2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
GENDER
Male 1,749 102 6.2 4.8- 8.0 1,647 93.8 92.0-95.2
Female 2,224 202 9.5 7.8-11.4 2,022 90.5 88.6-92.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,598 279 8.0 6.8- 9.4 3,319 92.0 90.6-93.2
No 309 18 6.7 3.9-11.2 291 93.3 88.8-96.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,011 60 6.1 4.4- 8.6 951 93.9 91.4-95.6
Overweight 1,299 82 6.0 4.4- 8.1 1,217 94.0 91.9-95.6
Obese 1,318 135 10.7 8.5-13.5 1,183 89.3 86.5-91.5
Current Smoker
Yes 482 65 13.6 9.9-18.4 417 86.4 81.6-90.1
No 3,449 237 7.0 5.9- 8.4 3,212 93.0 91.6-94.1
History of CVD**
Yes 425 85 24.1 18.1-31.3 340 75.9 68.7-81.9
No 3,523 213 6.0 5.0- 7.2 3,310 94.0 92.8-95.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 36 7.0 4.5-11.0 427 93.0 89.0-95.5
No 3,318 254 8.1 6.8- 9.6 3,064 91.9 90.4-93.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 26 14.6 8.7-23.5 168 85.4 76.5-91.3
No 3,595 267 7.7 6.5- 9.0 3,328 92.3 91.0-93.5
COPD
Yes 310 66 25.7 18.5-34.5 244 74.3 65.5-81.5
No 3,650 234 6.4 5.4- 7.6 3,416 93.6 92.4-94.6
Current Asthma
Yes 432 73 17.9 13.1-23.9 359 82.1 76.1-86.9
No 3,522 230 6.8 5.7- 8.1 3,292 93.2 91.9-94.3
Diabetes
Yes 557 87 17.9 13.4-23.6 470 82.1 76.4-86.6
No 3,410 217 6.5 5.4- 7.8 3,193 93.5 92.2-94.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,306 304 25.3 21.9-28.9 1,002 74.7 71.1-78.1
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,105 209 22.2 18.6-26.3 896 77.8 73.7-81.4
No 2,866 95 3.5 2.7- 4.5 2,771 96.5 95.5-97.3

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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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