2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,238 3,248 76.9 75.4-78.4 233 5.3 4.6- 6.1 265 6.2 5.4- 7.1 289 6.6 5.8- 7.5 203 5.0 4.2- 5.9
GENDER
Male 1,980 1,593 80.9 78.8-82.8 100 5.0 4.0- 6.1 97 4.7 3.8- 5.9 106 5.3 4.2- 6.6 84 4.1 3.2- 5.3
Female 2,258 1,655 73.2 71.0-75.4 133 5.6 4.6- 6.9 168 7.6 6.4- 9.0 183 7.8 6.7- 9.2 119 5.7 4.5- 7.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,683 2,835 77.4 75.8-78.9 207 5.5 4.7- 6.4 222 6.1 5.2- 7.1 244 6.2 5.4- 7.2 175 4.8 4.0- 5.8
No 548 408 74.1 69.6-78.2 26 4.4 2.7- 6.9 43 7.1 5.1- 9.7 44 8.7 6.3-11.8 27 5.8 3.7- 9.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,073 808 75.7 72.6-78.5 62 5.7 4.3- 7.4 81 7.9 6.2-10.1 79 6.9 5.5- 8.7 43 3.8 2.6- 5.6
Overweight 1,401 1,113 78.7 76.0-81.2 77 5.7 4.4- 7.4 85 6.0 4.7- 7.6 74 5.3 4.1- 7.0 52 4.2 3.0- 5.8
Obese 1,296 944 74.2 71.3-76.9 72 5.0 3.8- 6.5 77 5.6 4.3- 7.3 117 8.6 7.0-10.5 86 6.6 5.1- 8.6
Current Smoker
Yes 667 456 69.1 64.7-73.1 32 3.6 2.4- 5.5 57 9.2 6.9-12.1 69 9.1 7.0-11.7 53 9.0 6.4-12.5
No 3,419 2,665 78.5 76.8-80.0 196 5.8 5.0- 6.8 204 5.7 4.9- 6.7 212 6.1 5.2- 7.1 142 3.9 3.2- 4.8
History of CVD**
Yes 481 297 62.4 57.1-67.4 21 4.0 2.5- 6.5 31 5.6 3.7- 8.4 64 13.0 10.0-16.8 68 14.9 11.3-19.4
No 3,724 2,930 78.6 77.0-80.1 211 5.5 4.7- 6.4 233 6.3 5.4- 7.3 219 5.8 5.0- 6.7 131 3.8 3.1- 4.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 509 371 72.9 68.3-77.1 37 7.2 5.1-10.0 49 10.1 7.3-13.7 40 7.5 5.4-10.4 *** *** ***
No 3,412 2,607 76.7 75.0-78.3 184 5.2 4.4- 6.1 204 5.9 5.0- 6.8 240 6.9 6.0- 8.0 177 5.4 4.4- 6.4
COPD
Yes 352 191 53.3 46.9-59.6 19 3.7 2.2- 6.2 29 8.4 5.4-13.0 61 18.9 14.2-24.6 52 15.6 11.4-21.1
No 3,873 3,049 78.9 77.4-80.4 213 5.4 4.7- 6.3 235 6.0 5.2- 6.9 226 5.6 4.8- 6.4 150 4.0 3.3- 4.9
Current Asthma
Yes 363 211 60.5 54.6-66.0 28 7.1 4.6-10.8 27 6.8 4.6-10.2 52 14.2 10.7-18.7 45 11.4 8.1-15.7
No 3,858 3,028 78.6 77.0-80.1 205 5.2 4.4- 6.0 236 6.1 5.3- 7.1 232 5.8 5.0- 6.7 157 4.3 3.6- 5.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,339 769 56.5 53.2-59.7 69 5.2 3.9- 6.8 120 8.8 7.2-10.8 209 15.5 13.3-17.9 172 14.1 11.8-16.7
No 2,759 2,359 85.6 84.0-87.0 157 5.5 4.6- 6.5 140 5.2 4.3- 6.2 76 2.8 2.2- 3.6 27 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,304 782 59.9 56.6-63.0 75 5.3 4.0- 6.8 114 8.5 6.9-10.5 177 13.6 11.5-15.9 156 12.8 10.7-15.3
No 2,934 2,466 83.1 81.5-84.7 158 5.3 4.5- 6.3 151 5.4 4.5- 6.4 112 4.1 3.3- 5.0 47 2.1 1.5- 3.0

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

**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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