2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,852 219 3.8 3.2- 4.5 4,633 96.2 95.5-96.8
GENDER
Male 2,258 88 3.3 2.6- 4.3 2,170 96.7 95.7-97.4
Female 2,594 131 4.3 3.4- 5.3 2,463 95.7 94.7-96.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,273 195 3.8 3.2- 4.6 4,078 96.2 95.4-96.8
No 475 17 3.2 1.8- 5.5 458 96.8 94.5-98.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,285 40 2.5 1.7- 3.7 1,245 97.5 96.3-98.3
Overweight 1,533 45 2.6 1.9- 3.6 1,488 97.4 96.4-98.1
Obese 1,579 123 6.7 5.4- 8.4 1,456 93.3 91.6-94.6
Current Smoker
Yes 651 51 5.4 3.9- 7.3 600 94.6 92.7-96.1
No 4,165 168 3.6 3.0- 4.3 3,997 96.4 95.7-97.0
History of CVD**
Yes 528 71 14.1 10.5-18.6 457 85.9 81.4-89.5
No 4,277 143 2.6 2.2- 3.2 4,134 97.4 96.8-97.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 17 1.7 1.0- 3.0 653 98.3 97.0-99.0
No 3,941 191 4.2 3.5- 5.0 3,750 95.8 95.0-96.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,349 199 3.9 3.3- 4.6 4,150 96.1 95.4-96.7
COPD
Yes 368 61 14.2 10.3-19.3 307 85.8 80.7-89.7
No 4,465 155 2.9 2.4- 3.5 4,310 97.1 96.5-97.6
Current Asthma
Yes 419 50 10.5 7.4-14.8 369 89.5 85.2-92.6
No 4,417 168 3.2 2.6- 3.8 4,249 96.8 96.2-97.4
Diabetes
Yes 664 67 9.0 6.7-12.1 597 91.0 87.9-93.3
No 4,185 151 3.1 2.5- 3.7 4,034 96.9 96.3-97.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,506 219 12.7 10.9-14.9 1,287 87.3 85.1-89.1
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,497 172 10.9 9.1-13.1 1,325 89.1 86.9-90.9
No 3,355 47 1.1 0.8- 1.5 3,308 98.9 98.5-99.2

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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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