2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,832 575 12.9 11.7-14.1 4,257 87.1 85.9-88.3
GENDER
Male 2,244 220 10.6 9.1-12.4 2,024 89.4 87.6-90.9
Female 2,588 355 14.9 13.2-16.8 2,233 85.1 83.2-86.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,255 497 12.4 11.2-13.7 3,758 87.6 86.3-88.8
No 475 63 13.7 10.4-17.8 412 86.3 82.2-89.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,281 129 10.7 8.8-13.1 1,152 89.3 86.9-91.2
Overweight 1,527 176 12.4 10.5-14.7 1,351 87.6 85.3-89.5
Obese 1,570 227 16.1 13.8-18.6 1,343 83.9 81.4-86.2
Current Smoker
Yes 648 140 20.2 16.7-24.2 508 79.8 75.8-83.3
No 4,143 433 11.7 10.5-13.0 3,710 88.3 87.0-89.5
History of CVD**
Yes 521 115 23.8 19.2-29.1 406 76.2 70.9-80.8
No 4,263 446 11.4 10.2-12.7 3,817 88.6 87.3-89.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 665 88 14.9 11.7-18.6 577 85.1 81.4-88.3
No 3,921 462 12.6 11.3-14.0 3,459 87.4 86.0-88.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 38 15.6 11.0-21.6 216 84.4 78.4-89.0
No 4,324 514 12.9 11.7-14.2 3,810 87.1 85.8-88.3
COPD
Yes 360 92 27.0 21.3-33.4 268 73.0 66.6-78.7
No 4,454 478 11.7 10.5-12.9 3,976 88.3 87.1-89.5
Current Asthma
Yes 418 101 26.5 21.4-32.3 317 73.5 67.7-78.6
No 4,399 470 11.5 10.4-12.8 3,929 88.5 87.2-89.6
Diabetes
Yes 657 109 17.1 13.7-21.2 548 82.9 78.8-86.3
No 4,173 466 12.3 11.0-13.6 3,707 87.7 86.4-89.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,495 575 43.1 39.9-46.4 920 56.9 53.6-60.1
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,483 334 24.8 22.0-27.7 1,149 75.2 72.3-78.0
No 3,349 241 8.3 7.2- 9.6 3,108 91.7 90.4-92.8

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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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