2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,447 3,529 77.5 75.8-79.2 387 9.2 8.1-10.4 271 7.0 6.0- 8.2 220 5.4 4.6- 6.4 40 0.9 0.6- 1.3
GENDER
Male 2,093 1,556 72.2 69.5-74.8 200 9.4 7.9-11.1 152 8.9 7.2-11.0 160 8.4 6.9-10.1 25 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Female 2,354 1,973 82.4 80.2-84.5 187 9.0 7.4-10.8 119 5.3 4.3- 6.5 60 2.6 1.9- 3.8 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,957 3,299 81.5 79.7-83.1 310 8.5 7.4- 9.9 196 5.9 4.9- 7.1 139 3.7 3.0- 4.6 *** *** ***
No 407 161 40.8 34.5-47.4 75 16.7 12.9-21.3 68 17.1 13.0-22.2 78 20.7 15.7-26.6 25 4.7 3.0- 7.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,145 892 74.2 70.3-77.8 99 8.7 6.8-11.1 83 9.4 6.9-12.8 65 7.1 5.3- 9.6 *** *** ***
Overweight 1,441 1,148 77.5 74.6-80.2 122 9.1 7.4-11.3 82 6.6 5.1- 8.5 78 6.0 4.6- 7.9 *** *** ***
Obese 1,343 1,106 81.9 79.0-84.6 106 8.7 6.6-11.2 67 5.2 3.9- 6.8 52 3.5 2.5- 4.8 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 548 389 69.1 63.3-74.3 58 12.2 8.4-17.3 33 6.5 4.3- 9.8 64 11.4 8.5-15.2 *** *** ***
No 3,690 2,989 79.1 77.3-80.9 303 8.6 7.4- 9.8 226 7.2 6.0- 8.5 140 4.3 3.5- 5.2 32 0.9 0.6- 1.4
History of CVD**
Yes 473 432 91.8 88.2-94.4 20 3.7 2.1- 6.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,935 3,063 76.0 74.1-77.8 364 9.6 8.5-10.9 261 7.6 6.5- 8.9 207 5.8 4.9- 6.9 40 1.0 0.7- 1.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 628 432 67.5 62.8-71.8 58 9.7 7.1-13.0 71 11.5 8.8-14.9 60 10.1 7.6-13.3 *** *** ***
No 3,413 2,780 79.5 77.5-81.4 295 9.3 8.0-10.8 179 6.3 5.2- 7.7 133 4.1 3.3- 5.0 26 0.8 0.5- 1.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 259 196 73.4 65.9-79.8 *** *** *** 22 9.0 5.5-14.5 25 10.4 6.6-16.2 *** *** ***
No 3,795 3,027 77.9 76.0-79.7 340 9.6 8.3-10.9 228 7.1 5.9- 8.4 168 4.7 3.9- 5.6 32 0.8 0.5- 1.3
COPD
Yes 350 305 89.8 85.4-92.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,083 3,212 76.5 74.6-78.2 369 9.6 8.5-11.0 260 7.4 6.3- 8.7 205 5.6 4.7- 6.6 37 0.9 0.6- 1.3
Current Asthma
Yes 397 345 86.2 81.2-90.0 27 5.9 3.8- 9.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,027 3,170 77.0 75.1-78.7 356 9.3 8.2-10.5 256 7.2 6.2- 8.5 205 5.6 4.7- 6.6 40 1.0 0.6- 1.4
Diabetes
Yes 589 558 95.8 93.5-97.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,845 2,965 75.0 73.1-76.8 371 10.2 9.0-11.6 261 7.8 6.7- 9.2 208 6.0 5.0- 7.1 40 1.0 0.7- 1.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,367 1,124 81.1 78.0-83.8 92 7.9 6.0-10.4 68 5.0 3.8- 6.7 72 5.3 4.0- 7.1 *** *** ***
No 2,928 2,288 75.7 73.5-77.7 279 9.7 8.4-11.2 196 8.2 6.8- 9.9 138 5.4 4.4- 6.6 27 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,322 1,184 88.5 85.7-90.8 65 6.1 4.3- 8.7 39 3.2 2.2- 4.7 32 2.1 1.3- 3.2 *** *** ***
No 3,124 2,344 73.3 71.1-75.3 322 10.4 9.0-11.8 232 8.5 7.2-10.1 188 6.7 5.6- 8.0 38 1.2 0.8- 1.7

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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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