2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

Frequent Mental Distress (within the past 30 days)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,662 581 12.3 11.2-13.6 4,081 87.7 86.4-88.8
GENDER
Male 2,176 235 9.6 8.3-11.2 1,941 90.4 88.8-91.7
Female 2,486 346 14.8 13.1-16.8 2,140 85.2 83.2-86.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,039 481 11.8 10.6-13.1 3,558 88.2 86.9-89.4
No 622 101 15.8 12.4-19.8 521 84.2 80.2-87.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,251 149 11.4 9.4-13.8 1,102 88.6 86.2-90.6
Overweight 1,520 166 11.3 9.4-13.5 1,354 88.7 86.5-90.6
Obese 1,391 220 15.3 13.1-17.9 1,171 84.7 82.1-86.9
Current Smoker
Yes 743 194 22.6 19.1-26.5 549 77.4 73.5-80.9
No 3,763 371 10.2 9.0-11.5 3,392 89.8 88.5-91.0
History of CVD**
Yes 581 116 18.7 15.0-23.1 465 81.3 76.9-85.0
No 4,062 462 11.6 10.4-12.9 3,600 88.4 87.1-89.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 564 71 11.1 8.5-14.4 493 88.9 85.6-91.5
No 3,751 471 12.5 11.2-13.9 3,280 87.5 86.1-88.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 255 32 10.4 6.9-15.5 223 89.6 84.5-93.1
No 4,045 508 12.4 11.1-13.7 3,537 87.6 86.3-88.9
COPD
Yes 411 118 25.7 20.5-31.6 293 74.3 68.4-79.5
No 4,239 459 11.2 10.0-12.5 3,780 88.8 87.5-90.0
Current Asthma
Yes 421 103 20.0 15.8-24.9 318 80.0 75.1-84.2
No 4,229 477 11.6 10.4-12.9 3,752 88.4 87.1-89.6
Diabetes
Yes 667 130 17.4 14.1-21.3 537 82.6 78.7-85.9
No 4,001 452 11.6 10.4-12.9 3,549 88.4 87.1-89.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,422 345 25.4 22.5-28.6 1,077 74.6 71.4-77.5
No 3,112 221 7.0 6.0- 8.2 2,891 93.0 91.8-94.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,519 334 21.2 18.7-23.9 1,185 78.8 76.1-81.3
No 3,149 248 9.0 7.7-10.4 2,901 91.0 89.6-92.3

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*Frequent Mental Distress (FMD) was defined as having 14 or more days of poor mental health (including stress, depression, and problems with emotions) in the past 30 days.

**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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