2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,110 1,031 31.1 28.9-33.4 2,079 68.9 66.6-71.1
GENDER
Male 1,308 329 22.7 19.7-25.9 979 77.3 74.1-80.3
Female 1,802 702 38.8 35.6-42.0 1,100 61.2 58.0-64.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,695 923 32.0 29.6-34.5 1,772 68.0 65.5-70.4
No 404 105 26.4 21.3-32.3 299 73.6 67.7-78.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 911 289 30.4 26.5-34.6 622 69.6 65.4-73.5
Overweight 1,040 341 30.0 26.2-34.1 699 70.0 65.9-73.8
Obese 889 328 33.7 29.7-38.0 561 66.3 62.0-70.3
Current Smoker
Yes 516 157 29.6 24.5-35.2 359 70.4 64.8-75.5
No 2,575 866 31.4 29.0-33.9 1,709 68.6 66.1-71.0
History of CVD**
Yes 433 136 30.9 24.9-37.7 297 69.1 62.3-75.1
No 2,650 888 31.1 28.8-33.6 1,762 68.9 66.4-71.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 291 76 22.1 16.6-28.7 215 77.9 71.3-83.4
No 2,726 932 32.4 30.0-34.9 1,794 67.6 65.1-70.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 136 33 20.1 12.7-30.4 103 79.9 69.6-87.3
No 2,878 977 31.9 29.5-34.3 1,901 68.1 65.7-70.5
COPD
Yes 294 79 23.5 17.8-30.4 215 76.5 69.6-82.2
No 2,798 948 31.7 29.4-34.2 1,850 68.3 65.8-70.6
Current Asthma
Yes 233 68 25.6 19.2-33.3 165 74.4 66.7-80.8
No 2,855 957 31.5 29.1-33.9 1,898 68.5 66.1-70.9
Diabetes
Yes 444 138 30.5 25.1-36.4 306 69.5 63.6-74.9
No 2,658 893 31.3 28.9-33.7 1,765 68.7 66.3-71.1
Disability
Yes 877 288 30.3 26.3-34.6 589 69.7 65.4-73.7
No 2,216 742 31.4 28.8-34.1 1,474 68.6 65.9-71.2
Has two or more chronic diseases
Yes 1,082 335 27.8 24.3-31.6 747 72.2 68.4-75.7
No 2,024 696 32.4 29.6-35.2 1,328 67.6 64.8-70.4

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

#Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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