2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,843 364 7.1 6.2- 8.1 4,479 92.9 91.9-93.8
GENDER
Male 2,258 119 5.1 4.1- 6.4 2,139 94.9 93.6-95.9
Female 2,585 245 8.9 7.6-10.5 2,340 91.1 89.5-92.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,265 325 7.1 6.2- 8.2 3,940 92.9 91.8-93.8
No 474 31 7.0 4.6-10.6 443 93.0 89.4-95.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,282 81 6.1 4.5- 8.2 1,201 93.9 91.8-95.5
Overweight 1,533 93 5.2 4.1- 6.7 1,440 94.8 93.3-95.9
Obese 1,573 164 10.2 8.4-12.3 1,409 89.8 87.7-91.6
Current Smoker
Yes 649 83 10.9 8.4-14.0 566 89.1 86.0-91.6
No 4,161 280 6.4 5.5- 7.5 3,881 93.6 92.5-94.5
History of CVD**
Yes 527 113 23.2 18.6-28.6 414 76.8 71.4-81.4
No 4,268 234 5.0 4.2- 5.9 4,034 95.0 94.1-95.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 31 4.1 2.5- 6.6 639 95.9 93.4-97.5
No 3,936 319 7.8 6.8- 9.0 3,617 92.2 91.0-93.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 17 5.8 3.3-10.0 237 94.2 90.0-96.7
No 4,344 334 7.3 6.4- 8.4 4,010 92.7 91.6-93.6
COPD
Yes 368 95 23.3 18.2-29.2 273 76.7 70.8-81.8
No 4,456 265 5.7 4.8- 6.6 4,191 94.3 93.4-95.2
Current Asthma
Yes 421 75 15.5 11.7-20.2 346 84.5 79.8-88.3
No 4,406 287 6.3 5.4- 7.3 4,119 93.7 92.7-94.6
Diabetes
Yes 663 101 14.7 11.4-18.7 562 85.3 81.3-88.6
No 4,177 262 6.0 5.1- 7.0 3,915 94.0 93.0-94.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,505 364 23.6 20.9-26.5 1,141 76.4 73.5-79.1
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,495 265 17.6 15.2-20.2 1,230 82.4 79.8-84.8
No 3,348 99 3.0 2.3- 3.9 3,249 97.0 96.1-97.7

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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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