2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Health

Do you take aspirin to reduce the chance of a heart attack?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,074 951 86.9 84.2-89.3 123 13.1 10.7-15.8
GENDER
Male 543 480 86.3 82.3-89.6 63 13.7 10.4-17.7
Female 531 471 87.6 83.7-90.8 60 12.4 9.2-16.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 992 901 89.5 86.7-91.7 91 10.5 8.3-13.3
No 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 227 194 81.6 74.1-87.3 33 18.4 12.7-25.9
Overweight 393 349 87.4 82.6-91.1 44 12.6 8.9-17.4
Obese 385 349 90.7 86.6-93.6 36 9.3 6.4-13.4
Current Smoker
Yes 177 151 81.1 72.7-87.4 26 18.9 12.6-27.3
No 895 798 88.2 85.3-90.6 97 11.8 9.4-14.7
History of CVD**
Yes 349 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 715 611 83.4 79.7-86.5 104 16.6 13.5-20.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 950 849 87.7 84.8-90.1 101 12.3 9.9-15.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 984 871 86.7 83.7-89.2 113 13.3 10.8-16.3
COPD
Yes 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 892 776 85.0 81.8-87.8 116 15.0 12.2-18.2
Current Asthma
Yes 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 950 837 86.9 84.1-89.4 113 13.1 10.6-15.9
Diabetes
Yes 321 303 93.4 88.5-96.3 18 6.6 3.7-11.5
No 753 648 84.3 80.9-87.3 105 15.7 12.7-19.1
Functional Disability
Yes 497 449 89.2 85.3-92.1 48 10.8 7.9-14.7
No 573 499 85.3 81.2-88.6 74 14.7 11.4-18.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 643 601 93.2 90.3-95.3 42 6.8 4.7- 9.7
No 431 350 78.5 73.4-82.9 81 21.5 17.1-26.6

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*Asked of respondents who reported they take aspirin daily or every other day.

**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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