2020 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,630 580 11.3 10.3-12.4 5,050 88.7 87.6-89.7
GENDER
Male 2,545 233 10.4 8.9-12.0 2,312 89.6 88.0-91.1
Female 3,085 347 12.1 10.7-13.7 2,738 87.9 86.3-89.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,878 481 10.8 9.7-12.0 4,397 89.2 88.0-90.3
No 733 93 13.5 10.7-16.8 640 86.5 83.2-89.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,474 150 11.2 9.3-13.4 1,324 88.8 86.6-90.7
Overweight 1,852 162 9.0 7.5-10.9 1,690 91.0 89.1-92.5
Obese 1,718 196 12.5 10.6-14.8 1,522 87.5 85.2-89.4
Current Smoker
Yes 858 166 21.0 17.7-24.7 692 79.0 75.3-82.3
No 4,708 410 9.4 8.4-10.6 4,298 90.6 89.4-91.6
History of CVD**
Yes 621 135 26.5 22.1-31.5 486 73.5 68.5-77.9
No 4,963 435 9.6 8.6-10.7 4,528 90.4 89.3-91.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 673 65 11.1 8.5-14.5 608 88.9 85.5-91.5
No 4,672 480 11.1 9.9-12.3 4,192 88.9 87.7-90.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 301 20 12.0 7.6-18.5 281 88.0 81.5-92.4
No 5,036 526 11.1 10.0-12.3 4,510 88.9 87.7-90.0
COPD
Yes 421 111 30.1 24.4-36.4 310 69.9 63.6-75.6
No 5,194 468 10.0 9.0-11.1 4,726 90.0 88.9-91.0
Current Asthma
Yes 468 86 18.8 14.8-23.5 382 81.2 76.5-85.2
No 5,138 491 10.7 9.6-11.8 4,647 89.3 88.2-90.4
Diabetes
Yes 757 117 17.5 14.0-21.6 640 82.5 78.4-86.0
No 4,862 462 10.4 9.4-11.6 4,400 89.6 88.4-90.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,644 580 41.2 38.1-44.4 1,064 58.8 55.6-61.9
No 3,960 *** *** *** 3,960 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,726 357 24.1 21.4-26.9 1,369 75.9 73.1-78.6
No 3,901 223 6.7 5.7- 7.8 3,678 93.3 92.2-94.3

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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 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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