2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the past 12 months has a lack of reliable transportation kept you from medical appointments, meetings, work, or from getting things needed for daily living?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,546 238 7.8 6.5- 9.4 3,308 92.2 90.6-93.5
GENDER
Male 1,636 99 7.1 5.4- 9.2 1,537 92.9 90.8-94.6
Female 1,910 139 8.5 6.5-11.0 1,771 91.5 89.0-93.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,175 176 6.0 4.9- 7.3 2,999 94.0 92.7-95.1
No 322 56 19.0 13.3-26.4 266 81.0 73.6-86.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 903 67 7.8 5.7-10.5 836 92.2 89.5-94.3
Overweight 1,177 71 7.7 5.6-10.5 1,106 92.3 89.5-94.4
Obese 1,107 70 7.3 4.8-10.9 1,037 92.7 89.1-95.2
Current Smoker
Yes 464 74 17.3 12.7-23.1 390 82.7 76.9-87.3
No 3,050 164 6.3 5.0- 8.0 2,886 93.7 92.0-95.0
History of CVD**
Yes 393 42 10.9 7.4-15.8 351 89.1 84.2-92.6
No 3,123 192 7.3 5.9- 9.1 2,931 92.7 90.9-94.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 500 41 10.1 6.9-14.6 459 89.9 85.4-93.1
No 2,872 185 7.5 6.0- 9.4 2,687 92.5 90.6-94.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 208 18 12.4 7.0-21.1 190 87.6 78.9-93.0
No 3,175 206 7.5 6.0- 9.2 2,969 92.5 90.8-94.0
COPD
Yes 292 36 12.9 7.5-21.2 256 87.1 78.8-92.5
No 3,247 201 7.3 6.0- 9.0 3,046 92.7 91.0-94.0
Current Asthma
Yes 320 45 17.5 11.7-25.4 275 82.5 74.6-88.3
No 3,209 192 6.9 5.5- 8.5 3,017 93.1 91.5-94.5
Diabetes
Yes 508 46 10.1 6.4-15.7 462 89.9 84.3-93.6
No 3,029 189 7.0 5.8- 8.3 2,840 93.0 91.7-94.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,153 155 16.4 13.0-20.4 998 83.6 79.6-87.0
No 2,357 80 3.4 2.6- 4.4 2,277 96.6 95.6-97.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,103 107 11.8 9.0-15.4 996 88.2 84.6-91.0
No 2,443 131 6.1 4.7- 7.9 2,312 93.9 92.1-95.3

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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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