2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Preconception Health & Family Planning--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker EVER talked with you about any of the following
topics during a ROUTINE HEALTH CARE visit:

The risks of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use for having a healthy pregnancy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 943 456 49.6 45.0-54.2 487 50.4 45.8-55.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 697 318 47.7 42.4-53.1 379 52.3 46.9-57.6
No 242 136 54.4 45.0-63.6 106 45.6 36.4-55.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 337 154 51.3 43.8-58.6 183 48.7 41.4-56.2
Overweight 238 119 51.7 42.5-60.9 119 48.3 39.1-57.5
Obese 226 109 44.6 35.7-53.9 117 55.4 46.1-64.3
Current Smoker
No 762 351 46.6 41.4-51.8 411 53.4 48.2-58.6
Yes 180 105 62.3 52.6-71.1 75 37.7 28.9-47.4
History of CVD**
Yes 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 921 443 49.2 44.5-53.9 478 50.8 46.1-55.5
Binge Drinker
No 799 388 49.6 44.6-54.7 411 50.4 45.3-55.4
Yes 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
No 872 425 50.6 45.8-55.4 447 49.4 44.6-54.2
Yes 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 906 438 49.3 44.6-54.0 468 50.7 46.0-55.4
Current Asthma
Yes 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 845 410 49.3 44.4-54.3 435 50.7 45.7-55.6
Diabetes
Yes 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 898 435 49.6 44.9-54.3 463 50.4 45.7-55.1
Disability
Yes 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 773 378 49.6 44.5-54.7 395 50.4 45.3-55.5

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*Asked only of females ages 18 to 44

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

These questions have not been asked in 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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