2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,860 301 5.8 5.0- 6.7 4,559 94.2 93.3-95.0
GENDER
Male 2,261 115 4.8 3.7- 6.1 2,146 95.2 93.9-96.3
Female 2,599 186 6.7 5.6- 8.0 2,413 93.3 92.0-94.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,278 264 5.8 5.0- 6.7 4,014 94.2 93.3-95.0
No 476 32 5.5 3.7- 8.1 444 94.5 91.9-96.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,287 64 4.8 3.4- 6.7 1,223 95.2 93.3-96.6
Overweight 1,535 93 5.5 4.3- 7.0 1,442 94.5 93.0-95.7
Obese 1,584 125 7.4 5.9- 9.3 1,459 92.6 90.7-94.1
Current Smoker
Yes 646 63 8.4 6.2-11.2 583 91.6 88.8-93.8
No 4,165 237 5.4 4.6- 6.3 3,928 94.6 93.7-95.4
History of CVD**
Yes 528 82 15.2 11.3-20.2 446 84.8 79.8-88.7
No 4,284 211 4.7 4.0- 5.5 4,073 95.3 94.5-96.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 669 24 2.6 1.6- 4.0 645 97.4 96.0-98.4
No 3,937 257 6.2 5.3- 7.3 3,680 93.8 92.7-94.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,345 269 5.7 4.9- 6.7 4,076 94.3 93.3-95.1
COPD
Yes 367 61 18.1 13.0-24.6 306 81.9 75.4-87.0
No 4,474 236 4.7 4.0- 5.5 4,238 95.3 94.5-96.0
Current Asthma
Yes 420 49 10.4 7.4-14.4 371 89.6 85.6-92.6
No 4,424 251 5.3 4.6- 6.3 4,173 94.7 93.7-95.4
Diabetes
Yes 667 90 12.9 9.8-16.9 577 87.1 83.1-90.2
No 4,190 211 4.8 4.0- 5.6 3,979 95.2 94.4-96.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,508 301 19.3 16.9-22.0 1,207 80.7 78.0-83.1
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,499 194 13.1 11.0-15.5 1,305 86.9 84.5-89.0
No 3,361 107 3.0 2.3- 3.8 3,254 97.0 96.2-97.7

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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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