2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,608 560 12.3 11.2-13.6 4,048 87.7 86.4-88.8
GENDER
Male 2,134 238 10.9 9.3-12.6 1,896 89.1 87.4-90.7
Female 2,474 322 13.7 12.0-15.6 2,152 86.3 84.4-88.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,997 455 11.2 10.0-12.6 3,542 88.8 87.4-90.0
No 609 105 19.2 15.4-23.6 504 80.8 76.4-84.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,259 142 10.9 9.0-13.1 1,117 89.1 86.9-91.0
Overweight 1,529 158 11.3 9.3-13.6 1,371 88.7 86.4-90.7
Obese 1,398 207 14.6 12.3-17.2 1,191 85.4 82.8-87.7
Current Smoker
Yes 751 171 21.4 17.9-25.4 580 78.6 74.6-82.1
No 3,800 384 10.5 9.3-11.9 3,416 89.5 88.1-90.7
History of CVD**
Yes 584 140 24.6 20.0-29.9 444 75.4 70.1-80.0
No 4,005 414 10.8 9.6-12.1 3,591 89.2 87.9-90.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 565 73 12.1 9.3-15.7 492 87.9 84.3-90.7
No 3,792 451 12.2 10.9-13.7 3,341 87.8 86.3-89.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 255 32 11.8 7.9-17.5 223 88.2 82.5-92.1
No 4,086 491 12.3 11.0-13.6 3,595 87.7 86.4-89.0
COPD
Yes 418 132 31.3 25.6-37.7 286 68.7 62.3-74.4
No 4,178 422 10.6 9.4-11.9 3,756 89.4 88.1-90.6
Current Asthma
Yes 418 113 24.9 20.1-30.4 305 75.1 69.6-79.9
No 4,175 441 11.0 9.8-12.4 3,734 89.0 87.6-90.2
Diabetes
Yes 668 132 18.6 14.8-23.0 536 81.4 77.0-85.2
No 3,946 429 11.5 10.2-12.8 3,517 88.5 87.2-89.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,450 561 43.6 40.2-47.0 889 56.4 53.0-59.8
No 3,132 *** *** *** 3,132 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,530 342 23.3 20.5-26.3 1,188 76.7 73.7-79.5
No 3,084 219 8.1 6.9- 9.5 2,865 91.9 90.5-93.1

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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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