2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have vision impairment in one or both eyes, even when wearing glasses?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 11,416 2,298 16.3 15.3-17.3 9,118 83.7 82.7-84.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 9,862 2,023 16.7 15.6-17.9 7,839 83.3 82.1-84.4
No 1,513 270 14.8 12.4-17.4 1,243 85.2 82.6-87.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 3,656 691 14.7 13.0-16.5 2,965 85.3 83.5-87.0
Overweight 3,891 752 16.0 14.3-17.8 3,139 84.0 82.2-85.7
Obese 2,944 699 19.6 17.5-21.8 2,245 80.4 78.2-82.5
Current Smoker
No 9,370 1,845 15.4 14.4-16.5 7,525 84.6 83.5-85.6
Yes 2,000 442 18.9 16.5-21.7 1,558 81.1 78.3-83.5
History of CVD**
Yes 1,437 536 35.3 31.6-39.3 901 64.7 60.7-68.4
No 9,866 1,714 14.2 13.2-15.3 8,152 85.8 84.7-86.8
Binge Drinker
No 9,494 1,980 17.2 16.1-18.4 7,514 82.8 81.6-83.9
Yes 1,023 144 12.5 10.0-15.5 879 87.5 84.5-90.0
Heavy Drinker
No 10,016 2,039 16.5 15.4-17.6 7,977 83.5 82.4-84.6
Yes 473 78 15.8 11.3-21.6 395 84.2 78.4-88.7
COPD
Yes 1,016 373 31.9 27.6-36.6 643 68.1 63.4-72.4
No 10,355 1,911 15.1 14.0-16.1 8,444 84.9 83.9-86.0
Current Asthma
Yes 980 311 27.6 23.4-32.3 669 72.4 67.7-76.6
No 10,374 1,972 15.1 14.1-16.2 8,402 84.9 83.8-85.9
Diabetes
Yes 1,585 536 31.6 28.1-35.3 1,049 68.4 64.7-71.9
No 9,811 1,761 14.4 13.4-15.5 8,050 85.6 84.5-86.6
Disability
Yes 3,361 1,101 29.4 27.0-31.9 2,260 70.6 68.1-73.0
No 7,508 1,111 12.4 11.3-13.6 6,397 87.6 86.4-88.7

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

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more 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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