2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have a depressive disorder, including depression, major depression,
dysthymia, or minor depression?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,065 931 23.1 21.3-24.9 3,134 76.9 75.1-78.7
GENDER
Male 1,790 298 17.7 15.4-20.3 1,492 82.3 79.7-84.6
Female 2,275 633 27.9 25.4-30.7 1,642 72.1 69.3-74.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,679 856 23.6 21.7-25.6 2,823 76.4 74.4-78.3
No 317 66 20.0 15.1-25.9 251 80.0 74.1-84.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,011 185 19.2 16.1-22.6 826 80.8 77.4-83.9
Overweight 1,310 291 23.0 19.8-26.6 1,019 77.0 73.4-80.2
Obese 1,322 377 28.4 25.1-31.9 945 71.6 68.1-74.9
Current Smoker
Yes 481 162 34.7 28.5-41.4 319 65.3 58.6-71.5
No 3,438 744 21.4 19.6-23.4 2,694 78.6 76.6-80.4
History of CVD**
Yes 435 137 35.1 28.4-42.4 298 64.9 57.6-71.6
No 3,606 785 21.7 19.9-23.6 2,821 78.3 76.4-80.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 459 132 32.3 26.6-38.5 327 67.7 61.5-73.4
No 3,307 751 22.4 20.5-24.5 2,556 77.6 75.5-79.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 192 55 29.4 21.2-39.2 137 70.6 60.8-78.8
No 3,582 828 23.5 21.5-25.5 2,754 76.5 74.5-78.5
COPD
Yes 318 123 47.3 38.9-55.8 195 52.7 44.2-61.1
No 3,737 805 21.2 19.4-23.0 2,932 78.8 77.0-80.6
Current Asthma
Yes 437 187 43.1 36.3-50.3 250 56.9 49.7-63.7
No 3,612 740 20.8 19.0-22.8 2,872 79.2 77.2-81.0
Diabetes
Yes 576 156 29.2 23.8-35.4 420 70.8 64.6-76.2
No 3,487 775 22.2 20.4-24.2 2,712 77.8 75.8-79.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,306 506 41.2 37.4-45.0 800 58.8 55.0-62.6
No 2,627 401 15.0 13.2-17.0 2,226 85.0 83.0-86.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,140 592 56.1 51.9-60.2 548 43.9 39.8-48.1
No 2,925 339 12.7 11.1-14.5 2,586 87.3 85.5-88.9

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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