2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,216 2,609 81.6 79.9-83.2 607 18.4 16.8-20.1
GENDER
Male 1,542 1,223 80.7 78.2-83.0 319 19.3 17.0-21.8
Female 1,674 1,386 82.6 80.2-84.7 288 17.4 15.3-19.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 855 719 85.8 82.7-88.3 136 14.2 11.7-17.3
Overweight 980 800 81.2 78.0-84.0 180 18.8 16.0-22.0
Obese 1,030 841 81.9 78.8-84.7 189 18.1 15.3-21.2
Current Smoker
Yes 600 432 72.1 67.4-76.4 168 27.9 23.6-32.6
No 2,504 2,096 84.4 82.5-86.0 408 15.6 14.0-17.5
History of CVD**
Yes 232 193 85.0 78.9-89.5 39 15.0 10.5-21.1
No 2,978 2,411 81.5 79.7-83.1 567 18.5 16.9-20.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 489 385 82.2 78.1-85.8 104 17.8 14.2-21.9
No 2,466 2,048 83.1 81.2-84.9 418 16.9 15.1-18.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 204 157 80.2 73.3-85.6 47 19.8 14.4-26.7
No 2,736 2,263 83.0 81.2-84.7 473 17.0 15.3-18.8
COPD
Yes 224 184 79.1 70.9-85.5 40 20.9 14.5-29.1
No 2,992 2,425 81.9 80.1-83.5 567 18.1 16.5-19.9
Current Asthma
Yes 304 252 83.9 78.4-88.2 52 16.1 11.8-21.6
No 2,900 2,347 81.4 79.6-83.1 553 18.6 16.9-20.4
Diabetes
Yes 315 266 82.5 75.9-87.6 49 17.5 12.4-24.1
No 2,906 2,347 81.6 79.8-83.2 559 18.4 16.8-20.2
Functional Disability
Yes 823 630 76.0 72.1-79.5 193 24.0 20.5-27.9
No 2,297 1,908 84.0 82.2-85.8 389 16.0 14.2-17.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 738 618 83.8 80.0-87.0 120 16.2 13.0-20.0
No 2,483 1,995 81.1 79.2-82.9 488 18.9 17.1-20.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and only those under age 65 included.

**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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