2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,703 208 7.0 5.9- 8.2 3,060 79.4 77.5-81.2 301 9.3 8.0-10.8 90 2.8 2.2- 3.5 44 1.5 1.0- 2.2
GENDER
Male 1,592 114 7.9 6.3- 9.9 1,280 77.6 74.6-80.3 134 9.8 7.9-12.1 40 2.7 1.9- 3.8 24 2.1 1.2- 3.4
Female 2,111 94 6.2 4.8- 7.9 1,780 81.0 78.5-83.3 167 8.9 7.3-10.8 50 2.9 2.1- 4.0 20 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,418 152 6.0 4.9- 7.2 2,889 81.6 79.6-83.4 271 9.1 7.7-10.6 75 2.4 1.9- 3.1 31 1.0 0.6- 1.5
No 233 47 16.8 11.9-23.2 133 55.1 46.9-63.0 26 12.4 7.9-18.7 15 8.0 4.6-13.4 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 893 82 11.3 8.7-14.4 676 70.6 66.3-74.6 91 11.9 9.2-15.4 32 3.6 2.4- 5.3 *** *** ***
Overweight 1,187 58 5.8 4.2- 7.8 995 82.5 79.4-85.1 92 8.2 6.4-10.4 32 2.8 1.9- 4.3 *** *** ***
Obese 1,243 39 4.1 2.8- 6.2 1,077 83.6 80.4-86.4 93 8.8 6.7-11.5 19 2.2 1.4- 3.7 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 427 43 10.9 7.4-15.8 328 74.0 67.1-79.8 36 10.4 6.3-16.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,142 159 6.6 5.5- 7.9 2,620 80.1 78.1-81.9 255 9.2 7.9-10.8 75 2.8 2.2- 3.7 33 1.3 0.8- 2.0
History of CVD**
Yes 420 *** *** *** 394 92.3 87.3-95.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,260 198 7.6 6.5- 9.0 2,647 77.9 75.8-79.8 286 9.8 8.4-11.4 85 3.0 2.3- 3.8 44 1.7 1.1- 2.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 395 45 13.3 9.5-18.3 285 70.1 63.7-75.8 38 9.9 6.4-15.1 17 4.4 2.6- 7.4 *** *** ***
No 3,040 144 5.9 4.8- 7.2 2,552 80.6 78.5-82.5 246 9.6 8.2-11.3 69 2.6 2.0- 3.4 29 1.3 0.8- 2.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 176 *** *** *** 140 76.6 66.8-84.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,269 177 6.8 5.7- 8.0 2,705 79.5 77.5-81.3 271 9.6 8.2-11.1 80 2.8 2.2- 3.6 36 1.4 0.9- 2.1
COPD
Yes 302 *** *** *** 280 90.5 83.9-94.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,388 202 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,772 78.7 76.7-80.6 284 9.6 8.2-11.1 87 3.0 2.3- 3.8 43 1.6 1.1- 2.3
Current Asthma
Yes 408 21 6.9 4.1-11.5 341 79.5 73.4-84.5 36 9.3 6.2-13.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,278 185 6.9 5.8- 8.2 2,707 79.6 77.6-81.5 263 9.2 7.9-10.8 82 2.7 2.1- 3.5 41 1.6 1.1- 2.3
Diabetes
Yes 557 *** *** *** 531 94.9 91.1-97.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,141 203 7.8 6.6- 9.1 2,526 77.1 75.0-79.1 282 10.3 8.9-12.0 88 3.2 2.5- 4.0 42 1.7 1.1- 2.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,194 58 6.6 4.8- 9.0 1,020 82.5 79.2-85.4 81 7.4 5.5- 9.9 24 2.2 1.4- 3.5 *** *** ***
No 2,382 144 7.4 6.0- 8.9 1,934 77.8 75.4-80.1 209 10.2 8.5-12.1 64 3.1 2.4- 4.1 31 1.5 1.0- 2.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,094 22 2.9 1.7- 5.1 1,002 90.4 87.7-92.6 52 4.5 3.2- 6.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,607 186 8.4 7.1-10.0 2,057 75.7 73.3-77.9 248 10.9 9.3-12.7 77 3.2 2.5- 4.2 39 1.8 1.2- 2.7

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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 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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