2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,391 255 7.0 5.8- 8.5 4,136 93.0 91.5-94.2
GENDER
Male 2,059 108 5.7 4.3- 7.5 1,951 94.3 92.5-95.7
Female 2,332 147 8.2 6.3-10.7 2,185 91.8 89.3-93.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,907 217 6.2 5.0- 7.5 3,690 93.8 92.5-95.0
No 405 28 8.7 4.9-14.9 377 91.3 85.1-95.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,153 57 4.1 2.9- 5.7 1,096 95.9 94.3-97.1
Overweight 1,445 71 5.4 3.8- 7.6 1,374 94.6 92.4-96.2
Obese 1,344 97 9.4 6.7-12.9 1,247 90.6 87.1-93.3
Current Smoker
Yes 558 59 12.9 8.5-19.2 499 87.1 80.8-91.5
No 3,715 190 6.1 4.9- 7.6 3,525 93.9 92.4-95.1
History of CVD**
Yes 474 63 17.1 11.6-24.5 411 82.9 75.5-88.4
No 3,881 189 5.7 4.6- 7.1 3,692 94.3 92.9-95.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 639 24 3.6 2.3- 5.7 615 96.4 94.3-97.7
No 3,435 215 7.9 6.3- 9.7 3,220 92.1 90.3-93.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 260 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,826 228 7.3 5.9- 9.0 3,598 92.7 91.0-94.1
COPD
Yes 350 51 16.2 10.0-25.3 299 83.8 74.7-90.0
No 4,030 202 6.2 5.0- 7.7 3,828 93.8 92.3-95.0
Current Asthma
Yes 395 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,977 220 6.5 5.3- 7.9 3,757 93.5 92.1-94.7
Diabetes
Yes 581 67 13.3 9.4-18.6 514 86.7 81.4-90.6
No 3,800 186 5.8 4.6- 7.1 3,614 94.2 92.9-95.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,382 255 21.2 17.7-25.1 1,127 78.8 74.9-82.3
No 2,958 *** *** *** 2,958 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,314 156 14.6 11.5-18.5 1,158 85.4 81.5-88.5
No 3,077 99 4.0 2.9- 5.5 2,978 96.0 94.5-97.1

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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 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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