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.
Ways to prepare for a healthy pregnancy and baby?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 575 294 50.2 45.4-55.0 281 49.8 45.0-54.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 452 216 47.7 42.3-53.1 236 52.3 46.9-57.7
No 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 184 76 40.9 32.8-49.6 108 59.1 50.4-67.2
Overweight 134 73 56.0 46.3-65.3 61 44.0 34.7-53.7
Obese 167 98 57.1 48.0-65.8 69 42.9 34.2-52.0
Current Smoker
Yes 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 468 243 50.5 45.2-55.8 225 49.5 44.2-54.8
History of CVD**
Yes 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 560 282 49.7 44.8-54.5 278 50.3 45.5-55.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 469 248 52.1 46.8-57.5 221 47.9 42.5-53.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 502 266 52.0 46.8-57.1 236 48.0 42.9-53.2
COPD
Yes 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 553 281 50.1 45.2-55.0 272 49.9 45.0-54.8
Current Asthma
Yes 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 510 262 50.7 45.6-55.8 248 49.3 44.2-54.4
Diabetes
Yes 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 550 279 49.5 44.6-54.4 271 50.5 45.6-55.4
Functional Disability
Yes 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 457 227 49.7 44.3-55.0 230 50.3 45.0-55.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 480 238 48.5 43.3-53.7 242 51.5 46.3-56.7

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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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