2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Housing Insecurity

During the past 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage or rent?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,893 302 8.1 7.0- 9.3 3,591 91.9 90.7-93.0
GENDER
Male 1,753 134 6.9 5.6- 8.5 1,619 93.1 91.5-94.4
Female 2,140 168 9.1 7.4-11.1 1,972 90.9 88.9-92.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,443 212 6.7 5.6- 8.0 3,231 93.3 92.0-94.4
No 389 88 20.8 16.4-26.2 301 79.2 73.8-83.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 997 61 6.6 4.6- 9.3 936 93.4 90.7-95.4
Overweight 1,224 78 6.2 4.8- 8.0 1,146 93.8 92.0-95.2
Obese 1,317 134 10.5 8.5-12.9 1,183 89.5 87.1-91.5
Current Smoker
Yes 522 94 19.5 15.2-24.7 428 80.5 75.3-84.8
No 3,353 207 6.2 5.2- 7.4 3,146 93.8 92.6-94.8
History of CVD**
Yes 430 40 10.8 7.4-15.4 390 89.2 84.6-92.6
No 3,422 257 7.7 6.6- 9.1 3,165 92.3 90.9-93.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 523 52 9.2 6.8-12.3 471 90.8 87.7-93.2
No 3,205 240 7.9 6.7- 9.4 2,965 92.1 90.6-93.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 200 16 6.7 3.7-11.6 184 93.3 88.4-96.3
No 3,523 272 8.1 6.9- 9.5 3,251 91.9 90.5-93.1
COPD
Yes 294 37 18.4 11.5-28.1 257 81.6 71.9-88.5
No 3,588 264 7.2 6.3- 8.4 3,324 92.8 91.6-93.7
Current Asthma
Yes 340 46 15.4 10.3-22.5 294 84.6 77.5-89.7
No 3,545 255 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,290 92.6 91.4-93.7
Diabetes
Yes 538 56 9.6 6.9-13.2 482 90.4 86.8-93.1
No 3,353 245 7.8 6.6- 9.2 3,108 92.2 90.8-93.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,207 164 14.0 11.5-17.0 1,043 86.0 83.0-88.5
No 2,663 136 5.5 4.4- 6.9 2,527 94.5 93.1-95.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,226 123 10.9 8.6-13.7 1,103 89.1 86.3-91.4
No 2,667 179 6.9 5.7- 8.4 2,488 93.1 91.6-94.3

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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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