2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,986 151 3.8 3.0- 4.8 3,835 96.2 95.2-97.0
GENDER
Male 1,753 56 3.5 2.4- 4.9 1,697 96.5 95.1-97.6
Female 2,233 95 4.1 3.1- 5.5 2,138 95.9 94.5-96.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,610 134 3.9 3.0- 4.9 3,476 96.1 95.1-97.0
No 310 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,013 22 1.4 0.9- 2.3 991 98.6 97.7-99.1
Overweight 1,300 39 2.8 1.8- 4.3 1,261 97.2 95.7-98.2
Obese 1,322 79 7.1 5.2- 9.5 1,243 92.9 90.5-94.8
Current Smoker
Yes 484 37 7.6 4.8-11.8 447 92.4 88.2-95.2
No 3,454 112 3.2 2.4- 4.1 3,342 96.8 95.9-97.6
History of CVD**
Yes 429 45 12.7 8.3-19.1 384 87.3 80.9-91.7
No 3,532 101 2.7 2.1- 3.5 3,431 97.3 96.5-97.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,324 130 4.1 3.2- 5.2 3,194 95.9 94.8-96.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,601 135 3.8 3.0- 4.8 3,466 96.2 95.2-97.0
COPD
Yes 312 39 12.7 7.8-20.1 273 87.3 79.9-92.2
No 3,660 111 3.1 2.4- 4.0 3,549 96.9 96.0-97.6
Current Asthma
Yes 432 39 7.2 4.7-10.7 393 92.8 89.3-95.3
No 3,535 112 3.5 2.7- 4.5 3,423 96.5 95.5-97.3
Diabetes
Yes 558 42 10.8 7.2-16.1 516 89.2 83.9-92.8
No 3,422 109 2.8 2.2- 3.7 3,313 97.2 96.3-97.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,312 151 12.2 9.8-15.1 1,161 87.8 84.9-90.2
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,110 110 11.1 8.5-14.3 1,000 88.9 85.7-91.5
No 2,874 41 1.6 1.0- 2.3 2,833 98.4 97.7-99.0

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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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