2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed vegetables one or more times per day.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,781 3,134 82.9 81.4-84.3 647 17.1 15.7-18.6
GENDER
Male 1,733 1,409 81.8 79.5-83.8 324 18.2 16.2-20.5
Female 2,048 1,725 83.9 81.8-85.8 323 16.1 14.2-18.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,316 2,794 84.2 82.6-85.7 522 15.8 14.3-17.4
No 459 336 75.2 70.5-79.4 123 24.8 20.6-29.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 980 825 83.2 80.1-85.9 155 16.8 14.1-19.9
Overweight 1,285 1,064 83.0 80.3-85.3 221 17.0 14.7-19.7
Obese 1,185 988 83.8 81.1-86.1 197 16.2 13.9-18.9
Current Smoker
Yes 607 487 81.5 77.6-84.8 120 18.5 15.2-22.4
No 3,153 2,630 83.2 81.6-84.8 523 16.8 15.2-18.4
History of CVD**
Yes 430 327 76.1 70.8-80.7 103 23.9 19.3-29.2
No 3,323 2,785 83.7 82.1-85.1 538 16.3 14.9-17.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 475 417 88.4 84.5-91.5 58 11.6 8.5-15.5
No 3,163 2,604 82.0 80.3-83.6 559 18.0 16.4-19.7
COPD
Yes 316 250 81.0 75.1-85.8 66 19.0 14.2-24.9
No 3,458 2,877 83.0 81.5-84.5 581 17.0 15.5-18.5
Current Asthma
Yes 336 279 83.7 78.2-88.0 57 16.3 12.0-21.8
No 3,430 2,845 82.9 81.3-84.4 585 17.1 15.6-18.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,223 956 77.6 74.5-80.5 267 22.4 19.5-25.5
No 2,535 2,157 85.2 83.5-86.8 378 14.8 13.2-16.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,196 965 81.1 78.2-83.7 231 18.9 16.3-21.8
No 2,585 2,169 83.6 81.8-85.3 416 16.4 14.7-18.2

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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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