2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Preconception Health & Family Planning

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker ever talked with you about any of the following topics during a routine health care visit:
DO NOT include visits while pregnant, also called prenatal care visits.
The risks of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use for having a healthy pregnancy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 575 304 53.4 48.6-58.2 271 46.6 41.8-51.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 453 231 52.8 47.4-58.2 222 47.2 41.8-52.6
No 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 185 88 46.3 37.9-55.0 97 53.7 45.0-62.1
Overweight 135 71 50.9 41.3-60.5 64 49.1 39.5-58.7
Obese 165 95 60.2 51.3-68.6 70 39.8 31.4-48.7
Current Smoker
Yes 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 467 236 51.3 46.0-56.6 231 48.7 43.4-54.0
History of CVD**
Yes 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 558 291 52.8 47.9-57.6 267 47.2 42.4-52.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 468 245 53.1 47.7-58.4 223 46.9 41.6-52.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 500 265 53.8 48.6-58.9 235 46.2 41.1-51.4
COPD
Yes 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 553 292 53.3 48.4-58.1 261 46.7 41.9-51.6
Current Asthma
Yes 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 510 273 53.6 48.5-58.7 237 46.4 41.3-51.5
Diabetes
Yes 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 550 293 53.4 48.5-58.3 257 46.6 41.7-51.5
Functional Disability
Yes 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 457 230 51.2 45.9-56.6 227 48.8 43.4-54.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 477 247 51.6 46.3-56.8 230 48.4 43.2-53.7

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*Asked of female respondents aged 18-44.

**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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