2020 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,740 3,935 81.4 79.9-82.8 306 7.2 6.3- 8.2 499 11.4 10.3-12.7
GENDER
Male 2,102 1,703 79.2 76.8-81.3 138 7.7 6.3- 9.4 261 13.1 11.4-15.1
Female 2,638 2,232 83.4 81.5-85.1 168 6.7 5.6- 7.9 238 9.9 8.6-11.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,134 3,935 94.7 93.8-95.5 199 5.3 4.5- 6.2 *** *** ***
No 600 *** *** *** 106 18.8 15.1-23.2 494 81.2 76.8-84.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,204 1,008 82.1 79.2-84.6 82 7.3 5.7- 9.3 114 10.7 8.6-13.1
Overweight 1,565 1,325 82.7 80.2-85.0 79 5.8 4.5- 7.4 161 11.5 9.6-13.7
Obese 1,492 1,252 82.5 79.7-84.9 109 8.4 6.6-10.5 131 9.2 7.4-11.3
Current Smoker
Yes 749 522 65.6 61.0-69.9 84 13.2 10.2-16.9 143 21.2 17.6-25.4
No 3,968 3,393 84.7 83.2-86.0 222 6.0 5.1- 6.9 353 9.4 8.3-10.6
History of CVD**
Yes 545 493 88.8 84.7-91.9 25 4.6 2.8- 7.5 27 6.6 4.2-10.2
No 4,156 3,413 80.7 79.1-82.2 278 7.5 6.5- 8.6 465 11.8 10.6-13.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 537 414 76.5 72.0-80.5 48 9.5 6.9-13.1 75 13.9 10.9-17.7
No 3,986 3,375 82.7 81.1-84.2 239 6.8 5.8- 7.9 372 10.5 9.3-11.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 238 190 77.1 70.0-83.0 17 7.6 4.3-13.0 31 15.3 10.5-21.8
No 4,273 3,584 82.1 80.5-83.5 273 7.2 6.2- 8.3 416 10.7 9.6-12.0
COPD
Yes 369 321 84.9 78.5-89.7 24 9.1 5.1-15.7 24 6.0 3.7- 9.5
No 4,358 3,602 81.1 79.6-82.5 282 7.0 6.1- 8.1 474 11.9 10.7-13.2
Current Asthma
Yes 400 337 82.8 77.6-86.9 35 9.0 6.0-13.1 28 8.3 5.4-12.5
No 4,317 3,579 81.3 79.8-82.8 267 6.9 6.0- 8.0 471 11.8 10.6-13.1
Diabetes
Yes 683 612 87.4 83.4-90.5 26 5.5 3.3- 9.2 45 7.1 5.0- 9.8
No 4,048 3,317 80.5 78.9-82.0 278 7.4 6.5- 8.5 453 12.1 10.9-13.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,452 1,222 81.4 78.4-84.0 104 8.0 6.3-10.2 126 10.6 8.5-13.1
No 3,272 2,699 81.5 79.7-83.0 200 6.7 5.7- 7.9 373 11.8 10.5-13.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,508 1,356 88.3 85.9-90.3 83 6.5 4.9- 8.6 69 5.2 3.9- 6.8
No 3,229 2,576 78.7 76.9-80.5 223 7.4 6.4- 8.6 430 13.8 12.4-15.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

**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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