2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

General Health Indicator for North Carolina HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/VG/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 11,495 8,856 80.4 79.3-81.5 2,639 19.6 18.5-20.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 9,926 7,751 82.0 80.8-83.1 2,175 18.0 16.9-19.2
No 1,526 1,081 74.6 71.4-77.7 445 25.4 22.3-28.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 179 120 76.6 65.8-84.7 59 23.4 15.3-34.2
Recommended Range 3,666 3,045 85.2 83.1-87.0 621 14.8 13.0-16.9
Overweight 3,927 3,137 84.1 82.3-85.8 790 15.9 14.2-17.7
Obese 2,969 1,996 71.4 68.9-73.9 973 28.6 26.1-31.1
Current Smoker
No 9,438 7,441 82.1 80.9-83.3 1,997 17.9 16.7-19.1
Yes 2,009 1,380 74.4 71.6-77.1 629 25.6 22.9-28.4
History of CVD**
Yes 1,455 650 46.4 42.3-50.6 805 53.6 49.4-57.7
No 9,921 8,157 84.3 83.1-85.4 1,764 15.7 14.6-16.9
Binge Drinker
No 9,552 7,325 79.8 78.5-81.0 2,227 20.2 19.0-21.5
Yes 1,031 886 85.4 81.8-88.4 145 14.6 11.6-18.2
Heavy Drinker
No 10,077 7,768 80.2 79.0-81.4 2,309 19.8 18.6-21.0
Yes 478 422 89.0 84.4-92.3 56 11.0 7.7-15.6
COPD
Yes 1,020 400 40.5 35.7-45.4 620 59.5 54.6-64.3
No 10,425 8,434 83.4 82.3-84.5 1,991 16.6 15.5-17.7
Current Asthma
Yes 983 517 59.4 54.3-64.3 466 40.6 35.7-45.7
No 10,448 8,296 82.6 81.4-83.7 2,152 17.4 16.3-18.6
Diabetes
Yes 1,606 773 48.1 44.3-52.0 833 51.9 48.0-55.7
No 9,863 8,067 84.5 83.4-85.6 1,796 15.5 14.4-16.6
Disability
Yes 3,399 1,698 51.8 49.0-54.5 1,701 48.2 45.5-51.0
No 7,543 6,763 90.0 88.8-91.0 780 10.0 9.0-11.2

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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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