2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,588 2,935 79.9 78.1-81.6 297 9.7 8.4-11.0 356 10.4 9.2-11.8
GENDER
Male 1,607 1,287 79.1 76.5-81.5 134 9.3 7.6-11.3 186 11.6 9.7-13.8
Female 1,981 1,648 80.6 78.2-82.8 163 9.9 8.3-11.9 170 9.5 7.9-11.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,126 2,936 92.8 91.5-93.9 190 7.2 6.1- 8.5 *** *** ***
No 462 *** *** *** 106 24.6 19.9-29.9 356 75.4 70.1-80.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 934 780 82.3 78.9-85.2 78 10.0 7.7-12.9 76 7.7 5.9-10.1
Overweight 1,191 988 79.9 76.8-82.8 96 9.5 7.5-11.9 107 10.6 8.5-13.2
Obese 1,160 945 80.7 77.5-83.5 95 8.6 6.7-11.0 120 10.7 8.6-13.3
Current Smoker
Yes 602 410 64.9 59.6-69.7 80 15.4 11.9-19.7 112 19.8 15.9-24.3
No 2,959 2,504 83.1 81.3-84.8 213 8.4 7.2- 9.9 242 8.4 7.3- 9.8
History of CVD**
Yes 497 437 88.4 84.5-91.4 32 5.8 3.8- 8.8 28 5.8 3.7- 8.8
No 3,071 2,479 78.7 76.8-80.5 265 10.2 8.9-11.7 327 11.1 9.7-12.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 406 285 70.3 64.5-75.6 52 14.7 10.7-19.9 69 14.9 11.3-19.5
No 3,021 2,550 82.5 80.6-84.2 221 8.5 7.2- 9.9 250 9.1 7.8-10.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 192 139 70.9 62.3-78.2 27 16.8 10.9-25.1 26 12.3 7.9-18.5
No 3,227 2,692 81.5 79.7-83.2 244 8.8 7.6-10.2 291 9.7 8.5-11.2
COPD
Yes 354 300 81.9 75.7-86.9 27 9.0 5.4-14.5 27 9.1 5.9-13.9
No 3,226 2,626 79.6 77.8-81.4 270 9.7 8.5-11.2 330 10.6 9.3-12.1
Current Asthma
Yes 335 272 80.2 74.3-85.1 35 10.3 6.9-15.2 28 9.4 6.2-14.2
No 3,239 2,655 80.0 78.1-81.7 256 9.4 8.2-10.9 328 10.6 9.3-12.0
Diabetes
Yes 573 515 88.2 83.9-91.5 29 4.9 3.3- 7.3 29 6.9 4.2-11.1
No 3,017 2,421 78.5 76.6-80.3 268 10.4 9.1-12.0 328 11.0 9.7-12.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,214 966 76.0 72.6-79.1 123 11.7 9.4-14.3 125 12.3 9.9-15.2
No 2,362 1,959 81.7 79.6-83.6 173 8.7 7.3-10.4 230 9.6 8.2-11.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,303 1,143 86.4 83.7-88.8 80 6.6 5.0- 8.5 80 7.0 5.3- 9.3
No 2,287 1,793 76.9 74.6-79.0 217 11.1 9.5-12.9 277 12.0 10.5-13.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

**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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