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 utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,055 309 7.6 6.6- 8.8 3,746 92.4 91.2-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,830 126 6.3 5.0- 7.8 1,704 93.7 92.2-95.0
Female 2,225 183 8.7 7.2-10.5 2,042 91.3 89.5-92.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,597 222 6.3 5.3- 7.5 3,375 93.7 92.5-94.7
No 396 85 20.3 15.9-25.6 311 79.7 74.4-84.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,028 71 6.9 4.9- 9.7 957 93.1 90.3-95.1
Overweight 1,279 72 5.1 3.9- 6.7 1,207 94.9 93.3-96.1
Obese 1,384 141 11.1 9.0-13.5 1,243 88.9 86.5-91.0
Current Smoker
Yes 536 97 17.7 14.0-22.1 439 82.3 77.9-86.0
No 3,502 212 6.0 5.0- 7.2 3,290 94.0 92.8-95.0
History of CVD**
Yes 467 44 9.2 6.3-13.1 423 90.8 86.9-93.7
No 3,546 263 7.5 6.4- 8.7 3,283 92.5 91.3-93.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 535 53 9.1 6.7-12.3 482 90.9 87.7-93.3
No 3,354 249 7.5 6.4- 8.9 3,105 92.5 91.1-93.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 207 20 8.6 5.0-14.2 187 91.4 85.8-95.0
No 3,677 280 7.7 6.6- 8.9 3,397 92.3 91.1-93.4
COPD
Yes 315 41 14.1 8.8-21.9 274 85.9 78.1-91.2
No 3,726 267 7.1 6.1- 8.2 3,459 92.9 91.8-93.9
Current Asthma
Yes 360 53 13.8 9.9-18.8 307 86.2 81.2-90.1
No 3,687 256 7.0 6.0- 8.2 3,431 93.0 91.8-94.0
Diabetes
Yes 586 61 7.2 5.2- 9.8 525 92.8 90.2-94.8
No 3,467 248 7.7 6.5- 9.0 3,219 92.3 91.0-93.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,289 168 13.3 10.8-16.1 1,121 86.7 83.9-89.2
No 2,742 140 5.2 4.2- 6.4 2,602 94.8 93.6-95.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,326 139 9.6 7.9-11.8 1,187 90.4 88.2-92.1
No 2,729 170 6.7 5.5- 8.2 2,559 93.3 91.8-94.5

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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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