2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,626 288 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,338 94.6 93.7-95.3
GENDER
Male 2,142 121 4.9 3.8- 6.2 2,021 95.1 93.8-96.2
Female 2,484 167 5.9 4.9- 7.1 2,317 94.1 92.9-95.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,014 238 5.2 4.4- 6.2 3,776 94.8 93.8-95.6
No 610 50 6.6 4.6- 9.5 560 93.4 90.5-95.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,263 80 5.1 3.8- 6.8 1,183 94.9 93.2-96.2
Overweight 1,539 80 4.8 3.6- 6.4 1,459 95.2 93.6-96.4
Obese 1,400 104 6.7 5.2- 8.6 1,296 93.3 91.4-94.8
Current Smoker
Yes 755 72 8.0 5.9-10.8 683 92.0 89.2-94.1
No 3,804 213 4.9 4.1- 5.9 3,591 95.1 94.1-95.9
History of CVD**
Yes 588 94 16.9 12.9-21.7 494 83.1 78.3-87.1
No 4,019 191 4.1 3.4- 4.9 3,828 95.9 95.1-96.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 567 24 3.1 1.9- 5.0 543 96.9 95.0-98.1
No 3,798 240 5.7 4.8- 6.7 3,558 94.3 93.3-95.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,091 249 5.4 4.6- 6.3 3,842 94.6 93.7-95.4
COPD
Yes 421 68 14.9 11.1-19.8 353 85.1 80.2-88.9
No 4,193 213 4.4 3.7- 5.3 3,980 95.6 94.7-96.3
Current Asthma
Yes 419 56 11.5 8.3-15.7 363 88.5 84.3-91.7
No 4,192 228 4.7 4.0- 5.6 3,964 95.3 94.4-96.0
Diabetes
Yes 673 83 11.7 8.7-15.7 590 88.3 84.3-91.3
No 3,959 205 4.5 3.8- 5.4 3,754 95.5 94.6-96.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,459 288 19.0 16.5-21.8 1,171 81.0 78.2-83.5
No 3,132 *** *** *** 3,132 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,536 191 12.2 10.1-14.6 1,345 87.8 85.4-89.9
No 3,096 97 2.8 2.1- 3.6 2,999 97.2 96.4-97.9

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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 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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