2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

Within the past 30 days, have you experienced any physical symptoms, for example, a headache, an upset stomach, tensing of your muscles, or a pounding heart, 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 4,068 190 4.6 3.8- 5.6 3,878 95.4 94.4-96.2
GENDER
Male 1,842 74 3.6 2.7- 4.9 1,768 96.4 95.1-97.3
Female 2,226 116 5.5 4.3- 7.1 2,110 94.5 92.9-95.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,603 161 4.6 3.7- 5.6 3,442 95.4 94.4-96.3
No 398 27 6.1 4.0- 9.2 371 93.9 90.8-96.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,037 29 3.7 2.1- 6.4 1,008 96.3 93.6-97.9
Overweight 1,283 54 3.8 2.8- 5.3 1,229 96.2 94.7-97.2
Obese 1,381 91 5.9 4.6- 7.6 1,290 94.1 92.4-95.4
Current Smoker
Yes 540 43 8.9 6.1-12.8 497 91.1 87.2-93.9
No 3,511 146 3.9 3.1- 5.0 3,365 96.1 95.0-96.9
History of CVD**
Yes 464 42 9.4 6.4-13.5 422 90.6 86.5-93.6
No 3,562 141 4.0 3.2- 5.0 3,421 96.0 95.0-96.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 536 26 4.0 2.6- 6.3 510 96.0 93.7-97.4
No 3,371 152 4.5 3.6- 5.6 3,219 95.5 94.4-96.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 205 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,695 169 4.5 3.6- 5.5 3,526 95.5 94.5-96.4
COPD
Yes 317 39 14.0 8.6-22.0 278 86.0 78.0-91.4
No 3,738 150 3.8 3.1- 4.7 3,588 96.2 95.3-96.9
Current Asthma
Yes 362 32 8.6 5.5-13.2 330 91.4 86.8-94.5
No 3,698 157 4.3 3.4- 5.3 3,541 95.7 94.7-96.6
Diabetes
Yes 581 44 6.3 4.3- 9.3 537 93.7 90.7-95.7
No 3,485 146 4.4 3.5- 5.5 3,339 95.6 94.5-96.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,296 114 9.1 7.1-11.7 1,182 90.9 88.3-92.9
No 2,746 75 2.7 2.0- 3.6 2,671 97.3 96.4-98.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,324 105 8.0 6.3-10.1 1,219 92.0 89.9-93.7
No 2,744 85 3.2 2.4- 4.4 2,659 96.8 95.6-97.6

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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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