2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,984 242 5.9 4.9- 7.0 3,742 94.1 93.0-95.1
GENDER
Male 1,755 102 5.2 4.0- 6.9 1,653 94.8 93.1-96.0
Female 2,229 140 6.4 5.2- 8.0 2,089 93.6 92.0-94.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,609 210 5.7 4.7- 6.9 3,399 94.3 93.1-95.3
No 309 26 7.6 4.8-11.8 283 92.4 88.2-95.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,008 58 6.0 4.3- 8.4 950 94.0 91.6-95.7
Overweight 1,302 71 4.2 3.1- 5.8 1,231 95.8 94.2-96.9
Obese 1,320 93 7.6 5.7-10.1 1,227 92.4 89.9-94.3
Current Smoker
Yes 480 49 10.6 7.1-15.7 431 89.4 84.3-92.9
No 3,440 189 5.1 4.2- 6.2 3,251 94.9 93.8-95.8
History of CVD**
Yes 428 61 13.0 9.0-18.5 367 87.0 81.5-91.0
No 3,532 175 5.0 4.1- 6.1 3,357 95.0 93.9-95.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 23 4.5 2.6- 7.7 439 95.5 92.3-97.4
No 3,307 205 6.0 5.0- 7.3 3,102 94.0 92.7-95.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,583 220 6.1 5.1- 7.3 3,363 93.9 92.7-94.9
COPD
Yes 313 43 11.7 8.0-16.8 270 88.3 83.2-92.0
No 3,659 198 5.4 4.5- 6.6 3,461 94.6 93.4-95.5
Current Asthma
Yes 429 41 9.2 5.9-14.0 388 90.8 86.0-94.1
No 3,537 198 5.5 4.5- 6.6 3,339 94.5 93.4-95.5
Diabetes
Yes 558 64 10.7 7.5-15.0 494 89.3 85.0-92.5
No 3,421 178 5.2 4.3- 6.3 3,243 94.8 93.7-95.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,302 242 18.9 16.1-22.1 1,060 81.1 77.9-83.9
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,108 124 10.8 8.5-13.7 984 89.2 86.3-91.5
No 2,875 118 4.3 3.4- 5.5 2,757 95.7 94.5-96.6

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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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