2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,715 664 15.1 13.8-16.5 4,051 84.9 83.5-86.2
GENDER
Male 2,195 268 12.6 10.9-14.5 1,927 87.4 85.5-89.1
Female 2,520 396 17.4 15.5-19.5 2,124 82.6 80.5-84.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,084 401 10.8 9.6-12.2 3,683 89.2 87.8-90.4
No 629 262 40.2 35.5-45.1 367 59.8 54.9-64.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,261 155 12.8 10.6-15.3 1,106 87.2 84.7-89.4
Overweight 1,542 199 13.9 11.7-16.3 1,343 86.1 83.7-88.3
Obese 1,407 224 16.7 14.3-19.4 1,183 83.3 80.6-85.7
Current Smoker
Yes 751 176 24.9 21.0-29.3 575 75.1 70.7-79.0
No 3,805 460 13.1 11.8-14.6 3,345 86.9 85.4-88.2
History of CVD**
Yes 596 86 15.6 11.8-20.3 510 84.4 79.7-88.2
No 4,099 573 14.9 13.6-16.4 3,526 85.1 83.6-86.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 566 109 18.4 14.9-22.4 457 81.6 77.6-85.1
No 3,794 494 14.4 12.9-16.0 3,300 85.6 84.0-87.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 257 47 18.5 13.5-24.9 210 81.5 75.1-86.5
No 4,087 553 14.7 13.3-16.3 3,534 85.3 83.7-86.7
COPD
Yes 424 82 21.6 16.6-27.6 342 78.4 72.4-83.4
No 4,278 578 14.4 13.1-15.9 3,700 85.6 84.1-86.9
Current Asthma
Yes 428 92 23.3 18.1-29.5 336 76.7 70.5-81.9
No 4,272 566 14.2 12.9-15.6 3,706 85.8 84.4-87.1
Diabetes
Yes 681 108 18.0 14.1-22.7 573 82.0 77.3-85.9
No 4,040 556 14.6 13.3-16.1 3,484 85.4 83.9-86.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,459 326 26.6 23.6-29.8 1,133 73.4 70.2-76.4
No 3,126 319 10.7 9.4-12.2 2,807 89.3 87.8-90.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,552 249 18.1 15.6-20.9 1,303 81.9 79.1-84.4
No 3,169 415 13.9 12.4-15.5 2,754 86.1 84.5-87.6

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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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