2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have (COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,708 427 8.1 7.2- 9.1 4,281 91.9 90.9-92.8
GENDER
Male 2,190 155 6.3 5.2- 7.8 2,035 93.7 92.2-94.8
Female 2,518 272 9.7 8.3-11.3 2,246 90.3 88.7-91.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,076 385 8.2 7.2- 9.3 3,691 91.8 90.7-92.8
No 630 42 7.4 5.0-10.7 588 92.6 89.3-95.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,259 101 6.0 4.7- 7.6 1,158 94.0 92.4-95.3
Overweight 1,543 117 7.3 5.7- 9.3 1,426 92.7 90.7-94.3
Obese 1,398 167 11.1 9.3-13.3 1,231 88.9 86.7-90.7
Current Smoker
Yes 749 157 17.6 14.4-21.4 592 82.4 78.6-85.6
No 3,800 258 6.2 5.3- 7.3 3,542 93.8 92.7-94.7
History of CVD**
Yes 590 156 27.3 22.5-32.7 434 72.7 67.3-77.5
No 4,098 266 5.9 5.0- 6.8 3,832 94.1 93.2-95.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 565 27 4.3 2.6- 7.1 538 95.7 92.9-97.4
No 3,790 369 8.7 7.7-10.0 3,421 91.3 90.0-92.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,083 382 8.4 7.3- 9.5 3,701 91.6 90.5-92.7
COPD
Yes 427 427 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 4,287 *** *** *** 4,287 100 . - .
Current Asthma
Yes 426 141 28.9 23.7-34.9 285 71.1 65.1-76.3
No 4,268 281 5.9 5.1- 6.8 3,987 94.1 93.2-94.9
Diabetes
Yes 678 130 19.1 15.2-23.6 548 80.9 76.4-84.8
No 4,036 297 6.5 5.6- 7.5 3,739 93.5 92.5-94.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,448 284 18.8 16.3-21.6 1,164 81.2 78.4-83.7
No 3,129 135 4.0 3.2- 5.0 2,994 96.0 95.0-96.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,541 385 25.6 22.8-28.6 1,156 74.4 71.4-77.2
No 3,173 42 1.4 1.0- 2.1 3,131 98.6 97.9-99.0

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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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