2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,897 3,777 77.2 75.7-78.6 248 5.1 4.4- 5.9 322 6.5 5.7- 7.4 345 7.2 6.4- 8.2 205 4.0 3.3- 4.7
GENDER
Male 2,288 1,833 80.5 78.4-82.4 112 4.8 3.8- 5.9 128 5.3 4.3- 6.5 125 5.8 4.7- 7.2 90 3.6 2.7- 4.8
Female 2,609 1,944 74.1 71.9-76.2 136 5.4 4.4- 6.7 194 7.6 6.4- 9.0 220 8.6 7.3-10.0 115 4.3 3.4- 5.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,307 3,314 77.2 75.5-78.7 225 5.2 4.5- 6.1 286 6.5 5.6- 7.4 301 7.1 6.2- 8.1 181 4.0 3.3- 4.8
No 477 370 76.2 71.0-80.7 19 4.6 2.6- 8.2 31 7.0 4.7-10.4 40 9.0 6.2-13.0 17 3.2 1.9- 5.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,283 991 76.2 73.1-79.1 82 6.7 5.1- 8.7 83 6.8 5.2- 8.8 80 7.1 5.4- 9.3 47 3.3 2.3- 4.7
Overweight 1,532 1,233 80.6 78.1-83.0 62 3.9 2.8- 5.2 108 7.3 5.8- 9.2 88 6.2 4.9- 7.8 41 2.0 1.4- 2.9
Obese 1,572 1,125 72.2 69.3-74.9 85 5.5 4.2- 7.1 113 6.6 5.3- 8.1 153 9.4 7.8-11.4 96 6.4 4.9- 8.3
Current Smoker
Yes 642 453 71.8 67.3-75.8 18 3.7 2.0- 6.5 46 6.4 4.6- 8.8 78 12.8 9.9-16.4 47 5.4 3.9- 7.5
No 4,143 3,227 77.8 76.2-79.4 228 5.5 4.7- 6.4 272 6.6 5.7- 7.7 260 6.3 5.4- 7.3 156 3.8 3.1- 4.7
History of CVD**
Yes 518 334 63.4 57.7-68.8 20 3.2 1.9- 5.3 35 6.3 4.2- 9.5 62 13.0 9.6-17.3 67 14.1 10.2-19.3
No 4,328 3,410 78.9 77.3-80.3 224 5.3 4.5- 6.2 283 6.5 5.7- 7.5 279 6.6 5.7- 7.5 132 2.8 2.3- 3.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 669 486 72.6 68.3-76.4 51 7.3 5.3- 9.9 60 9.0 6.8-11.8 51 7.9 5.7-10.9 21 3.3 2.0- 5.4
No 3,913 3,030 77.5 75.8-79.1 190 4.9 4.1- 5.9 245 6.2 5.3- 7.2 274 7.2 6.2- 8.2 174 4.2 3.5- 5.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 252 175 70.5 63.6-76.5 20 7.9 4.8-12.8 27 9.4 6.2-14.0 19 8.5 5.1-13.8 *** *** ***
No 4,320 3,332 77.1 75.4-78.6 221 5.1 4.4- 6.0 279 6.5 5.6- 7.5 306 7.3 6.4- 8.4 182 4.0 3.3- 4.8
COPD
Yes 364 193 53.0 45.8-60.2 *** *** *** 25 6.9 4.4-10.7 71 18.0 13.6-23.3 63 18.6 13.4-25.3
No 4,513 3,570 79.2 77.7-80.6 235 5.2 4.5- 6.1 297 6.5 5.7- 7.4 271 6.3 5.5- 7.3 140 2.7 2.2- 3.3
Current Asthma
Yes 424 242 57.1 51.0-63.1 32 6.9 4.5-10.4 42 10.2 7.1-14.4 70 17.5 13.3-22.7 38 8.3 5.6-12.3
No 4,458 3,523 79.1 77.6-80.6 215 4.9 4.2- 5.8 280 6.2 5.4- 7.1 275 6.3 5.4- 7.2 165 3.5 2.9- 4.3
Diabetes
Yes 668 465 69.8 65.1-74.2 23 4.1 2.5- 6.7 44 6.7 4.7- 9.4 72 9.4 7.0-12.6 64 9.9 7.1-13.7
No 4,224 3,308 78.3 76.7-79.8 224 5.2 4.4- 6.1 278 6.5 5.6- 7.5 273 6.9 6.0- 8.0 141 3.1 2.5- 3.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,485 887 58.6 55.3-61.8 68 4.8 3.6- 6.4 146 9.9 8.1-11.9 214 15.3 13.1-17.8 170 11.5 9.5-13.8
No 3,305 2,804 84.9 83.3-86.4 177 5.3 4.5- 6.4 171 5.2 4.3- 6.2 121 3.8 3.0- 4.7 32 0.8 0.5- 1.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,488 948 62.6 59.4-65.6 77 4.7 3.5- 6.1 114 8.0 6.5- 9.8 199 14.3 12.1-16.7 150 10.6 8.6-12.9
No 3,408 2,828 82.7 81.1-84.3 171 5.3 4.4- 6.3 208 6.0 5.0- 7.0 146 4.6 3.8- 5.6 55 1.5 1.1- 2.0

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

**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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