2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Radon Testing

Do you know what radon gas is?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,129 1,746 54.1 52.1-56.2 1,383 45.9 43.8-47.9
GENDER
Male 1,417 858 57.6 54.5-60.6 559 42.4 39.4-45.5
Female 1,712 888 51.1 48.2-53.9 824 48.9 46.1-51.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,723 1,630 58.5 56.2-60.6 1,093 41.5 39.4-43.8
No 400 114 29.5 24.4-35.1 286 70.5 64.9-75.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 767 450 55.8 51.5-59.9 317 44.2 40.1-48.5
Overweight 1,058 628 57.3 53.7-60.9 430 42.7 39.1-46.3
Obese 1,024 549 52.6 49.0-56.1 475 47.4 43.9-51.0
Current Smoker
Yes 508 220 41.2 36.2-46.4 288 58.8 53.6-63.8
No 2,599 1,514 56.8 54.6-59.1 1,085 43.2 40.9-45.4
History of CVD**
Yes 388 191 48.7 42.7-54.8 197 51.3 45.2-57.3
No 2,710 1,540 54.8 52.6-57.1 1,170 45.2 42.9-47.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 360 202 52.9 46.8-58.9 158 47.1 41.1-53.2
No 2,638 1,485 54.5 52.2-56.8 1,153 45.5 43.2-47.8
COPD
Yes 281 134 44.8 37.8-52.0 147 55.2 48.0-62.2
No 2,839 1,610 55.1 52.9-57.3 1,229 44.9 42.7-47.1
Current Asthma
Yes 277 143 50.6 43.8-57.4 134 49.4 42.6-56.2
No 2,842 1,600 54.6 52.4-56.7 1,242 45.4 43.3-47.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,066 495 43.9 40.3-47.6 571 56.1 52.4-59.7
No 2,041 1,241 59.1 56.6-61.6 800 40.9 38.4-43.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,035 550 51.5 47.8-55.2 485 48.5 44.8-52.2
No 2,094 1,196 55.2 52.7-57.7 898 44.8 42.3-47.3

Back to Radon Testing.

**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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 09SEP20.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts