2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
GENDER
Male 1,761 191 9.3 7.6-11.4 1,570 90.7 88.6-92.4
Female 2,230 174 5.6 4.5- 6.8 2,056 94.4 93.2-95.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,612 337 7.6 6.5- 8.9 3,275 92.4 91.1-93.5
No 312 21 4.6 2.7- 7.7 291 95.4 92.3-97.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,011 89 7.6 5.8- 9.8 922 92.4 90.2-94.2
Overweight 1,303 139 7.9 6.3- 9.8 1,164 92.1 90.2-93.7
Obese 1,324 114 7.7 5.6-10.4 1,210 92.3 89.6-94.4
Current Smoker
Yes 480 46 8.1 5.5-11.7 434 91.9 88.3-94.5
No 3,443 314 7.2 6.1- 8.5 3,129 92.8 91.5-93.9
History of CVD**
Yes 428 85 16.5 12.3-21.9 343 83.5 78.1-87.7
No 3,539 276 6.2 5.2- 7.4 3,263 93.8 92.6-94.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 461 22 3.8 2.4- 6.0 439 96.2 94.0-97.6
No 3,313 328 8.0 6.8- 9.4 2,985 92.0 90.6-93.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,589 337 7.6 6.5- 8.9 3,252 92.4 91.1-93.5
COPD
Yes 314 70 19.0 13.9-25.5 244 81.0 74.5-86.1
No 3,664 292 6.3 5.3- 7.5 3,372 93.7 92.5-94.7
Current Asthma
Yes 430 63 15.2 9.9-22.5 367 84.8 77.5-90.1
No 3,544 300 6.5 5.6- 7.5 3,244 93.5 92.5-94.4
Diabetes
Yes 559 74 13.2 9.7-17.8 485 86.8 82.2-90.3
No 3,427 291 6.6 5.5- 7.8 3,136 93.4 92.2-94.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,306 365 23.7 20.6-27.1 941 76.3 72.9-79.4
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,112 172 14.3 11.7-17.4 940 85.7 82.6-88.3
No 2,878 193 5.2 4.2- 6.5 2,685 94.8 93.5-95.8

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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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