2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 11,506 9,973 79.3 77.9-80.6 1,533 20.7 19.4-22.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 3,678 3,249 80.6 78.0-82.9 429 19.4 17.1-22.0
Overweight 3,930 3,448 80.7 78.4-82.8 482 19.3 17.2-21.6
Obese 2,974 2,523 77.7 74.9-80.3 451 22.3 19.7-25.1
Current Smoker
No 9,441 8,428 82.9 81.5-84.3 1,013 17.1 15.7-18.5
Yes 2,016 1,499 65.9 62.4-69.2 517 34.1 30.8-37.6
History of CVD**
Yes 1,459 1,342 88.2 84.9-90.8 117 11.8 9.2-15.1
No 9,928 8,528 78.4 77.0-79.8 1,400 21.6 20.2-23.0
Binge Drinker
No 9,570 8,392 80.6 79.0-82.0 1,178 19.4 18.0-21.0
Yes 1,031 843 76.7 72.5-80.4 188 23.3 19.6-27.5
Heavy Drinker
No 10,095 8,811 80.2 78.8-81.6 1,284 19.8 18.4-21.2
Yes 478 404 79.3 72.6-84.7 74 20.7 15.3-27.4
COPD
Yes 1,027 898 82.7 78.2-86.4 129 17.3 13.6-21.8
No 10,429 9,033 79.0 77.6-80.4 1,396 21.0 19.6-22.4
Current Asthma
Yes 980 835 77.5 72.6-81.7 145 22.5 18.3-27.4
No 10,460 9,079 79.5 78.0-80.8 1,381 20.5 19.2-22.0
Diabetes
Yes 1,608 1,457 86.5 83.2-89.2 151 13.5 10.8-16.8
No 9,873 8,499 78.5 77.0-79.9 1,374 21.5 20.1-23.0
Disability
Yes 3,417 3,035 82.1 79.5-84.4 382 17.9 15.6-20.5
No 7,543 6,486 78.8 77.1-80.4 1,057 21.2 19.6-22.9

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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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