2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
GENDER
Male 2,257 291 11.8 10.3-13.6 1,966 88.2 86.4-89.7
Female 2,594 515 17.5 15.7-19.4 2,079 82.5 80.6-84.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,272 740 15.3 14.0-16.6 3,532 84.7 83.4-86.0
No 476 49 9.5 6.9-12.9 427 90.5 87.1-93.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,286 136 9.4 7.5-11.8 1,150 90.6 88.2-92.5
Overweight 1,533 196 10.6 8.9-12.5 1,337 89.4 87.5-91.1
Obese 1,577 409 23.4 20.9-26.2 1,168 76.6 73.8-79.1
Current Smoker
Yes 650 158 20.0 16.7-23.7 492 80.0 76.3-83.3
No 4,164 644 13.9 12.6-15.3 3,520 86.1 84.7-87.4
History of CVD**
Yes 527 228 44.1 38.6-49.8 299 55.9 50.2-61.4
No 4,276 560 11.3 10.2-12.5 3,716 88.7 87.5-89.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 669 57 7.5 5.5-10.0 612 92.5 90.0-94.5
No 3,939 712 16.3 14.9-17.8 3,227 83.7 82.2-85.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 32 11.5 7.9-16.5 221 88.5 83.5-92.1
No 4,347 739 15.2 13.9-16.6 3,608 84.8 83.4-86.1
COPD
Yes 365 185 47.7 40.8-54.7 180 52.3 45.3-59.2
No 4,467 616 12.0 10.9-13.2 3,851 88.0 86.8-89.1
Current Asthma
Yes 420 132 26.0 21.2-31.4 288 74.0 68.6-78.8
No 4,415 667 13.6 12.4-15.0 3,748 86.4 85.0-87.6
Diabetes
Yes 666 264 38.3 33.7-43.2 402 61.7 56.8-66.3
No 4,182 541 11.4 10.2-12.6 3,641 88.6 87.4-89.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,509 806 49.3 46.0-52.5 703 50.7 47.5-54.0
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,497 581 38.1 35.0-41.3 916 61.9 58.7-65.0
No 3,354 225 5.8 4.8- 6.9 3,129 94.2 93.1-95.2

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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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