2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

Within the past 30 days, have you felt emotionally upset, for example angry, sad, or frustrated, as a result of how you were treated based on your race?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,072 300 7.5 6.5- 8.5 3,772 92.5 91.5-93.5
GENDER
Male 1,842 126 7.0 5.7- 8.7 1,716 93.0 91.3-94.3
Female 2,230 174 7.8 6.6- 9.4 2,056 92.2 90.6-93.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,606 255 7.3 6.3- 8.5 3,351 92.7 91.5-93.7
No 399 43 10.2 7.3-14.1 356 89.8 85.9-92.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,040 51 5.6 4.0- 7.8 989 94.4 92.2-96.0
Overweight 1,281 90 6.3 4.9- 8.1 1,191 93.7 91.9-95.1
Obese 1,382 135 10.0 8.2-12.2 1,247 90.0 87.8-91.8
Current Smoker
Yes 538 63 13.0 9.8-17.0 475 87.0 83.0-90.2
No 3,517 234 6.5 5.6- 7.6 3,283 93.5 92.4-94.4
History of CVD**
Yes 467 50 12.3 8.9-16.8 417 87.7 83.2-91.1
No 3,562 242 6.7 5.8- 7.8 3,320 93.3 92.2-94.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 533 53 9.0 6.6-12.2 480 91.0 87.8-93.4
No 3,374 236 7.2 6.2- 8.4 3,138 92.8 91.6-93.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 205 18 8.0 4.7-13.5 187 92.0 86.5-95.3
No 3,696 268 7.4 6.4- 8.5 3,428 92.6 91.5-93.6
COPD
Yes 320 41 12.4 8.6-17.6 279 87.6 82.4-91.4
No 3,738 258 7.0 6.0- 8.1 3,480 93.0 91.9-94.0
Current Asthma
Yes 363 37 10.0 6.7-14.7 326 90.0 85.3-93.3
No 3,701 262 7.2 6.2- 8.3 3,439 92.8 91.7-93.8
Diabetes
Yes 586 60 9.6 7.0-13.0 526 90.4 87.0-93.0
No 3,484 240 7.2 6.2- 8.3 3,244 92.8 91.7-93.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,302 146 11.0 9.1-13.3 1,156 89.0 86.7-90.9
No 2,744 152 5.9 4.9- 7.1 2,592 94.1 92.9-95.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,329 138 10.4 8.5-12.6 1,191 89.6 87.4-91.5
No 2,743 162 6.2 5.2- 7.5 2,581 93.8 92.5-94.8

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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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