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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Kidney Disease--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 12,220 326 1.9 1.6- 2.3 11,894 98.1 97.7-98.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 10,715 289 1.8 1.6- 2.2 10,426 98.2 97.8-98.4
No 1,482 37 2.3 1.3- 4.3 1,445 97.7 95.7-98.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 201 7 1.5 0.6- 3.8 194 98.5 96.2-99.4
Recommended Range 3,886 83 1.6 1.2- 2.3 3,803 98.4 97.7-98.8
Overweight 4,186 110 2.0 1.4- 2.8 4,076 98.0 97.2-98.6
Obese 3,413 108 1.9 1.5- 2.6 3,305 98.1 97.4-98.5
Current Smoker
No 9,993 281 1.9 1.6- 2.3 9,712 98.1 97.7-98.4
Yes 2,175 44 1.9 1.0- 3.3 2,131 98.1 96.7-99.0
History of CVD**
Yes 1,464 121 6.2 4.6- 8.2 1,343 93.8 91.8-95.4
No 10,635 198 1.5 1.2- 1.9 10,437 98.5 98.1-98.8
Binge Drinker
No 11,075 319 2.1 1.8- 2.6 10,756 97.9 97.4-98.2
Yes 1,025 6 0.6 0.2- 1.8 1,019 99.4 98.2-99.8
Heavy Drinker
No 11,583 319 2.0 1.6- 2.4 11,264 98.0 97.6-98.4
Yes 450 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 446 99.4 98.1-99.8
Poor Sleep***
Yes 1,387 75 3.2 2.2- 4.7 1,312 96.8 95.3-97.8
No 10,581 245 1.8 1.4- 2.2 10,336 98.2 97.8-98.6
Current Asthma
Yes 1,008 44 3.0 1.8- 4.9 964 97.0 95.1-98.2
No 11,157 279 1.8 1.5- 2.2 10,878 98.2 97.8-98.5
Diabetes
Yes 1,578 114 5.9 4.5- 7.7 1,464 94.1 92.3-95.5
No 10,627 210 1.5 1.2- 1.9 10,417 98.5 98.1-98.8
Disability
Yes 4,334 233 4.1 3.3- 5.2 4,101 95.9 94.8-96.7
No 7,797 92 1.0 0.7- 1.4 7,705 99.0 98.6-99.3

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**History of Cardiovascular Disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Poor sleep defined as not getting enough rest or sleep for all 30 days out of the past 30 days.

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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