2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,712 778 17.3 16.0-18.6 1,473 31.4 29.8-33.1 1,471 32.2 30.6-34.0 685 13.7 12.5-15.0 305 5.4 4.6- 6.2
GENDER
Male 2,192 397 19.3 17.3-21.4 684 32.2 29.8-34.7 657 30.4 28.0-32.8 311 13.1 11.5-15.0 143 5.1 4.0- 6.4
Female 2,520 381 15.4 13.8-17.2 789 30.7 28.5-32.9 814 34.0 31.6-36.4 374 14.3 12.7-16.1 162 5.7 4.6- 6.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,083 685 17.6 16.2-19.1 1,340 33.0 31.3-34.9 1,242 31.2 29.4-33.0 548 12.7 11.4-14.0 268 5.5 4.7- 6.4
No 627 90 14.8 11.6-18.7 135 22.0 18.2-26.3 229 38.7 34.0-43.7 136 19.8 16.3-23.8 37 4.7 2.9- 7.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,262 307 25.0 22.2-28.1 451 35.4 32.2-38.7 304 25.3 22.3-28.5 136 10.6 8.6-13.0 64 3.7 2.7- 5.0
Overweight 1,539 281 18.5 16.2-20.9 523 34.3 31.4-37.3 468 30.1 27.3-33.0 185 12.8 10.8-15.3 82 4.4 3.2- 5.9
Obese 1,403 111 8.9 7.2-11.1 363 26.1 23.2-29.1 516 38.8 35.5-42.1 284 18.1 15.8-20.6 129 8.2 6.5-10.3
Current Smoker
Yes 753 85 12.8 10.0-16.3 184 24.3 20.7-28.4 249 34.1 29.9-38.7 142 18.7 15.4-22.6 93 10.0 7.6-13.0
No 3,801 665 18.0 16.6-19.6 1,246 33.1 31.2-35.0 1,168 31.7 29.8-33.6 516 12.7 11.4-14.1 206 4.5 3.7- 5.4
History of CVD**
Yes 594 22 3.8 2.4- 6.2 91 14.8 11.6-18.8 180 30.3 25.5-35.6 169 29.4 24.7-34.5 132 21.6 17.2-26.7
No 4,100 754 18.8 17.4-20.3 1,384 33.5 31.7-35.3 1,285 32.4 30.6-34.3 508 11.9 10.7-13.1 169 3.5 2.8- 4.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 565 116 21.9 18.0-26.3 206 35.7 31.1-40.5 166 31.3 26.7-36.2 59 8.2 6.0-11.1 *** *** ***
No 3,792 602 16.3 14.9-17.8 1,180 31.2 29.4-33.1 1,190 32.4 30.5-34.3 557 14.3 12.9-15.8 263 5.8 4.9- 6.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 42 16.5 11.8-22.6 90 34.4 27.6-42.0 81 33.1 26.3-40.6 34 12.6 8.3-18.5 *** *** ***
No 4,087 671 17.1 15.7-18.6 1,291 31.7 30.0-33.5 1,275 32.3 30.4-34.1 578 13.4 12.2-14.8 272 5.5 4.7- 6.5
COPD
Yes 426 *** *** *** 50 9.1 6.5-12.5 118 33.7 27.6-40.4 119 28.2 23.1-34.1 129 26.9 21.8-32.8
No 4,273 767 18.6 17.2-20.1 1,427 33.6 31.8-35.4 1,349 32.1 30.3-33.9 562 12.4 11.2-13.7 168 3.3 2.6- 4.0
Current Asthma
Yes 430 35 9.0 6.1-13.1 84 19.7 15.5-24.8 125 35.3 29.1-42.0 97 19.3 15.1-24.3 89 16.7 12.8-21.5
No 4,267 743 18.2 16.8-19.7 1,383 32.5 30.8-34.3 1,339 31.9 30.2-33.7 587 13.2 12.0-14.5 215 4.2 3.5- 5.0
Diabetes
Yes 679 *** *** *** 101 15.8 12.5-19.8 243 35.8 31.1-40.9 196 28.0 23.9-32.5 128 18.8 14.8-23.5
No 4,039 767 19.5 18.0-21.0 1,377 33.7 31.9-35.5 1,229 31.7 29.9-33.5 489 11.7 10.5-13.0 177 3.4 2.9- 4.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,454 98 7.1 5.5- 8.9 236 16.6 14.3-19.3 453 32.6 29.5-35.8 410 27.5 24.6-30.7 257 16.2 13.8-18.9
No 3,127 656 21.2 19.5-23.0 1,199 37.4 35.3-39.5 974 32.1 30.1-34.2 253 8.1 7.0- 9.4 45 1.2 0.8- 1.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,548 79 4.9 3.8- 6.4 306 18.6 16.2-21.1 506 33.7 30.6-36.9 395 26.3 23.5-29.2 262 16.6 14.2-19.3
No 3,170 699 22.0 20.3-23.8 1,172 36.4 34.4-38.5 966 31.6 29.6-33.7 290 8.9 7.7-10.3 43 1.1 0.7- 1.6

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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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