2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
GENDER
Male 1,748 209 13.1 11.0-15.6 1,539 86.9 84.4-89.0
Female 2,219 327 16.3 14.2-18.7 1,892 83.7 81.3-85.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,595 465 14.2 12.6-16.0 3,130 85.8 84.0-87.4
No 308 60 21.0 15.8-27.4 248 79.0 72.6-84.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,009 118 13.3 10.6-16.6 891 86.7 83.4-89.4
Overweight 1,294 158 12.3 9.9-15.3 1,136 87.7 84.7-90.1
Obese 1,316 218 18.7 15.8-21.9 1,098 81.3 78.1-84.2
Current Smoker
Yes 482 108 24.0 18.8-30.0 374 76.0 70.0-81.2
No 3,428 422 13.5 11.9-15.2 3,006 86.5 84.8-88.1
History of CVD**
Yes 428 95 24.5 18.3-31.9 333 75.5 68.1-81.7
No 3,514 433 13.5 12.0-15.2 3,081 86.5 84.8-88.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 460 84 21.5 16.5-27.4 376 78.5 72.6-83.5
No 3,298 426 13.9 12.2-15.7 2,872 86.1 84.3-87.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 45 29.8 20.8-40.6 148 70.2 59.4-79.2
No 3,573 466 14.1 12.5-15.8 3,107 85.9 84.2-87.5
COPD
Yes 309 76 26.4 19.3-34.9 233 73.6 65.1-80.7
No 3,644 455 13.8 12.2-15.5 3,189 86.2 84.5-87.8
Current Asthma
Yes 424 113 30.1 23.8-37.3 311 69.9 62.7-76.2
No 3,524 417 13.0 11.4-14.7 3,107 87.0 85.3-88.6
Diabetes
Yes 555 89 18.6 13.7-24.7 466 81.4 75.3-86.3
No 3,407 447 14.3 12.7-16.0 2,960 85.7 84.0-87.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,299 536 47.5 43.5-51.4 763 52.5 48.6-56.5
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,102 279 29.1 25.1-33.5 823 70.9 66.5-74.9
No 2,863 257 10.4 8.9-12.0 2,606 89.6 88.0-91.1

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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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