2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,166 197 4.2 3.5- 4.9 3,969 95.8 95.1-96.5
GENDER
Male 1,932 79 3.6 2.8- 4.7 1,853 96.4 95.3-97.2
Female 2,234 118 4.7 3.8- 5.8 2,116 95.3 94.2-96.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,635 180 4.4 3.7- 5.3 3,455 95.6 94.7-96.3
No 524 16 2.5 1.5- 4.3 508 97.5 95.7-98.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,080 32 2.1 1.4- 3.1 1,048 97.9 96.9-98.6
Overweight 1,397 39 2.4 1.7- 3.5 1,358 97.6 96.5-98.3
Obese 1,300 107 8.0 6.4- 9.9 1,193 92.0 90.1-93.6
Current Smoker
Yes 678 45 5.5 3.9- 7.6 633 94.5 92.4-96.1
No 3,445 150 3.8 3.2- 4.6 3,295 96.2 95.4-96.8
History of CVD**
Yes 481 73 15.5 12.1-19.8 408 84.5 80.2-87.9
No 3,650 116 2.8 2.2- 3.4 3,534 97.2 96.6-97.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 514 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,443 176 4.6 3.8- 5.4 3,267 95.4 94.6-96.2
COPD
Yes 352 56 16.0 12.0-20.9 296 84.0 79.1-88.0
No 3,803 140 3.2 2.6- 3.9 3,663 96.8 96.1-97.4
Current Asthma
Yes 358 41 11.2 8.1-15.3 317 88.8 84.7-91.9
No 3,790 154 3.5 2.9- 4.2 3,636 96.5 95.8-97.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,370 197 13.3 11.4-15.6 1,173 86.7 84.4-88.6
No 2,766 *** *** *** 2,766 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,304 164 12.2 10.3-14.5 1,140 87.8 85.5-89.7
No 2,862 33 1.2 0.8- 1.7 2,829 98.8 98.3-99.2

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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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