.9 83.3-88.1 159 6.2 5.0- 7.8 75 5.1 3.5- 7.3 63 2.4 1.7- 3.4 8 0.4 0.1- 1.4
No 4,309 3,114 69.6 67.3-71.8 564 14.2 12.6-16.0 307 7.9 6.7- 9.3 291 7.2 6.1- 8.6 33 1.1 0.5- 2.1

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

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