2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,676 3,681 79.4 77.9-80.8 220 5.1 4.3- 6.0 257 5.8 5.0- 6.7 267 5.1 4.4- 5.9 251 4.7 4.0- 5.5
GENDER
Male 2,180 1,803 84.7 82.7-86.4 85 3.8 2.9- 5.0 89 3.7 2.9- 4.8 103 4.0 3.2- 5.1 100 3.8 2.9- 4.8
Female 2,496 1,878 74.5 72.2-76.7 135 6.2 5.0- 7.7 168 7.7 6.4- 9.3 164 6.1 5.0- 7.3 151 5.5 4.5- 6.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,048 3,191 79.5 77.8-81.0 188 5.1 4.2- 6.1 225 5.6 4.8- 6.6 217 4.9 4.1- 5.7 227 5.0 4.2- 5.9
No 627 490 79.0 74.7-82.7 32 5.0 3.4- 7.3 31 6.7 4.4-10.1 50 6.4 4.5- 9.0 24 3.0 1.8- 4.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,256 1,008 80.1 77.1-82.8 65 5.9 4.3- 8.0 65 5.2 3.9- 7.0 63 5.2 3.9- 7.0 55 3.6 2.6- 5.0
Overweight 1,531 1,250 82.1 79.6-84.4 59 3.6 2.7- 4.9 91 6.8 5.2- 8.8 70 3.9 2.9- 5.1 61 3.6 2.6- 4.9
Obese 1,389 1,015 74.6 71.6-77.4 73 6.0 4.5- 8.0 78 5.1 3.9- 6.6 109 6.8 5.4- 8.6 114 7.5 5.9- 9.5
Current Smoker
Yes 747 516 71.0 66.7-75.0 40 5.6 3.6- 8.5 43 6.7 4.6- 9.5 72 7.2 5.4- 9.4 76 9.5 7.2-12.6
No 3,772 3,031 80.9 79.2-82.4 173 4.9 4.1- 5.9 209 5.7 4.8- 6.7 189 4.8 4.0- 5.7 170 3.8 3.1- 4.6
History of CVD**
Yes 582 366 63.0 57.5-68.1 23 4.3 2.4- 7.4 38 6.2 4.0- 9.3 65 9.8 7.3-13.0 90 16.8 12.8-21.7
No 4,075 3,303 81.2 79.7-82.7 197 5.2 4.3- 6.1 217 5.7 4.9- 6.8 200 4.6 3.8- 5.4 158 3.3 2.7- 4.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 566 431 76.3 71.8-80.3 40 6.9 4.9- 9.6 43 8.5 6.0-12.0 33 5.6 3.7- 8.3 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5
No 3,759 2,958 79.5 77.8-81.1 167 4.8 3.9- 5.9 200 5.5 4.6- 6.5 219 5.2 4.4- 6.2 215 5.0 4.2- 6.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 191 74.0 66.8-80.1 18 8.3 5.1-13.3 21 9.0 5.2-15.1 20 5.8 3.3-10.1 *** *** ***
No 4,052 3,180 79.3 77.6-80.8 192 5.0 4.1- 6.0 225 5.8 5.0- 6.8 230 5.2 4.4- 6.1 225 4.8 4.0- 5.7
COPD
Yes 414 227 57.0 50.6-63.2 *** *** *** 30 6.0 3.6- 9.6 56 11.6 8.4-15.9 91 22.6 17.6-28.6
No 4,250 3,451 81.4 79.9-82.8 210 5.3 4.5- 6.2 226 5.8 4.9- 6.8 209 4.5 3.8- 5.3 154 3.1 2.5- 3.8
Current Asthma
Yes 426 247 63.6 57.5-69.2 18 5.0 2.8- 8.9 33 6.2 4.0- 9.5 61 12.0 8.9-16.1 67 13.1 9.7-17.6
No 4,235 3,426 81.1 79.5-82.6 201 5.1 4.3- 6.0 221 5.7 4.8- 6.7 205 4.4 3.7- 5.2 182 3.8 3.1- 4.6
Diabetes
Yes 666 444 68.2 63.3-72.7 23 3.5 1.9- 6.2 39 5.7 3.8- 8.5 67 9.1 6.8-12.1 93 13.5 10.4-17.5
No 4,016 3,243 81.0 79.4-82.5 197 5.3 4.4- 6.3 218 5.8 4.9- 6.8 200 4.5 3.8- 5.4 158 3.4 2.8- 4.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,425 840 58.4 54.9-61.7 66 5.4 4.0- 7.3 124 9.7 7.7-12.1 184 12.2 10.2-14.4 211 14.4 12.1-17.0
No 3,121 2,733 87.6 86.1-89.0 148 4.9 4.0- 6.0 130 4.3 3.5- 5.3 75 2.2 1.7- 2.9 35 0.9 0.6- 1.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,521 973 63.9 60.7-67.1 68 4.9 3.5- 6.8 103 6.9 5.4- 8.7 178 10.7 9.0-12.7 199 13.6 11.4-16.1
No 3,161 2,714 85.2 83.5-86.7 152 5.1 4.2- 6.2 154 5.4 4.4- 6.5 89 3.0 2.3- 3.8 52 1.3 1.0- 1.9

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

**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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