2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Health

Do you have a health problem or condition that makes taking aspirin unsafe for you?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, not stomach related Yes, stomach problems No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,495 123 4.2 3.3- 5.4 122 3.7 3.0- 4.7 2,250 92.0 90.6-93.2
GENDER
Male 1,068 34 2.9 1.7- 4.8 36 2.5 1.7- 3.8 998 94.6 92.5-96.1
Female 1,427 89 5.3 4.1- 6.8 86 4.7 3.6- 6.1 1,252 90.0 88.1-91.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,095 111 4.6 3.5- 5.9 114 4.2 3.3- 5.3 1,870 91.2 89.6-92.6
No 397 *** *** *** *** *** *** 378 96.0 93.1-97.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 700 37 3.0 2.0- 4.4 39 3.8 2.5- 5.7 624 93.2 91.0-94.9
Overweight 796 31 3.9 2.3- 6.4 29 3.2 2.0- 5.1 736 92.9 90.1-95.0
Obese 764 39 4.7 3.2- 6.9 47 4.9 3.5- 6.8 678 90.4 87.7-92.5
Current Smoker
Yes 420 33 7.5 4.5-12.1 20 3.1 1.9- 5.2 367 89.4 84.7-92.7
No 2,048 90 3.6 2.8- 4.7 100 3.8 3.0- 4.9 1,858 92.6 91.1-93.8
History of CVD**
Yes 143 *** *** *** 27 18.9 11.9-28.7 *** *** ***
No 2,343 95 3.4 2.6- 4.3 95 3.1 2.4- 4.0 2,153 93.5 92.3-94.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 328 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,051 116 4.8 3.8- 6.2 109 4.2 3.3- 5.3 1,826 91.0 89.3-92.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,224 118 4.5 3.5- 5.7 112 3.8 3.0- 4.8 1,994 91.7 90.2-92.9
COPD
Yes 170 24 16.6 9.3-28.1 28 13.7 8.4-21.7 118 69.6 58.7-78.7
No 2,324 99 3.4 2.7- 4.4 94 3.1 2.4- 4.0 2,131 93.4 92.2-94.5
Current Asthma
Yes 216 26 12.5 7.2-20.8 20 5.4 3.0- 9.5 170 82.1 73.9-88.1
No 2,270 96 3.5 2.7- 4.5 101 3.6 2.8- 4.6 2,073 93.0 91.6-94.1
Diabetes
Yes 243 29 14.0 8.4-22.3 28 10.8 6.9-16.6 186 75.2 66.8-82.0
No 2,254 94 3.3 2.6- 4.3 94 3.1 2.4- 4.0 2,066 93.6 92.4-94.7
Functional Disability
Yes 701 68 8.3 6.2-11.2 79 9.4 7.1-12.3 554 82.3 78.5-85.5
No 1,787 55 2.8 1.9- 4.0 43 1.7 1.2- 2.5 1,689 95.5 94.1-96.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 637 75 10.6 7.7-14.5 75 10.5 7.9-13.8 487 78.9 74.4-82.8
No 1,860 48 2.5 1.7- 3.5 47 1.8 1.3- 2.6 1,765 95.7 94.5-96.6

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*Asked of respondents who reported they do NOT 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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