2013 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 had skin cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 8,840 905 7.0 6.4- 7.6 7,935 93.0 92.4-93.6
GENDER
Male 3,444 365 7.3 6.4- 8.3 3,079 92.7 91.7-93.6
Female 5,396 540 6.7 6.1- 7.5 4,856 93.3 92.5-93.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 7,508 880 8.4 7.7- 9.1 6,628 91.6 90.9-92.3
No 1,303 24 1.4 0.8- 2.3 1,279 98.6 97.7-99.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 2,621 312 7.5 6.5- 8.6 2,309 92.5 91.4-93.5
Overweight 2,961 330 7.7 6.7- 8.9 2,631 92.3 91.1-93.3
Obese 2,546 210 6.4 5.4- 7.6 2,336 93.6 92.4-94.6
Current Smoker
No 7,140 796 7.7 7.0- 8.4 6,344 92.3 91.6-93.0
Yes 1,538 99 4.5 3.5- 5.9 1,439 95.5 94.1-96.5
History of CVD**
Yes 1,165 200 15.3 12.8-18.1 965 84.7 81.9-87.2
No 7,587 688 6.0 5.5- 6.7 6,899 94.0 93.3-94.5
Binge Drinker
No 7,650 830 7.5 6.9- 8.2 6,820 92.5 91.8-93.1
Yes 801 45 4.1 2.9- 5.9 756 95.9 94.1-97.1
Heavy Drinker
No 8,074 839 7.2 6.6- 7.8 7,235 92.8 92.2-93.4
Yes 362 32 4.6 2.9- 7.2 330 95.4 92.8-97.1
COPD
Yes 832 120 12.5 10.0-15.6 712 87.5 84.4-90.0
No 7,963 779 6.5 5.9- 7.1 7,184 93.5 92.9-94.1
Current Asthma
Yes 741 74 7.7 5.7-10.4 667 92.3 89.6-94.3
No 8,055 825 6.9 6.3- 7.5 7,230 93.1 92.5-93.7
Diabetes
Yes 1,322 174 12.2 10.1-14.7 1,148 87.8 85.3-89.9
No 7,511 731 6.3 5.8- 6.9 6,780 93.7 93.1-94.2
Disability
Yes 2,524 355 11.0 9.6-12.5 2,169 89.0 87.5-90.4
No 6,194 540 5.8 5.2- 6.5 5,654 94.2 93.5-94.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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