2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

Frequent Mental Distress (within the past 30 days)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,020 583 15.2 13.7-16.8 3,437 84.8 83.2-86.3
GENDER
Male 1,775 205 12.2 10.2-14.5 1,570 87.8 85.5-89.8
Female 2,245 378 17.9 15.7-20.2 1,867 82.1 79.8-84.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,639 511 14.7 13.1-16.4 3,128 85.3 83.6-86.9
No 313 63 19.7 14.8-25.6 250 80.3 74.4-85.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,002 128 14.9 12.0-18.4 874 85.1 81.6-88.0
Overweight 1,298 167 14.1 11.6-17.1 1,131 85.9 82.9-88.4
Obese 1,302 225 16.5 14.0-19.4 1,077 83.5 80.6-86.0
Current Smoker
Yes 477 109 23.6 18.4-29.6 368 76.4 70.4-81.6
No 3,397 455 13.8 12.2-15.5 2,942 86.2 84.5-87.8
History of CVD**
Yes 423 82 22.1 16.1-29.5 341 77.9 70.5-83.9
No 3,572 497 14.4 12.9-16.0 3,075 85.6 84.0-87.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 455 86 19.6 15.1-25.0 369 80.4 75.0-84.9
No 3,267 458 14.6 13.0-16.4 2,809 85.4 83.6-87.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 191 41 24.4 16.3-35.0 150 75.6 65.0-83.7
No 3,540 505 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,035 85.2 83.5-86.8
COPD
Yes 315 83 31.3 24.0-39.6 232 68.7 60.4-76.0
No 3,692 497 13.9 12.4-15.5 3,195 86.1 84.5-87.6
Current Asthma
Yes 434 106 25.7 20.0-32.3 328 74.3 67.7-80.0
No 3,567 473 14.0 12.5-15.6 3,094 86.0 84.4-87.5
Diabetes
Yes 570 89 17.4 12.8-23.3 481 82.6 76.7-87.2
No 3,446 493 14.8 13.3-16.5 2,953 85.2 83.5-86.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,278 337 28.3 24.8-32.0 941 71.7 68.0-75.2
No 2,607 231 9.1 7.8-10.7 2,376 90.9 89.3-92.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,116 283 29.2 25.3-33.4 833 70.8 66.6-74.7
No 2,902 300 10.9 9.4-12.5 2,602 89.1 87.5-90.6

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*Frequent Mental Distress (FMD) was defined as having 14 or more days of poor mental health (including stress, depression, and problems with emotions) in the past 30 days.

**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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