2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months, when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races Don't know/not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,861 135 3.3 2.7- 4.0 2,486 66.2 64.2-68.0 642 15.0 13.7-16.4 598 15.6 14.1-17.1
GENDER
Male 1,720 54 2.9 2.1- 3.9 1,154 68.7 66.0-71.4 253 12.8 11.1-14.8 259 15.6 13.5-17.9
Female 2,141 81 3.6 2.8- 4.8 1,332 64.0 61.3-66.6 389 16.8 15.0-18.8 339 15.6 13.6-17.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,492 103 2.8 2.2- 3.6 2,252 66.3 64.3-68.2 594 15.3 14.0-16.8 543 15.6 14.1-17.2
No 310 29 8.6 5.6-12.8 194 62.5 55.8-68.8 44 13.8 9.7-19.1 43 15.2 10.9-20.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 983 28 2.8 1.7- 4.5 589 61.5 57.4-65.4 203 18.9 16.1-22.1 163 16.9 13.9-20.3
Overweight 1,220 34 2.4 1.6- 3.6 812 68.7 65.4-71.8 190 13.8 11.8-16.2 184 15.1 12.8-17.8
Obese 1,317 64 4.6 3.4- 6.1 870 68.2 65.0-71.2 195 13.6 11.5-16.1 188 13.6 11.5-16.0
Current Smoker
Yes 504 36 6.6 4.5- 9.6 347 71.1 65.9-75.7 49 8.2 5.8-11.6 72 14.1 10.7-18.3
No 3,341 99 2.8 2.2- 3.5 2,130 65.4 63.4-67.4 592 16.1 14.7-17.7 520 15.7 14.2-17.4
History of CVD**
Yes 459 26 5.8 3.6- 9.3 307 67.3 61.4-72.6 52 11.5 8.0-16.3 74 15.4 11.7-20.0
No 3,361 106 3.0 2.4- 3.8 2,154 66.2 64.1-68.1 585 15.4 14.0-16.9 516 15.4 13.9-17.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 496 20 3.4 2.1- 5.7 328 68.2 63.1-72.9 87 16.1 12.7-20.2 61 12.3 9.1-16.3
No 3,211 107 3.1 2.5- 4.0 2,059 66.1 64.0-68.2 541 15.1 13.7-16.7 504 15.6 14.0-17.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 *** *** *** 126 69.1 61.3-75.9 43 17.2 12.3-23.5 19 10.0 6.1-15.9
No 3,510 123 3.2 2.5- 3.9 2,256 66.3 64.2-68.2 584 15.2 13.8-16.7 547 15.4 13.9-17.0
COPD
Yes 311 23 7.0 4.2-11.5 203 69.1 62.2-75.2 33 9.7 6.5-14.5 52 14.1 10.2-19.2
No 3,536 112 3.0 2.3- 3.7 2,275 65.9 64.0-67.9 607 15.5 14.1-16.9 542 15.6 14.1-17.3
Current Asthma
Yes 347 25 7.1 4.4-11.1 226 67.3 61.0-73.1 55 14.5 10.5-19.6 41 11.1 7.9-15.4
No 3,506 110 2.9 2.3- 3.7 2,255 66.1 64.1-68.0 586 15.0 13.7-16.5 555 16.0 14.4-17.6
Diabetes
Yes 574 27 3.2 1.9- 5.3 374 65.5 60.4-70.3 75 13.8 10.5-18.0 98 17.5 14.0-21.6
No 3,285 107 3.2 2.6- 4.1 2,112 66.3 64.3-68.3 567 15.2 13.8-16.7 499 15.3 13.7-16.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,262 78 5.5 4.2- 7.2 803 65.1 61.7-68.4 177 12.9 10.8-15.4 204 16.5 14.0-19.3
No 2,580 56 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,674 66.8 64.5-69.0 461 16.0 14.4-17.7 389 15.0 13.3-16.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,301 69 4.7 3.5- 6.3 817 63.8 60.5-67.1 201 14.4 12.2-17.0 214 17.0 14.6-19.7
No 2,560 66 2.6 2.0- 3.5 1,669 67.2 64.9-69.4 441 15.2 13.7-16.9 384 14.9 13.2-16.8

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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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