2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,398 2,804 81.0 79.2-82.7 594 19.0 17.3-20.8
GENDER
Male 1,595 1,289 80.0 77.3-82.5 306 20.0 17.5-22.7
Female 1,803 1,515 82.0 79.5-84.3 288 18.0 15.7-20.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,805 2,805 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 595 *** *** *** 595 100 . - .
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 926 776 83.1 79.7-86.1 150 16.9 13.9-20.3
Overweight 1,094 932 84.6 81.5-87.2 162 15.4 12.8-18.5
Obese 1,034 852 80.2 76.7-83.3 182 19.8 16.7-23.3
Current Smoker
Yes 623 443 67.7 62.5-72.4 180 32.3 27.6-37.5
No 2,649 2,266 84.2 82.3-86.0 383 15.8 14.0-17.7
History of CVD**
Yes 222 189 81.9 73.5-88.1 33 18.1 11.9-26.5
No 3,157 2,600 81.0 79.1-82.8 557 19.0 17.2-20.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 529 437 82.3 77.8-86.0 92 17.7 14.0-22.2
No 2,576 2,167 82.1 79.9-84.0 409 17.9 16.0-20.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 198 158 79.3 70.9-85.8 40 20.7 14.2-29.1
No 2,897 2,442 82.5 80.5-84.3 455 17.5 15.7-19.5
COPD
Yes 220 176 77.6 69.3-84.2 44 22.4 15.8-30.7
No 3,164 2,615 81.2 79.3-82.9 549 18.8 17.1-20.7
Current Asthma
Yes 313 269 81.4 73.9-87.2 44 18.6 12.8-26.1
No 3,070 2,525 81.0 79.1-82.8 545 19.0 17.2-20.9
Diabetes
Yes 338 284 84.3 79.2-88.4 54 15.7 11.6-20.8
No 3,058 2,518 80.7 78.8-82.6 540 19.3 17.4-21.2
Functional Disability
Yes 850 668 76.2 72.0-80.0 182 23.8 20.0-28.0
No 2,424 2,042 82.8 80.7-84.7 382 17.2 15.3-19.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 760 643 82.4 78.2-86.0 117 17.6 14.0-21.8
No 2,640 2,162 80.7 78.6-82.6 478 19.3 17.4-21.4

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*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 included.

**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 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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