2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,926 4,138 84.7 83.4-86.0 788 15.3 14.0-16.6
GENDER
Male 2,294 1,959 86.0 84.1-87.7 335 14.0 12.3-15.9
Female 2,632 2,179 83.6 81.7-85.4 453 16.4 14.6-18.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,332 3,664 85.1 83.7-86.4 668 14.9 13.6-16.3
No 481 380 81.1 76.6-84.9 101 18.9 15.1-23.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,289 1,135 88.1 85.4-90.3 154 11.9 9.7-14.6
Overweight 1,540 1,336 87.5 85.3-89.4 204 12.5 10.6-14.7
Obese 1,585 1,235 79.2 76.5-81.6 350 20.8 18.4-23.5
Current Smoker
Yes 651 479 76.8 72.7-80.6 172 23.2 19.4-27.3
No 4,162 3,561 86.0 84.6-87.3 601 14.0 12.7-15.4
History of CVD**
Yes 530 298 53.8 48.2-59.4 232 46.2 40.6-51.8
No 4,344 3,807 88.4 87.2-89.6 537 11.6 10.4-12.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 668 596 88.9 85.5-91.5 72 11.1 8.5-14.5
No 3,939 3,279 83.9 82.4-85.3 660 16.1 14.7-17.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 221 89.1 84.4-92.5 32 10.9 7.5-15.6
No 4,346 3,644 84.3 82.9-85.6 702 15.7 14.4-17.1
COPD
Yes 368 193 51.2 44.2-58.1 175 48.8 41.9-55.8
No 4,536 3,932 87.6 86.4-88.7 604 12.4 11.3-13.6
Current Asthma
Yes 428 293 68.6 62.7-74.0 135 31.4 26.0-37.3
No 4,480 3,833 86.3 85.0-87.5 647 13.7 12.5-15.0
Diabetes
Yes 680 418 62.0 57.2-66.5 262 38.0 33.5-42.8
No 4,240 3,715 88.1 86.8-89.3 525 11.9 10.7-13.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,511 960 64.0 60.8-67.0 551 36.0 33.0-39.2
No 3,307 3,085 93.7 92.7-94.7 222 6.3 5.3- 7.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,509 980 64.1 61.0-67.2 529 35.9 32.8-39.0
No 3,415 3,156 92.6 91.3-93.7 259 7.4 6.3- 8.7

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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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