2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Caregiver

What is the main health problem, long-term illness, or disability that the person you care for has?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Disabilities** Physical Health Conditions**** Cancer Hypertension, Diabetes and organ failure/disease Dementia and other Cognitive Impairment Disorders Mental Illnesses, such as Anxiety or Depression
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 557 116 21.6 17.7-26.2 125 19.0 15.5-23.0 51 8.6 6.0-12.0 143 27.7 23.2-32.7 82 15.2 11.4-20.0 40 8.0 5.6-11.3
GENDER
Male 203 40 17.7 12.3-24.8 39 15.8 10.8-22.5 17 7.1 4.1-11.9 54 30.1 22.5-39.1 33 20.0 12.8-30.0 20 9.2 5.7-14.8
Female 354 76 24.2 19.0-30.3 86 21.1 16.6-26.4 34 9.5 6.1-14.6 89 26.1 20.8-32.1 49 12.0 8.5-16.6 20 7.1 4.2-11.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 504 102 21.1 16.9-25.9 114 18.7 15.1-22.9 47 8.7 6.0-12.4 130 28.0 23.3-33.3 74 15.2 11.2-20.3 37 8.3 5.7-11.9
No 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 122 *** *** *** 25 16.5 10.6-24.6 *** *** *** 31 25.2 16.9-35.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 176 36 19.0 12.9-27.1 41 19.6 13.6-27.5 20 11.3 6.9-17.9 37 26.0 18.0-36.0 30 15.1 9.7-22.9 *** *** ***
Obese 227 45 20.7 14.9-28.1 43 14.5 10.0-20.5 18 5.3 3.1- 9.0 67 31.7 24.5-39.9 36 19.8 12.8-29.2 18 8.0 4.7-13.2
Current Smoker
Yes 102 26 24.3 16.1-35.0 24 20.4 12.9-30.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 452 89 20.9 16.5-26.1 101 18.7 14.9-23.2 49 10.4 7.3-14.7 113 26.1 21.3-31.6 71 16.9 12.4-22.8 29 6.9 4.5-10.5
History of CVD**
Yes 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 471 92 21.3 17.0-26.4 114 21.5 17.5-26.2 45 9.0 6.2-13.0 114 25.2 20.7-30.4 70 14.2 10.8-18.6 36 8.7 6.0-12.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 485 100 21.7 17.4-26.7 115 19.5 15.8-23.8 42 8.5 5.7-12.4 124 27.8 23.0-33.3 71 15.6 11.4-21.1 33 6.9 4.6-10.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 512 107 21.8 17.7-26.7 117 18.8 15.3-23.0 47 8.7 6.0-12.4 133 28.2 23.5-33.5 72 15.1 11.0-20.3 36 7.3 5.0-10.6
COPD
Yes 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 502 102 21.3 17.2-26.1 114 20.1 16.3-24.5 49 9.4 6.6-13.3 129 27.5 22.9-32.7 76 14.3 10.9-18.5 32 7.3 4.9-10.7
Current Asthma
Yes 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 17.5 9.9-28.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 483 98 20.6 16.5-25.4 109 18.9 15.2-23.3 46 8.9 6.1-12.7 127 29.2 24.2-34.8 71 14.9 10.8-20.2 32 7.5 5.0-11.0
Diabetes
Yes 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 471 91 20.9 16.7-25.9 112 20.4 16.5-24.9 46 9.3 6.4-13.2 119 27.2 22.4-32.6 68 13.7 10.3-18.1 35 8.5 5.8-12.2
Functional Disability
Yes 216 49 22.1 15.9-29.8 42 15.4 10.6-21.7 16 7.1 4.1-12.2 63 30.7 23.4-39.1 31 18.1 11.0-28.3 *** *** ***
No 335 65 20.7 15.8-26.6 82 21.3 16.7-26.9 35 9.6 6.2-14.6 79 26.1 20.5-32.7 50 13.5 9.6-18.5 24 8.8 5.6-13.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 232 49 21.0 15.3-28.1 50 17.1 12.4-23.2 16 6.8 3.8-11.8 66 31.1 23.8-39.5 35 17.6 11.0-26.9 *** *** ***
No 325 67 22.0 16.9-28.2 75 20.2 15.6-25.8 35 9.7 6.3-14.8 77 25.4 19.9-31.8 47 13.6 9.5-19.0 24 9.0 5.8-13.8

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*These questions are asked only of caregivers. Subpopulation estimates (e.g. gender) refer to the survey respondent, not to the person for whom they provide care.
**Developmental Disabilities such as Autism, Down’s Syndrome, and Spina Bifida or Disabilities such as eye/vision problem (blindness), hearing problems (deafness), Muscular Sclerosis, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury.
****Arthritis/Rheumatism, Asthma, Chronic respiratory conditions such as Emphysema or COPD, Physical health conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s Disease or Lung Disease/Emphysema.

**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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