2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,370 320 8.6 7.3-10.1 4,050 91.4 89.9-92.7
GENDER
Male 2,052 115 6.2 4.8- 8.1 1,937 93.8 91.9-95.2
Female 2,318 205 10.8 8.8-13.2 2,113 89.2 86.8-91.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,894 290 8.5 7.2-10.1 3,604 91.5 89.9-92.8
No 400 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,148 85 9.2 6.7-12.7 1,063 90.8 87.3-93.3
Overweight 1,440 77 6.5 4.7- 8.9 1,363 93.5 91.1-95.3
Obese 1,340 122 9.5 7.3-12.2 1,218 90.5 87.8-92.7
Current Smoker
Yes 558 82 16.7 12.1-22.5 476 83.3 77.5-87.9
No 3,721 234 7.4 6.1- 8.9 3,487 92.6 91.1-93.9
History of CVD**
Yes 471 88 22.0 16.1-29.2 383 78.0 70.8-83.9
No 3,864 230 7.0 5.8- 8.5 3,634 93.0 91.5-94.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 642 23 5.1 3.0- 8.5 619 94.9 91.5-97.0
No 3,437 272 9.1 7.6-10.9 3,165 90.9 89.1-92.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 262 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,828 287 8.6 7.2-10.3 3,541 91.4 89.7-92.8
COPD
Yes 347 75 24.8 17.8-33.5 272 75.2 66.5-82.2
No 4,012 242 7.2 6.0- 8.7 3,770 92.8 91.3-94.0
Current Asthma
Yes 395 63 17.8 12.6-24.6 332 82.2 75.4-87.4
No 3,956 256 7.7 6.4- 9.2 3,700 92.3 90.8-93.6
Diabetes
Yes 576 89 18.2 13.4-24.2 487 81.8 75.8-86.6
No 3,784 230 7.3 6.0- 8.8 3,554 92.7 91.2-94.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,376 320 26.0 22.4-29.8 1,056 74.0 70.2-77.6
No 2,958 *** *** *** 2,958 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,303 212 19.9 16.5-23.8 1,091 80.1 76.2-83.5
No 3,067 108 4.2 3.1- 5.5 2,959 95.8 94.5-96.9

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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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