2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,234 3,562 82.7 81.1-84.1 286 8.1 7.0- 9.4 386 9.2 8.2-10.4
GENDER
Male 1,915 1,566 80.9 78.5-83.0 134 7.9 6.5- 9.6 215 11.2 9.5-13.1
Female 2,319 1,996 84.2 82.1-86.2 152 8.3 6.7-10.2 171 7.5 6.3- 8.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,787 3,562 92.7 91.3-93.8 225 7.3 6.2- 8.7 *** *** ***
No 419 *** *** *** 53 13.3 9.9-17.6 366 86.7 82.4-90.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,075 916 83.3 80.0-86.2 73 7.7 5.6-10.6 86 8.9 7.0-11.3
Overweight 1,318 1,128 84.7 82.1-87.1 68 5.7 4.3- 7.5 122 9.5 7.7-11.8
Obese 1,421 1,210 83.0 80.4-85.4 118 10.3 8.4-12.5 93 6.7 5.2- 8.4
Current Smoker
Yes 556 413 69.8 64.3-74.8 61 13.9 10.1-18.8 82 16.4 12.6-20.9
No 3,610 3,094 84.9 83.4-86.3 222 7.3 6.2- 8.5 294 7.8 6.9- 8.9
History of CVD**
Yes 478 437 90.2 86.0-93.3 26 6.1 3.8- 9.8 *** *** ***
No 3,710 3,084 81.6 79.9-83.2 258 8.4 7.3- 9.8 368 9.9 8.8-11.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 548 427 78.1 73.7-81.9 54 10.8 8.0-14.3 67 11.2 8.5-14.5
No 3,444 2,963 84.7 83.0-86.2 212 7.5 6.3- 8.9 269 7.8 6.7- 8.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 207 173 82.4 75.6-87.7 19 10.4 6.4-16.3 15 7.2 4.0-12.6
No 3,778 3,212 83.7 82.1-85.2 246 7.8 6.7- 9.1 320 8.5 7.5- 9.7
COPD
Yes 326 294 82.2 72.6-89.0 22 14.0 7.8-23.9 *** *** ***
No 3,893 3,254 82.6 81.1-84.1 264 7.6 6.7- 8.8 375 9.7 8.6-10.9
Current Asthma
Yes 368 321 84.5 77.9-89.4 26 9.5 5.4-16.2 21 6.0 3.7- 9.5
No 3,856 3,235 82.5 80.9-84.0 259 8.0 6.9- 9.3 362 9.5 8.4-10.7
Diabetes
Yes 607 550 89.7 86.1-92.5 30 6.2 3.9- 9.5 27 4.1 2.7- 6.3
No 3,625 3,011 81.6 79.9-83.2 256 8.4 7.2- 9.8 358 10.0 8.8-11.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,338 1,135 82.7 79.7-85.3 106 10.0 7.8-12.6 97 7.4 5.8- 9.2
No 2,832 2,376 82.8 81.0-84.6 176 7.4 6.2- 8.9 280 9.8 8.5-11.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,365 1,246 89.6 87.0-91.7 68 6.8 4.9- 9.3 51 3.6 2.6- 4.9
No 2,868 2,316 79.7 77.8-81.6 218 8.7 7.4-10.2 334 11.6 10.2-13.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

**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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