2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?

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  Total
Respond.^
Never Once a year Once a month Once a week Once a day/once an hour/constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,232 1,760 55.1 52.8-57.4 230 7.0 6.0- 8.2 332 10.2 8.9-11.6 300 8.1 7.0- 9.3 610 19.6 17.7-21.6
GENDER
Male 1,496 816 55.5 52.1-58.8 119 7.7 6.1- 9.7 149 10.0 8.2-12.2 133 8.0 6.4- 9.8 279 18.8 16.2-21.6
Female 1,736 944 54.8 51.6-57.9 111 6.4 5.1- 7.9 183 10.4 8.7-12.3 167 8.2 6.8- 9.9 331 20.3 17.7-23.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,888 1,609 56.9 54.5-59.2 201 6.8 5.7- 8.1 301 10.2 8.9-11.7 272 8.3 7.1- 9.6 505 17.8 16.1-19.7
No 299 129 44.2 36.8-51.9 28 9.8 6.4-14.7 24 9.1 5.4-15.0 24 6.8 4.3-10.7 94 30.1 23.2-38.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 839 456 54.9 50.3-59.4 60 7.4 5.4-10.1 95 12.6 9.8-16.0 81 8.5 6.4-11.1 147 16.6 13.7-20.0
Overweight 1,067 570 54.2 50.3-58.1 79 7.6 5.7-10.0 120 10.1 8.2-12.5 108 8.9 7.1-11.0 190 19.2 16.1-22.8
Obese 1,019 561 56.1 51.9-60.3 73 6.0 4.6- 7.8 91 8.9 6.8-11.4 88 7.8 5.9-10.2 206 21.2 17.6-25.3
Current Smoker
Yes 422 269 63.7 57.2-69.7 24 5.2 2.9- 9.1 24 6.1 3.8- 9.7 28 6.3 3.9-10.3 77 18.7 14.1-24.3
No 2,783 1,472 53.6 51.1-56.1 205 7.3 6.1- 8.6 306 10.9 9.5-12.4 269 8.4 7.3- 9.7 531 19.8 17.8-22.0
History of CVD**
Yes 362 258 72.0 64.4-78.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 4.8 2.9- 7.8 48 12.5 8.3-18.3
No 2,845 1,485 53.0 50.5-55.4 210 7.2 6.1- 8.5 317 10.9 9.6-12.4 275 8.5 7.4- 9.9 558 20.4 18.4-22.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 467 203 43.5 38.1-49.1 25 5.9 3.7- 9.1 65 13.9 10.6-18.0 58 10.9 7.9-14.8 116 25.8 21.1-31.1
No 2,606 1,456 56.7 54.1-59.3 193 7.3 6.2- 8.7 261 9.8 8.4-11.5 234 7.7 6.6- 9.0 462 18.4 16.3-20.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 197 115 57.0 48.0-65.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 11.0 6.2-18.7 38 20.7 14.0-29.4
No 2,885 1,552 54.4 52.0-56.9 211 7.2 6.1- 8.6 310 10.7 9.4-12.3 273 8.1 7.0- 9.4 539 19.4 17.4-21.6
COPD
Yes 277 203 73.3 65.2-80.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 14.6 9.8-21.3
No 2,949 1,553 53.4 51.0-55.8 220 7.3 6.2- 8.6 323 10.9 9.6-12.4 283 8.3 7.2- 9.6 570 20.0 18.0-22.1
Current Asthma
Yes 293 175 55.3 47.6-62.7 13 5.9 3.2-10.4 26 8.8 5.2-14.5 24 8.5 4.9-14.5 55 21.5 15.8-28.7
No 2,925 1,576 54.8 52.3-57.2 217 7.2 6.1- 8.5 305 10.4 9.1-11.9 275 8.1 7.0- 9.3 552 19.5 17.6-21.6
Diabetes
Yes 462 310 68.7 62.5-74.2 22 4.8 3.0- 7.7 31 6.4 4.2- 9.7 23 3.3 2.0- 5.2 76 16.8 12.1-22.8
No 2,763 1,447 53.4 50.9-55.8 208 7.4 6.3- 8.8 300 10.8 9.4-12.3 276 8.9 7.7-10.3 532 19.6 17.7-21.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,053 618 58.6 54.2-62.9 65 6.2 4.5- 8.6 85 8.0 6.0-10.6 90 7.0 5.4- 8.9 195 20.2 16.6-24.4
No 2,150 1,126 53.2 50.5-55.9 163 7.5 6.2- 9.0 242 11.2 9.6-12.9 206 8.6 7.3-10.2 413 19.5 17.4-21.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,018 638 63.2 59.0-67.3 60 5.2 3.7- 7.3 71 6.2 4.6- 8.2 89 7.2 5.5- 9.4 160 18.2 14.8-22.1
No 2,214 1,122 51.7 48.9-54.4 170 7.8 6.5- 9.3 261 11.9 10.3-13.8 211 8.5 7.2-10.0 450 20.2 18.0-22.6

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*Other includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, mixed race, or some other group

**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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