2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Respiratory Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,704 1,207 31.0 29.1-32.9 2,497 69.0 67.1-70.9
GENDER
Male 1,659 568 32.2 29.4-35.1 1,091 67.8 64.9-70.6
Female 2,045 639 30.0 27.5-32.6 1,406 70.0 67.4-72.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,191 1,095 32.6 30.6-34.7 2,096 67.4 65.3-69.4
No 510 110 21.8 17.7-26.6 400 78.2 73.4-82.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 964 266 22.9 19.8-26.2 698 77.1 73.8-80.2
Overweight 1,224 398 31.6 28.4-35.0 826 68.4 65.0-71.6
Obese 1,189 458 38.7 35.2-42.3 731 61.3 57.7-64.8
Current Smoker
Yes 620 258 39.4 34.5-44.5 362 60.6 55.5-65.5
No 3,057 942 29.2 27.2-31.3 2,115 70.8 68.7-72.8
History of CVD**
Yes 498 290 63.4 57.7-68.7 208 36.6 31.3-42.3
No 3,188 907 26.9 25.0-28.8 2,281 73.1 71.2-75.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 430 98 22.4 17.9-27.7 332 77.6 72.3-82.1
No 3,096 1,057 32.6 30.5-34.7 2,039 67.4 65.3-69.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 200 56 25.5 18.8-33.5 144 74.5 66.5-81.2
No 3,315 1,097 31.7 29.7-33.7 2,218 68.3 66.3-70.3
COPD
Yes 368 294 82.0 76.6-86.4 74 18.0 13.6-23.4
No 3,328 908 25.8 24.0-27.8 2,420 74.2 72.2-76.0
Current Asthma
Yes 348 286 81.0 74.8-86.0 62 19.0 14.0-25.2
No 3,340 910 25.4 23.6-27.3 2,430 74.6 72.7-76.4
Diabetes
Yes 584 287 50.4 45.0-55.7 297 49.6 44.3-55.0
No 3,122 920 27.8 25.9-29.9 2,202 72.2 70.1-74.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,236 607 49.1 45.5-52.8 629 50.9 47.2-54.5
No 2,456 598 23.1 21.0-25.2 1,858 76.9 74.8-79.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,325 728 57.3 53.7-60.7 597 42.7 39.3-46.3
No 2,381 479 19.2 17.3-21.2 1,902 80.8 78.8-82.7

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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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