2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the past 12 months, have you received food stamps, also called SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on an EBT card?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,220 393 11.4 9.9-13.1 2,827 88.6 86.9-90.1
GENDER
Male 1,352 96 6.1 4.5- 8.1 1,256 93.9 91.9-95.5
Female 1,868 297 16.0 13.6-18.7 1,571 84.0 81.3-86.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,946 354 11.4 9.8-13.2 2,592 88.6 86.8-90.2
No 238 33 11.6 7.6-17.3 205 88.4 82.7-92.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 763 80 10.1 7.7-13.2 683 89.9 86.8-92.3
Overweight 1,048 89 7.6 5.3-10.6 959 92.4 89.4-94.7
Obese 1,128 190 17.1 13.9-20.8 938 82.9 79.2-86.1
Current Smoker
Yes 398 109 23.9 18.0-31.0 289 76.1 69.0-82.0
No 2,799 279 9.3 7.9-11.0 2,520 90.7 89.0-92.1
History of CVD**
Yes 375 76 15.3 10.8-21.1 299 84.7 78.9-89.2
No 2,827 316 10.9 9.3-12.8 2,511 89.1 87.2-90.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 343 34 8.3 5.2-12.8 309 91.7 87.2-94.8
No 2,741 344 12.1 10.4-14.1 2,397 87.9 85.9-89.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,941 364 11.7 10.1-13.5 2,577 88.3 86.5-89.9
COPD
Yes 277 69 21.2 13.9-30.9 208 78.8 69.1-86.1
No 2,935 323 10.6 9.1-12.3 2,612 89.4 87.7-90.9
Current Asthma
Yes 358 71 18.0 13.1-24.2 287 82.0 75.8-86.9
No 2,852 319 10.7 9.1-12.5 2,533 89.3 87.5-90.9
Diabetes
Yes 475 89 15.6 11.4-20.8 386 84.4 79.2-88.6
No 2,742 304 10.8 9.2-12.7 2,438 89.2 87.3-90.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,099 220 18.5 15.4-22.1 879 81.5 77.9-84.6
No 2,094 167 7.9 6.3- 9.8 1,927 92.1 90.2-93.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 958 189 18.0 14.5-22.1 769 82.0 77.9-85.5
No 2,262 204 9.1 7.5-11.0 2,058 90.9 89.0-92.5

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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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