2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because you could not afford it?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,924 493 10.6 9.6-11.8 4,431 89.4 88.2-90.4
GENDER
Male 2,295 201 9.5 8.0-11.2 2,094 90.5 88.8-92.0
Female 2,629 292 11.7 10.2-13.4 2,337 88.3 86.6-89.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,328 304 8.0 6.9- 9.1 4,024 92.0 90.9-93.1
No 483 184 36.3 31.2-41.7 299 63.7 58.3-68.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,288 111 9.3 7.3-11.7 1,177 90.7 88.3-92.7
Overweight 1,542 127 8.2 6.7-10.0 1,415 91.8 90.0-93.3
Obese 1,584 197 13.6 11.5-16.0 1,387 86.4 84.0-88.5
Current Smoker
Yes 652 122 19.2 15.7-23.3 530 80.8 76.7-84.3
No 4,160 357 9.1 8.0-10.3 3,803 90.9 89.7-92.0
History of CVD**
Yes 531 56 14.1 10.0-19.6 475 85.9 80.4-90.0
No 4,343 430 10.2 9.1-11.4 3,913 89.8 88.6-90.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 83 11.8 9.3-14.9 587 88.2 85.1-90.7
No 3,940 371 10.1 8.9-11.4 3,569 89.9 88.6-91.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 28 10.6 7.0-15.9 226 89.4 84.1-93.0
No 4,348 426 10.4 9.3-11.6 3,922 89.6 88.4-90.7
COPD
Yes 370 57 19.6 14.1-26.6 313 80.4 73.4-85.9
No 4,534 434 9.9 8.9-11.0 4,100 90.1 89.0-91.1
Current Asthma
Yes 427 67 16.9 12.9-21.9 360 83.1 78.1-87.1
No 4,481 424 10.0 8.9-11.3 4,057 90.0 88.7-91.1
Diabetes
Yes 677 72 13.2 9.9-17.6 605 86.8 82.4-90.1
No 4,242 421 10.3 9.2-11.5 3,821 89.7 88.5-90.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,509 250 17.7 15.3-20.4 1,259 82.3 79.6-84.7
No 3,307 226 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,081 92.6 91.4-93.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,508 189 14.6 12.4-17.2 1,319 85.4 82.8-87.6
No 3,415 304 9.1 8.0-10.5 3,111 90.9 89.5-92.0

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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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