2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because of cost?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,279 647 15.9 14.7-17.3 3,632 84.1 82.7-85.3
GENDER
Male 2,002 269 13.9 12.2-15.8 1,733 86.1 84.2-87.8
Female 2,277 378 17.9 16.0-19.8 1,899 82.1 80.2-84.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,717 410 11.3 10.1-12.6 3,307 88.7 87.4-89.9
No 554 234 42.1 37.4-47.0 320 57.9 53.0-62.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,085 151 14.8 12.5-17.5 934 85.2 82.5-87.5
Overweight 1,404 171 12.8 10.8-15.2 1,233 87.2 84.8-89.2
Obese 1,311 244 19.4 17.0-22.1 1,067 80.6 77.9-83.0
Current Smoker
Yes 681 183 27.3 23.5-31.4 498 72.7 68.6-76.5
No 3,443 441 13.4 12.0-14.8 3,002 86.6 85.2-88.0
History of CVD**
Yes 492 105 22.3 18.0-27.1 387 77.7 72.9-82.0
No 3,751 532 15.1 13.8-16.6 3,219 84.9 83.4-86.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 515 94 17.6 14.2-21.6 421 82.4 78.4-85.8
No 3,442 508 15.8 14.4-17.4 2,934 84.2 82.6-85.6
COPD
Yes 361 72 20.9 16.2-26.6 289 79.1 73.4-83.8
No 3,905 574 15.6 14.2-17.0 3,331 84.4 83.0-85.8
Current Asthma
Yes 369 83 22.6 18.2-27.8 286 77.4 72.2-81.8
No 3,892 559 15.3 14.0-16.7 3,333 84.7 83.3-86.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,373 318 25.1 22.4-28.1 1,055 74.9 71.9-77.6
No 2,763 313 11.9 10.6-13.4 2,450 88.1 86.6-89.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,331 242 20.1 17.6-22.9 1,089 79.9 77.1-82.4
No 2,948 405 14.4 13.0-16.0 2,543 85.6 84.0-87.0

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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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