2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,824 4,172 85.6 84.3-86.8 652 14.4 13.2-15.7
GENDER
Male 2,247 1,881 82.2 80.0-84.1 366 17.8 15.9-20.0
Female 2,577 2,291 88.8 87.1-90.3 286 11.2 9.7-12.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,249 3,716 86.6 85.3-87.9 533 13.4 12.1-14.7
No 474 365 73.8 68.4-78.6 109 26.2 21.4-31.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,279 1,095 86.2 83.7-88.4 184 13.8 11.6-16.3
Overweight 1,519 1,302 84.6 82.1-86.7 217 15.4 13.3-17.9
Obese 1,573 1,364 85.4 83.1-87.5 209 14.6 12.5-16.9
Current Smoker
Yes 652 *** *** *** 652 100 . - .
No 4,172 4,172 100 . - . *** *** ***
History of CVD**
Yes 527 430 81.9 77.5-85.7 97 18.1 14.3-22.5
No 4,252 3,702 86.0 84.6-87.3 550 14.0 12.7-15.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 668 513 74.6 70.3-78.5 155 25.4 21.5-29.7
No 3,933 3,474 87.9 86.6-89.2 459 12.1 10.8-13.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 189 72.2 65.0-78.5 64 27.8 21.5-35.0
No 4,341 3,790 86.5 85.1-87.8 551 13.5 12.2-14.9
COPD
Yes 367 241 63.5 56.3-70.1 126 36.5 29.9-43.7
No 4,438 3,915 87.4 86.2-88.6 523 12.6 11.4-13.8
Current Asthma
Yes 420 348 79.9 73.6-85.0 72 20.1 15.0-26.4
No 4,388 3,811 86.1 84.8-87.4 577 13.9 12.6-15.2
Diabetes
Yes 660 583 88.8 85.6-91.4 77 11.2 8.6-14.4
No 4,161 3,587 85.1 83.7-86.5 574 14.9 13.5-16.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,506 1,228 81.6 79.0-83.9 278 18.4 16.1-21.0
No 3,284 2,917 87.4 85.8-88.9 367 12.6 11.1-14.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,494 1,245 82.4 79.7-84.8 249 17.6 15.2-20.3
No 3,330 2,927 86.9 85.3-88.3 403 13.1 11.7-14.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

**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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