2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Summary Index of Chronic Health Conditions*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No chronic disease 1 chronic disease 2+ chronic diseases
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,727 1,954 46.0 44.2-47.7 1,217 26.3 24.7-27.9 1,556 27.8 26.3-29.3
GENDER
Male 2,200 1,031 51.9 49.3-54.4 527 23.8 21.6-26.1 642 24.4 22.2-26.6
Female 2,527 923 40.5 38.1-43.0 690 28.6 26.3-30.9 914 30.9 28.7-33.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,093 1,602 44.2 42.3-46.1 1,062 26.4 24.7-28.1 1,429 29.4 27.8-31.2
No 632 350 55.8 50.9-60.6 154 25.9 21.8-30.4 128 18.4 14.9-22.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,267 604 54.3 50.9-57.7 313 23.2 20.4-26.2 350 22.5 19.9-25.3
Overweight 1,543 657 47.6 44.5-50.8 389 25.1 22.5-28.0 497 27.2 24.6-30.1
Obese 1,408 430 33.2 30.1-36.3 389 29.8 26.7-33.0 589 37.1 34.0-40.3
Current Smoker
Yes 756 247 35.5 31.2-40.0 186 26.4 22.5-30.7 323 38.1 33.8-42.6
No 3,812 1,618 47.5 45.6-49.5 994 26.3 24.6-28.2 1,200 26.1 24.5-27.8
History of CVD**
Yes 598 *** *** *** 58 9.7 7.1-13.1 540 90.3 86.9-92.9
No 4,109 1,954 51.4 49.5-53.3 1,151 28.1 26.4-29.9 1,004 20.5 19.1-22.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 568 302 56.3 51.3-61.2 160 27.4 23.2-32.0 106 16.3 12.9-20.5
No 3,804 1,474 43.3 41.3-45.3 976 26.4 24.6-28.2 1,354 30.4 28.6-32.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 111 47.9 40.4-55.4 85 32.0 25.4-39.5 61 20.1 14.9-26.7
No 4,099 1,653 45.1 43.2-47.0 1,052 26.2 24.5-28.0 1,394 28.8 27.1-30.5
COPD
Yes 427 *** *** *** 42 12.8 8.7-18.3 385 87.2 81.7-91.3
No 4,287 1,957 50.2 48.4-52.1 1,174 27.5 25.8-29.2 1,156 22.3 20.8-23.8
Current Asthma
Yes 431 *** *** *** 106 31.4 25.5-38.0 325 68.6 62.0-74.5
No 4,281 1,951 50.8 48.9-52.6 1,109 25.7 24.1-27.4 1,221 23.5 22.0-25.0
Diabetes
Yes 682 *** *** *** 130 22.7 18.7-27.2 552 77.3 72.8-81.3
No 4,051 1,959 52.6 50.7-54.5 1,087 26.7 25.0-28.5 1,005 20.7 19.2-22.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,464 227 16.5 14.2-19.0 372 29.7 26.6-33.1 865 53.8 50.4-57.1
No 3,132 1,649 57.1 55.0-59.2 815 24.9 23.0-26.8 668 18.0 16.5-19.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,557 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,557 100 . - .
No 3,176 1,959 63.7 61.6-65.7 1,217 36.3 34.3-38.4 *** *** ***

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*The index consists of heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer,
other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

**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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