2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,158 346 8.0 7.1- 9.1 3,812 92.0 90.9-92.9
GENDER
Male 1,926 109 5.6 4.6- 7.0 1,817 94.4 93.0-95.4
Female 2,232 237 10.2 8.8-11.8 1,995 89.8 88.2-91.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,627 308 8.1 7.1- 9.2 3,319 91.9 90.8-92.9
No 524 37 7.5 5.1-10.9 487 92.5 89.1-94.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,078 79 6.6 5.2- 8.5 999 93.4 91.5-94.8
Overweight 1,393 81 5.8 4.5- 7.4 1,312 94.2 92.6-95.5
Obese 1,299 151 11.6 9.6-13.8 1,148 88.4 86.2-90.4
Current Smoker
Yes 678 97 13.8 11.0-17.2 581 86.2 82.8-89.0
No 3,443 242 6.7 5.8- 7.7 3,201 93.3 92.3-94.2
History of CVD**
Yes 482 112 23.9 19.5-28.8 370 76.1 71.2-80.5
No 3,641 223 6.1 5.3- 7.2 3,418 93.9 92.8-94.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 513 34 6.0 4.1- 8.6 479 94.0 91.4-95.9
No 3,442 301 8.6 7.6- 9.8 3,141 91.4 90.2-92.4
COPD
Yes 350 88 23.7 19.0-29.2 262 76.3 70.8-81.0
No 3,797 256 6.7 5.8- 7.7 3,541 93.3 92.3-94.2
Current Asthma
Yes 357 67 18.9 14.7-24.1 290 81.1 75.9-85.3
No 3,784 277 7.1 6.2- 8.1 3,507 92.9 91.9-93.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,366 346 25.8 23.1-28.7 1,020 74.2 71.3-76.9
No 2,766 *** *** *** 2,766 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,303 253 19.5 17.1-22.3 1,050 80.5 77.7-82.9
No 2,855 93 3.8 3.0- 4.7 2,762 96.2 95.3-97.0

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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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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