2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
GENDER
Male 1,749 223 11.5 9.6-13.8 1,526 88.5 86.2-90.4
Female 2,224 432 16.4 14.4-18.6 1,792 83.6 81.4-85.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,599 609 14.8 13.2-16.5 2,990 85.2 83.5-86.8
No 310 31 6.7 4.2-10.4 279 93.3 89.6-95.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,011 101 8.4 6.4-10.9 910 91.6 89.1-93.6
Overweight 1,296 175 11.1 8.9-13.7 1,121 88.9 86.3-91.1
Obese 1,316 320 21.9 18.9-25.2 996 78.1 74.8-81.1
Current Smoker
Yes 482 121 19.5 15.2-24.8 361 80.5 75.2-84.8
No 3,440 522 13.1 11.6-14.7 2,918 86.9 85.3-88.4
History of CVD**
Yes 427 185 43.8 36.9-50.9 242 56.2 49.1-63.1
No 3,522 462 10.7 9.4-12.1 3,060 89.3 87.9-90.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 55 10.4 6.7-15.7 407 89.6 84.3-93.3
No 3,308 568 14.7 13.2-16.5 2,740 85.3 83.5-86.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 35 16.7 10.2-26.2 158 83.3 73.8-89.8
No 3,585 589 14.0 12.5-15.7 2,996 86.0 84.3-87.5
COPD
Yes 308 160 48.2 39.9-56.6 148 51.8 43.4-60.1
No 3,652 492 11.5 10.2-13.1 3,160 88.5 86.9-89.8
Current Asthma
Yes 431 135 28.5 22.7-35.2 296 71.5 64.8-77.3
No 3,523 516 12.4 10.9-13.9 3,007 87.6 86.1-89.1
Diabetes
Yes 557 202 34.1 28.6-40.1 355 65.9 59.9-71.4
No 3,411 452 11.3 9.9-12.8 2,959 88.7 87.2-90.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,307 655 44.9 41.1-48.8 652 55.1 51.2-58.9
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,103 434 38.3 34.2-42.6 669 61.7 57.4-65.8
No 2,868 221 6.6 5.5- 8.0 2,647 93.4 92.0-94.5

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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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