2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

Frequent Mental Distress (within the past 30 days)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,859 623 13.8 12.6-15.1 4,236 86.2 84.9-87.4
GENDER
Male 2,270 239 11.2 9.6-13.0 2,031 88.8 87.0-90.4
Female 2,589 384 16.2 14.5-18.2 2,205 83.8 81.8-85.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,272 538 13.5 12.3-14.9 3,734 86.5 85.1-87.7
No 475 71 14.9 11.5-19.1 404 85.1 80.9-88.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,273 158 13.3 11.1-15.8 1,115 86.7 84.2-88.9
Overweight 1,515 170 12.0 10.1-14.2 1,345 88.0 85.8-89.9
Obese 1,570 237 16.4 14.0-19.0 1,333 83.6 81.0-86.0
Current Smoker
Yes 639 153 21.6 18.0-25.7 486 78.4 74.3-82.0
No 4,108 457 12.5 11.2-13.9 3,651 87.5 86.1-88.8
History of CVD**
Yes 517 99 21.5 16.8-27.0 418 78.5 73.0-83.2
No 4,290 511 12.8 11.6-14.2 3,779 87.2 85.8-88.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 665 106 16.8 13.5-20.6 559 83.2 79.4-86.5
No 3,882 477 13.2 11.9-14.7 3,405 86.8 85.3-88.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 48 17.3 12.6-23.1 205 82.7 76.9-87.4
No 4,286 532 13.5 12.2-14.9 3,754 86.5 85.1-87.8
COPD
Yes 363 98 30.7 24.4-37.8 265 69.3 62.2-75.6
No 4,476 521 12.4 11.2-13.7 3,955 87.6 86.3-88.8
Current Asthma
Yes 424 97 25.2 20.4-30.8 327 74.8 69.2-79.6
No 4,419 521 12.7 11.4-14.0 3,898 87.3 86.0-88.6
Diabetes
Yes 663 111 17.3 13.7-21.7 552 82.7 78.3-86.3
No 4,190 512 13.3 12.1-14.7 3,678 86.7 85.3-87.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,478 358 27.3 24.3-30.5 1,120 72.7 69.5-75.7
No 3,275 248 8.0 6.9- 9.2 3,027 92.0 90.8-93.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,484 310 22.8 20.2-25.8 1,174 77.2 74.2-79.8
No 3,373 313 10.4 9.1-11.8 3,060 89.6 88.2-90.9

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*Frequent Mental Distress (FMD) was defined as having 14 or more days of poor mental health (including stress, depression, and problems with emotions) in the past 30 days.

**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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