2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,208 1,774 53.6 51.1-56.0 792 24.7 22.6-26.8 406 13.8 12.1-15.8 118 4.3 3.4- 5.4 118 3.7 2.9- 4.6
GENDER
Male 1,346 765 55.2 51.4-59.0 301 22.2 19.3-25.4 162 13.5 10.9-16.6 49 4.3 3.0- 6.1 69 4.8 3.5- 6.4
Female 1,862 1,009 52.1 48.9-55.4 491 26.8 23.9-29.8 244 14.1 11.9-16.7 69 4.3 3.1- 5.9 49 2.7 1.9- 4.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,937 1,648 54.3 51.7-56.9 736 25.2 23.0-27.5 356 13.1 11.3-15.1 103 4.2 3.3- 5.4 94 3.1 2.4- 4.1
No 233 107 45.1 37.0-53.4 46 18.3 13.3-24.8 45 21.7 15.2-29.9 *** *** *** 22 9.8 6.0-15.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 761 430 53.9 49.0-58.8 195 25.4 21.3-29.9 90 13.7 10.3-17.8 27 4.9 2.9- 8.2 19 2.1 1.2- 3.7
Overweight 1,042 580 54.1 49.5-58.6 271 25.9 22.2-30.0 119 13.3 10.3-17.1 33 3.0 2.0- 4.6 39 3.7 2.5- 5.3
Obese 1,126 613 52.8 48.7-56.9 264 23.1 19.9-26.6 162 14.7 11.9-18.0 45 5.1 3.5- 7.3 42 4.3 2.9- 6.5
Current Smoker
Yes 391 191 44.5 37.0-52.4 77 21.8 15.8-29.4 65 17.9 12.8-24.4 33 9.4 5.7-14.9 25 6.4 3.9-10.3
No 2,794 1,569 54.8 52.2-57.4 711 25.3 23.1-27.6 337 13.2 11.3-15.2 84 3.5 2.6- 4.5 93 3.3 2.5- 4.3
History of CVD**
Yes 371 211 53.9 46.2-61.6 74 21.9 15.6-29.8 48 16.2 11.0-23.3 19 4.4 2.5- 7.6 19 3.6 2.0- 6.4
No 2,818 1,556 53.5 50.9-56.1 711 25.0 22.8-27.3 355 13.6 11.8-15.6 97 4.2 3.2- 5.5 99 3.7 2.9- 4.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 341 154 39.8 33.1-47.0 98 31.2 25.0-38.0 57 19.2 13.0-27.4 21 6.6 3.8-11.0 *** *** ***
No 2,733 1,546 55.6 52.9-58.2 669 23.9 21.7-26.3 328 12.8 11.1-14.8 95 4.1 3.1- 5.3 95 3.6 2.8- 4.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 143 65 35.6 26.2-46.1 41 28.8 19.9-39.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,933 1,635 54.2 51.6-56.8 728 25.0 22.8-27.3 365 13.3 11.5-15.3 104 4.0 3.1- 5.2 101 3.5 2.7- 4.5
COPD
Yes 273 133 42.9 34.4-51.9 52 23.3 15.0-34.4 55 21.3 14.9-29.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,926 1,635 54.4 51.8-56.9 738 24.8 22.7-27.0 351 13.3 11.5-15.3 99 4.2 3.2- 5.4 103 3.4 2.6- 4.3
Current Asthma
Yes 354 173 45.0 38.0-52.3 74 22.0 16.6-28.6 69 21.0 15.6-27.6 23 7.7 4.3-13.2 *** *** ***
No 2,843 1,597 54.6 51.9-57.2 712 24.9 22.7-27.2 336 13.1 11.2-15.1 95 3.9 3.0- 5.1 103 3.6 2.8- 4.6
Diabetes
Yes 475 275 57.8 51.0-64.4 94 20.4 15.1-26.9 68 13.7 9.8-19.0 *** *** *** 23 5.5 3.1- 9.5
No 2,728 1,498 53.0 50.3-55.6 696 25.3 23.1-27.7 337 13.8 11.9-15.9 102 4.5 3.5- 5.8 95 3.4 2.6- 4.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,092 498 42.6 38.5-46.8 261 23.2 19.8-27.1 197 19.7 16.2-23.7 74 7.7 5.8-10.3 62 6.8 4.9- 9.2
No 2,087 1,263 59.0 56.0-62.0 518 25.0 22.5-27.7 206 11.1 9.2-13.3 44 2.7 1.8- 4.0 56 2.2 1.6- 3.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 949 468 46.9 42.3-51.6 224 25.5 21.2-30.2 166 17.8 14.5-21.6 49 4.8 3.3- 6.9 42 5.1 3.4- 7.6
No 2,258 1,305 55.8 52.9-58.7 568 24.4 22.1-26.9 240 12.5 10.5-14.8 69 4.1 3.0- 5.5 76 3.2 2.4- 4.2

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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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