2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races Don't know/not sure/refused
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,480 107 3.1 2.4- 3.8 2,454 71.3 69.2-73.4 425 10.6 9.4-11.9 494 15.0 13.3-17.0
GENDER
Male 1,592 41 2.7 1.9- 3.9 1,143 73.8 70.9-76.5 167 8.8 7.3-10.6 241 14.7 12.6-17.2
Female 1,888 66 3.4 2.5- 4.5 1,311 69.1 66.0-72.1 258 12.2 10.5-14.1 253 15.3 12.7-18.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,135 83 2.5 2.0- 3.3 2,206 71.7 69.4-73.8 407 11.3 10.0-12.7 439 14.5 12.7-16.5
No 293 23 8.1 4.9-13.1 217 71.8 64.2-78.4 *** *** *** 40 16.2 10.8-23.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 891 23 2.6 1.6- 4.2 597 69.6 65.6-73.4 136 14.5 11.8-17.7 135 13.3 10.8-16.2
Overweight 1,140 34 3.0 2.0- 4.5 816 72.2 68.7-75.4 150 11.3 9.4-13.7 140 13.5 10.9-16.4
Obese 1,090 38 3.2 2.2- 4.8 806 76.2 72.8-79.3 103 7.4 5.9- 9.3 143 13.1 10.6-16.0
Current Smoker
Yes 433 20 3.7 2.2- 6.3 332 75.1 68.1-81.0 36 7.0 4.7-10.2 45 14.2 9.1-21.5
No 3,006 87 3.0 2.3- 3.9 2,110 71.6 69.4-73.6 385 11.2 9.9-12.6 424 14.2 12.6-16.0
History of CVD**
Yes 395 *** *** *** 286 71.7 63.7-78.5 38 8.7 5.6-13.4 54 16.0 10.2-24.2
No 3,054 88 3.0 2.4- 3.9 2,152 71.4 69.1-73.5 384 10.9 9.7-12.3 430 14.7 12.9-16.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 484 24 6.1 3.8- 9.5 338 69.2 63.8-74.1 70 12.3 9.4-16.0 52 12.4 8.9-17.1
No 2,806 78 2.6 1.9- 3.4 1,998 72.6 70.3-74.8 341 10.6 9.3-12.1 389 14.3 12.5-16.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 206 *** *** *** 141 69.2 60.7-76.6 32 11.5 7.6-17.0 29 17.1 11.1-25.4
No 3,095 97 3.0 2.4- 3.9 2,204 72.4 70.3-74.5 378 10.8 9.6-12.2 416 13.7 12.0-15.5
COPD
Yes 293 *** *** *** 202 69.2 59.5-77.4 27 6.0 3.8- 9.1 56 23.7 15.8-34.0
No 3,179 98 3.2 2.5- 4.1 2,248 71.6 69.4-73.7 398 11.0 9.8-12.4 435 14.2 12.4-16.1
Current Asthma
Yes 315 *** *** *** 220 66.0 57.3-73.8 46 12.6 8.5-18.3 38 18.0 11.2-27.6
No 3,148 95 3.0 2.4- 3.8 2,222 71.8 69.6-73.9 377 10.4 9.2-11.7 454 14.8 13.0-16.7
Diabetes
Yes 507 22 4.1 2.5- 6.8 383 77.7 72.7-82.0 35 6.0 4.0- 8.8 67 12.2 8.9-16.6
No 2,963 84 2.9 2.2- 3.8 2,068 70.3 67.9-72.5 390 11.4 10.1-12.8 421 15.4 13.5-17.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,129 45 3.8 2.6- 5.4 798 71.3 67.3-75.0 130 9.9 7.9-12.2 156 15.1 11.9-18.8
No 2,310 62 2.7 2.0- 3.7 1,631 71.9 69.5-74.2 290 11.0 9.6-12.6 327 14.4 12.6-16.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,099 39 3.2 2.2- 4.7 762 70.1 65.9-74.0 135 10.2 8.2-12.7 163 16.5 13.1-20.5
No 2,381 68 3.0 2.3- 4.0 1,692 71.9 69.3-74.3 290 10.7 9.3-12.3 331 14.4 12.4-16.7

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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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