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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 12,099 3,263 21.2 20.2-22.3 8,836 78.8 77.7-79.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 10,573 2,880 21.7 20.6-22.9 7,693 78.3 77.1-79.4
No 1,495 371 19.3 16.5-22.4 1,124 80.7 77.6-83.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 204 68 26.0 18.9-34.7 136 74.0 65.3-81.1
Recommended Range 3,756 842 16.7 15.0-18.6 2,914 83.3 81.4-85.0
Overweight 4,255 1,010 18.1 16.4-19.8 3,245 81.9 80.2-83.6
Obese 3,285 1,193 30.8 28.4-33.2 2,092 69.2 66.8-71.6
Current Smoker
No 10,025 2,527 19.2 18.1-20.3 7,498 80.8 79.7-81.9
Yes 2,020 719 29.6 26.3-33.0 1,301 70.4 67.0-73.7
History of CVD**
Yes 1,593 834 52.5 48.9-56.0 759 47.5 44.0-51.1
No 10,385 2,371 18.0 16.9-19.2 8,014 82.0 80.8-83.1
Binge Drinker
No 10,968 3,064 22.4 21.2-23.6 7,904 77.6 76.4-78.8
Yes 938 158 14.3 11.4-17.8 780 85.7 82.2-88.6
Heavy Drinker
No 11,442 3,135 21.6 20.5-22.8 8,307 78.4 77.2-79.5
Yes 398 71 16.0 11.4-21.9 327 84.0 78.1-88.6
Poor Sleep***
Yes 1,398 643 37.5 33.5-41.7 755 62.5 58.3-66.5
No 10,412 2,517 18.8 17.7-19.9 7,895 81.2 80.1-82.3
Current Asthma
Yes 1,016 507 40.1 35.5-44.9 509 59.9 55.1-64.5
No 11,017 2,727 19.6 18.5-20.8 8,290 80.4 79.2-81.5
Diabetes
Yes 1,693 747 41.8 38.4-45.3 946 58.2 54.7-61.6
No 10,269 2,488 19.0 17.9-20.2 7,781 81.0 79.8-82.1

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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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