2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,483 826 18.8 17.4-20.4 1,496 32.2 30.4-34.1 1,355 30.4 28.7-32.2 591 13.1 11.7-14.5 215 5.5 4.4- 6.8
GENDER
Male 2,109 420 20.5 18.4-22.8 689 31.4 28.9-34.1 625 30.8 28.3-33.4 276 13.0 11.1-15.2 99 4.2 3.3- 5.4
Female 2,374 406 17.2 15.3-19.4 807 33.0 30.4-35.7 730 30.1 27.7-32.6 315 13.1 11.3-15.2 116 6.6 4.9- 8.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,981 731 19.0 17.4-20.6 1,407 34.6 32.6-36.6 1,168 29.3 27.4-31.2 487 12.1 10.8-13.6 188 5.1 4.1- 6.2
No 418 76 17.3 13.3-22.3 72 16.7 12.7-21.5 159 39.7 33.8-45.9 91 22.4 16.8-29.3 20 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,157 317 28.3 25.0-31.9 420 34.8 31.1-38.6 271 25.1 21.8-28.7 107 8.1 6.3-10.3 42 3.7 2.4- 5.7
Overweight 1,449 286 20.6 18.1-23.4 512 34.3 31.3-37.4 443 29.9 27.0-33.0 148 11.5 9.2-14.3 60 3.7 2.7- 5.0
Obese 1,347 134 10.6 8.6-13.1 409 29.7 26.5-33.1 457 33.7 30.4-37.1 258 17.7 15.2-20.7 89 8.3 5.9-11.5
Current Smoker
Yes 557 70 15.8 11.8-20.8 130 21.1 16.8-26.2 178 29.0 24.3-34.1 122 24.0 18.7-30.1 57 10.2 6.5-15.5
No 3,714 715 19.4 17.8-21.0 1,304 34.1 32.1-36.1 1,100 30.2 28.3-32.2 445 11.5 10.2-12.9 150 4.8 3.8- 6.2
History of CVD**
Yes 476 23 5.3 3.1- 8.8 91 17.5 13.4-22.6 155 33.6 27.3-40.5 128 25.9 20.7-31.9 79 17.7 12.5-24.5
No 3,968 800 20.5 18.9-22.2 1,398 34.1 32.2-36.2 1,184 30.1 28.3-32.0 453 11.2 9.9-12.6 133 4.1 3.2- 5.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 642 125 20.4 16.7-24.5 265 39.0 34.5-43.6 165 28.0 23.9-32.6 68 10.3 7.7-13.7 19 2.3 1.3- 4.1
No 3,430 613 18.1 16.5-19.8 1,128 31.6 29.5-33.8 1,046 30.4 28.4-32.5 467 13.6 12.0-15.3 176 6.3 4.9- 7.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 262 54 19.1 13.9-25.6 100 35.3 28.6-42.7 60 24.4 18.4-31.7 37 17.2 11.7-24.7 *** *** ***
No 3,822 686 18.4 16.8-20.1 1,295 32.7 30.7-34.7 1,158 30.4 28.5-32.4 498 12.8 11.3-14.4 185 5.7 4.5- 7.2
COPD
Yes 349 *** *** *** 45 11.0 7.7-15.4 115 31.2 24.3-39.0 96 25.7 19.4-33.1 84 28.5 21.2-37.2
No 4,121 817 20.2 18.6-21.8 1,450 34.1 32.2-36.1 1,237 30.4 28.6-32.2 491 11.9 10.6-13.4 126 3.5 2.6- 4.6
Current Asthma
Yes 400 32 10.8 7.1-16.2 96 21.4 16.9-26.6 130 29.7 24.1-36.0 88 21.9 16.4-28.5 54 16.3 10.8-23.9
No 4,060 792 19.7 18.2-21.3 1,392 33.5 31.5-35.5 1,220 30.6 28.8-32.5 497 11.9 10.6-13.3 159 4.3 3.4- 5.6
Diabetes
Yes 589 22 3.5 2.2- 5.5 124 19.8 16.1-24.1 212 33.5 28.7-38.6 152 29.0 23.7-34.8 79 14.3 10.4-19.3
No 3,882 803 21.1 19.4-22.8 1,371 34.2 32.2-36.2 1,139 30.1 28.2-32.0 436 10.9 9.6-12.3 133 3.8 3.0- 4.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,380 128 9.6 7.7-11.9 283 19.8 17.0-22.9 439 31.8 28.5-35.3 346 24.2 21.0-27.7 184 14.7 11.7-18.1
No 2,950 668 23.6 21.7-25.6 1,170 38.5 36.3-40.8 859 29.4 27.3-31.5 223 7.5 6.3- 8.8 30 1.1 0.6- 1.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,322 77 5.6 4.1- 7.4 303 20.8 18.2-23.7 451 31.9 28.6-35.4 318 25.8 22.4-29.6 173 15.9 12.9-19.3
No 3,160 749 23.9 22.1-25.9 1,193 36.6 34.4-39.0 904 29.9 27.8-32.0 273 8.2 7.0- 9.5 *** *** ***

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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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