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.
Your plans for having children?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 572 292 49.7 44.8-54.5 280 50.3 45.5-55.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 449 221 48.3 42.9-53.7 228 51.7 46.3-57.1
No 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 183 76 40.0 32.0-48.7 107 60.0 51.3-68.0
Overweight 134 74 56.5 46.7-65.7 60 43.5 34.3-53.3
Obese 165 94 54.3 45.2-63.2 71 45.7 36.8-54.8
Current Smoker
Yes 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 468 245 50.7 45.4-56.0 223 49.3 44.0-54.6
History of CVD**
Yes 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 556 284 49.7 44.8-54.6 272 50.3 45.4-55.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 465 243 51.6 46.2-56.9 222 48.4 43.1-53.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 496 259 50.8 45.6-56.0 237 49.2 44.0-54.4
COPD
Yes 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 550 278 49.3 44.4-54.2 272 50.7 45.8-55.6
Current Asthma
Yes 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 507 261 50.5 45.4-55.6 246 49.5 44.4-54.6
Diabetes
Yes 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 547 278 49.3 44.3-54.2 269 50.7 45.8-55.7
Functional Disability
Yes 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 456 229 49.6 44.3-55.0 227 50.4 45.0-55.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 477 241 48.7 43.5-54.0 236 51.3 46.0-56.5

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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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