2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you had asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,929 648 13.7 12.5-15.0 4,281 86.3 85.0-87.5
GENDER
Male 2,294 232 11.0 9.5-12.7 2,062 89.0 87.3-90.5
Female 2,635 416 16.3 14.5-18.2 2,219 83.7 81.8-85.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,333 578 13.7 12.5-15.1 3,755 86.3 84.9-87.5
No 482 58 15.0 11.3-19.7 424 85.0 80.3-88.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,287 146 12.8 10.6-15.3 1,141 87.2 84.7-89.4
Overweight 1,542 178 11.9 10.0-14.1 1,364 88.1 85.9-90.0
Obese 1,587 276 16.7 14.6-19.0 1,311 83.3 81.0-85.4
Current Smoker
Yes 650 107 17.8 14.1-22.1 543 82.2 77.9-85.9
No 4,167 527 13.0 11.7-14.3 3,640 87.0 85.7-88.3
History of CVD**
Yes 530 106 21.1 17.0-25.9 424 78.9 74.1-83.0
No 4,350 536 13.0 11.7-14.3 3,814 87.0 85.7-88.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 76 10.5 8.1-13.4 594 89.5 86.6-91.9
No 3,941 530 14.2 12.8-15.7 3,411 85.8 84.3-87.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 33 13.7 9.4-19.6 220 86.3 80.4-90.6
No 4,350 572 13.6 12.4-15.0 3,778 86.4 85.0-87.6
COPD
Yes 370 131 36.4 29.9-43.5 239 63.6 56.5-70.1
No 4,540 512 11.9 10.7-13.1 4,028 88.1 86.9-89.3
Current Asthma
Yes 429 429 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 4,491 210 5.4 4.6- 6.3 4,281 94.6 93.7-95.4
Diabetes
Yes 681 123 18.9 15.3-23.1 558 81.1 76.9-84.7
No 4,245 525 13.0 11.7-14.4 3,720 87.0 85.6-88.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,513 299 20.0 17.6-22.6 1,214 80.0 77.4-82.4
No 3,308 338 11.1 9.7-12.6 2,970 88.9 87.4-90.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,510 391 27.2 24.4-30.2 1,119 72.8 69.8-75.6
No 3,419 257 8.6 7.4- 9.9 3,162 91.4 90.1-92.6

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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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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