2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have (COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,916 371 7.6 6.7- 8.6 4,545 92.4 91.4-93.3
GENDER
Male 2,288 136 6.1 4.9- 7.5 2,152 93.9 92.5-95.1
Female 2,628 235 9.0 7.6-10.6 2,393 91.0 89.4-92.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,319 349 8.1 7.1- 9.2 3,970 91.9 90.8-92.9
No 484 18 5.1 2.9- 8.6 466 94.9 91.4-97.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,287 96 8.1 6.1-10.6 1,191 91.9 89.4-93.9
Overweight 1,537 92 5.6 4.3- 7.2 1,445 94.4 92.8-95.7
Obese 1,582 155 9.6 7.9-11.6 1,427 90.4 88.4-92.1
Current Smoker
Yes 649 126 19.5 15.7-24.0 523 80.5 76.0-84.3
No 4,156 241 5.7 4.8- 6.7 3,915 94.3 93.3-95.2
History of CVD**
Yes 527 121 23.3 18.7-28.6 406 76.7 71.4-81.3
No 4,340 239 5.7 4.8- 6.7 4,101 94.3 93.3-95.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 668 27 4.4 2.8- 6.9 641 95.6 93.1-97.2
No 3,934 327 8.4 7.3- 9.6 3,607 91.6 90.4-92.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,340 339 7.9 6.9- 9.0 4,001 92.1 91.0-93.1
COPD
Yes 371 371 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 4,545 *** *** *** 4,545 100 . - .
Current Asthma
Yes 425 106 25.1 19.9-31.2 319 74.9 68.8-80.1
No 4,476 261 5.9 5.0- 6.8 4,215 94.1 93.2-95.0
Diabetes
Yes 677 103 16.6 13.0-20.8 574 83.4 79.2-87.0
No 4,236 267 6.3 5.3- 7.3 3,969 93.7 92.7-94.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,504 241 16.1 13.8-18.7 1,263 83.9 81.3-86.2
No 3,305 124 4.0 3.1- 5.1 3,181 96.0 94.9-96.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,501 334 23.9 21.1-26.8 1,167 76.1 73.2-78.9
No 3,415 37 1.4 0.9- 2.3 3,378 98.6 97.7-99.1

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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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