2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always/Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,539 168 5.5 4.4- 6.8 305 9.4 8.1-10.7 269 8.1 6.9- 9.6 2,797 77.1 75.0-79.0
GENDER
Male 1,631 64 4.6 3.1- 6.6 115 7.7 6.1- 9.8 103 6.6 5.3- 8.3 1,349 81.1 78.2-83.6
Female 1,908 104 6.3 4.8- 8.2 190 10.9 9.2-12.8 166 9.5 7.5-11.9 1,448 73.4 70.4-76.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,169 140 4.8 3.8- 6.0 235 8.1 6.9- 9.4 214 7.1 6.0- 8.3 2,580 80.1 78.1-81.9
No 322 *** *** *** 63 19.2 14.1-25.5 50 14.0 10.1-19.0 184 55.8 48.3-63.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 899 33 5.1 3.1- 8.1 62 7.2 5.3- 9.8 77 8.7 6.6-11.4 727 79.0 75.0-82.5
Overweight 1,181 53 5.2 3.4- 7.8 94 8.8 6.8-11.2 66 6.4 4.7- 8.6 968 79.6 76.2-82.7
Obese 1,100 65 5.4 4.0- 7.3 116 10.9 8.8-13.5 93 9.0 6.3-12.5 826 74.7 70.8-78.3
Current Smoker
Yes 458 43 10.5 6.7-16.1 74 17.2 12.9-22.7 49 10.0 7.1-13.8 292 62.3 55.9-68.3
No 3,048 123 4.6 3.6- 6.0 227 8.1 6.9- 9.5 217 7.7 6.4- 9.4 2,481 79.5 77.3-81.5
History of CVD**
Yes 392 35 9.6 6.0-15.0 52 16.3 11.6-22.5 26 5.3 3.2- 8.5 279 68.8 61.7-75.0
No 3,117 132 5.0 3.9- 6.4 249 8.5 7.3- 9.8 243 8.5 7.2-10.2 2,493 78.0 75.9-80.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 500 23 5.5 3.3- 9.2 50 11.0 7.7-15.5 50 9.9 7.2-13.4 377 73.6 68.2-78.3
No 2,869 132 5.3 4.1- 6.9 243 9.1 7.8-10.6 197 7.3 5.9- 9.0 2,297 78.2 75.9-80.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 209 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 10.1 6.4-15.7 164 75.6 67.0-82.5
No 3,170 145 5.2 4.1- 6.7 276 9.4 8.1-10.9 229 7.7 6.4- 9.2 2,520 77.7 75.5-79.7
COPD
Yes 287 29 11.9 6.6-20.5 38 11.0 7.4-15.9 28 9.5 5.9-15.0 192 67.6 59.2-75.0
No 3,245 138 4.9 3.9- 6.2 264 9.1 7.8-10.5 240 8.0 6.7- 9.5 2,603 78.0 75.9-80.0
Current Asthma
Yes 318 29 10.1 5.6-17.5 41 14.1 9.5-20.6 39 11.7 7.9-17.0 209 64.0 56.3-71.1
No 3,204 139 5.0 4.0- 6.4 262 8.8 7.6-10.2 226 7.7 6.4- 9.2 2,577 78.5 76.3-80.5
Diabetes
Yes 509 38 9.8 5.8-16.1 63 12.3 9.0-16.6 36 6.8 4.5-10.1 372 71.1 64.9-76.6
No 3,022 130 4.8 3.8- 6.1 241 8.9 7.7-10.4 232 7.9 6.8- 9.2 2,419 78.3 76.3-80.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,146 89 9.2 6.7-12.5 162 14.0 11.6-16.8 109 9.5 7.0-12.9 786 67.3 63.0-71.2
No 2,359 78 3.6 2.7- 4.8 141 7.0 5.7- 8.6 158 7.4 6.1- 9.0 1,982 81.9 79.7-83.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,099 90 10.2 7.4-13.8 126 12.9 10.3-15.9 87 6.9 5.3- 9.0 796 70.1 65.9-73.9
No 2,440 78 3.5 2.6- 4.7 179 7.9 6.6- 9.4 182 8.6 7.0-10.5 2,001 80.0 77.6-82.1

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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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