2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,926 907 19.6 18.2-21.1 1,716 35.2 33.5-36.9 1,515 30.0 28.4-31.6 596 11.4 10.3-12.6 192 3.8 3.2- 4.6
GENDER
Male 2,294 449 20.9 18.8-23.2 819 34.9 32.6-37.3 691 30.2 27.9-32.6 255 10.3 8.9-11.9 80 3.7 2.7- 5.0
Female 2,632 458 18.5 16.6-20.5 897 35.4 33.1-37.9 824 29.7 27.6-32.0 341 12.4 10.9-14.1 112 4.0 3.2- 5.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,332 807 19.4 17.9-21.0 1,563 36.5 34.7-38.3 1,294 29.1 27.5-30.9 500 11.0 9.9-12.3 168 3.9 3.2- 4.8
No 481 75 18.7 14.4-23.9 124 26.3 21.7-31.4 181 36.2 31.2-41.5 79 15.1 11.6-19.3 22 3.8 2.4- 6.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,289 375 30.8 27.6-34.2 476 36.8 33.5-40.3 284 20.4 17.9-23.3 114 9.2 7.2-11.7 40 2.7 1.8- 4.1
Overweight 1,540 292 20.0 17.7-22.6 592 38.9 36.0-42.0 452 28.5 25.8-31.3 157 9.7 8.0-11.7 47 2.9 2.0- 4.1
Obese 1,585 148 11.1 9.0-13.7 489 30.9 28.1-33.8 598 37.1 34.2-40.2 264 15.0 13.0-17.3 86 5.8 4.4- 7.7
Current Smoker
Yes 651 85 16.3 12.8-20.5 182 27.7 23.7-32.1 212 32.9 28.4-37.6 118 15.4 12.4-19.0 54 7.7 5.5-10.7
No 4,162 800 20.0 18.4-21.6 1,496 36.4 34.6-38.3 1,265 29.6 27.9-31.4 466 10.7 9.6-12.0 135 3.3 2.6- 4.1
History of CVD**
Yes 530 21 4.2 2.4- 7.1 90 16.4 12.7-20.9 187 33.3 28.4-38.6 142 26.3 21.8-31.3 90 19.9 15.4-25.3
No 4,344 879 21.4 19.8-23.0 1,616 37.4 35.6-39.2 1,312 29.6 28.0-31.4 439 9.6 8.5-10.7 98 2.0 1.6- 2.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 668 147 22.4 18.8-26.4 283 42.6 38.2-47.1 166 23.9 20.3-27.9 59 9.0 6.8-11.9 *** *** ***
No 3,939 707 19.0 17.4-20.6 1,344 34.3 32.4-36.2 1,228 30.7 28.9-32.5 491 11.8 10.6-13.2 169 4.3 3.5- 5.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 55 20.9 15.7-27.4 105 44.9 37.9-52.1 61 23.2 17.9-29.6 24 8.8 5.8-13.3 *** *** ***
No 4,346 794 19.4 17.9-21.0 1,518 34.9 33.2-36.7 1,332 30.0 28.3-31.7 527 11.6 10.5-12.9 175 4.0 3.3- 4.9
COPD
Yes 368 17 6.5 3.6-11.4 59 14.1 10.3-19.1 117 30.6 24.6-37.3 107 28.9 22.7-36.0 68 19.9 14.6-26.6
No 4,536 889 20.8 19.2-22.4 1,651 36.9 35.2-38.7 1,392 29.9 28.3-31.6 483 9.9 8.9-11.0 121 2.5 2.0- 3.1
Current Asthma
Yes 428 43 11.3 8.1-15.6 122 30.7 25.2-36.7 128 26.6 21.5-32.5 97 22.5 17.9-27.8 38 8.9 6.0-13.1
No 4,480 863 20.5 18.9-22.1 1,592 35.7 33.9-37.5 1,378 30.2 28.5-31.9 496 10.3 9.3-11.5 151 3.3 2.7- 4.1
Diabetes
Yes 680 *** *** *** 151 22.6 18.8-26.9 253 36.2 31.8-40.8 183 25.5 21.7-29.6 79 12.6 9.4-16.6
No 4,240 892 22.0 20.4-23.7 1,565 37.0 35.2-38.9 1,258 29.0 27.3-30.8 412 9.4 8.3-10.5 113 2.6 2.0- 3.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,511 95 6.6 5.1- 8.3 328 23.7 21.0-26.7 537 33.7 30.8-36.7 372 24.0 21.3-26.9 179 12.1 10.0-14.5
No 3,307 795 25.1 23.3-27.1 1,349 40.1 38.0-42.2 941 28.5 26.6-30.5 212 5.9 5.0- 7.0 *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,509 81 5.3 4.1- 6.9 367 24.0 21.4-26.9 532 34.8 31.8-37.9 360 23.7 21.1-26.4 169 12.2 10.1-14.6
No 3,415 826 25.1 23.2-27.0 1,349 39.4 37.4-41.5 981 28.1 26.3-30.0 236 6.7 5.7- 7.9 23 0.7 0.4- 1.2

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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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