2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,536 903 24.8 23.1-26.6 2,633 75.2 73.4-76.9
GENDER
Male 1,593 296 18.4 16.0-21.0 1,297 81.6 79.0-84.0
Female 1,943 607 30.3 27.8-32.9 1,336 69.7 67.1-72.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,058 823 26.4 24.5-28.4 2,235 73.6 71.6-75.5
No 474 81 15.4 11.8-20.0 393 84.6 80.0-88.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 915 241 25.1 21.8-28.7 674 74.9 71.3-78.2
Overweight 1,173 279 22.9 20.1-26.0 894 77.1 74.0-79.9
Obese 1,144 315 27.7 24.4-31.1 829 72.3 68.9-75.6
Current Smoker
Yes 596 116 18.2 14.6-22.4 480 81.8 77.6-85.4
No 2,911 783 26.3 24.4-28.4 2,128 73.7 71.6-75.6
History of CVD**
Yes 483 106 22.0 17.4-27.4 377 78.0 72.6-82.6
No 3,035 795 25.2 23.4-27.2 2,240 74.8 72.8-76.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 398 100 24.3 19.4-30.0 298 75.7 70.0-80.6
No 2,977 774 25.4 23.5-27.5 2,203 74.6 72.5-76.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 188 42 19.0 12.9-27.0 146 81.0 73.0-87.1
No 3,181 833 25.9 24.0-27.8 2,348 74.1 72.2-76.0
COPD
Yes 350 63 15.9 11.6-21.4 287 84.1 78.6-88.4
No 3,178 841 25.7 23.9-27.7 2,337 74.3 72.3-76.1
Current Asthma
Yes 334 100 27.1 21.6-33.5 234 72.9 66.5-78.4
No 3,188 804 24.7 22.9-26.6 2,384 75.3 73.4-77.1
Diabetes
Yes 570 135 23.3 19.0-28.3 435 76.7 71.7-81.0
No 2,968 770 25.1 23.2-27.1 2,198 74.9 72.9-76.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,195 258 21.2 18.3-24.4 937 78.8 75.6-81.7
No 2,329 644 26.5 24.4-28.8 1,685 73.5 71.2-75.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,280 318 24.9 21.9-28.3 962 75.1 71.7-78.1
No 2,258 587 24.8 22.7-27.0 1,671 75.2 73.0-77.3

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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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