2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^
Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfied
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,204 1,588 48.1 45.6-50.6 1,484 47.1 44.6-49.6 132 4.8 3.8- 6.2
GENDER
Male 1,351 685 45.3 41.7-49.1 612 49.9 46.1-53.6 54 4.8 3.1- 7.3
Female 1,853 903 50.4 47.2-53.7 872 44.7 41.5-47.9 78 4.9 3.6- 6.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,932 1,482 49.1 46.5-51.7 1,337 46.3 43.7-48.9 113 4.6 3.5- 6.0
No 235 90 37.7 29.8-46.2 128 54.4 46.0-62.5 17 8.0 4.7-13.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 761 400 48.9 44.1-53.8 337 47.4 42.5-52.4 24 3.6 2.2- 5.9
Overweight 1,041 521 49.5 45.0-54.0 491 46.9 42.4-51.5 *** *** ***
Obese 1,122 526 45.6 41.5-49.7 528 47.5 43.4-51.7 68 6.9 5.0- 9.5
Current Smoker
Yes 390 146 32.4 26.2-39.2 210 55.3 47.7-62.7 34 12.3 7.7-19.1
No 2,791 1,430 50.5 47.9-53.1 1,263 45.8 43.3-48.4 98 3.7 2.8- 4.9
History of CVD**
Yes 370 159 43.6 36.2-51.3 184 45.8 38.4-53.4 27 10.6 5.9-18.4
No 2,813 1,419 48.6 46.0-51.2 1,289 47.3 44.7-49.9 105 4.1 3.2- 5.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 342 149 41.0 34.0-48.3 172 52.2 44.8-59.5 *** *** ***
No 2,727 1,366 48.8 46.1-51.5 1,252 46.4 43.7-49.1 109 4.8 3.7- 6.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 142 57 31.7 22.8-42.1 76 63.8 53.0-73.3 *** *** ***
No 2,928 1,456 48.4 45.8-50.9 1,354 46.7 44.1-49.3 118 4.9 3.8- 6.4
COPD
Yes 272 103 34.3 26.7-42.9 148 52.5 43.3-61.5 21 13.2 7.7-21.7
No 2,923 1,481 49.2 46.6-51.8 1,332 46.7 44.1-49.3 110 4.1 3.1- 5.4
Current Asthma
Yes 353 142 39.6 32.7-47.0 183 49.0 41.9-56.3 28 11.4 7.0-17.8
No 2,839 1,441 49.0 46.4-51.7 1,294 46.8 44.2-49.5 104 4.1 3.1- 5.5
Diabetes
Yes 473 198 40.4 34.0-47.1 251 53.3 46.5-60.0 *** *** ***
No 2,726 1,388 49.3 46.6-51.9 1,231 46.2 43.5-48.8 107 4.6 3.5- 5.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,084 392 33.7 29.8-37.8 600 56.0 51.7-60.2 92 10.3 7.6-13.9
No 2,093 1,183 55.0 51.9-58.0 870 42.7 39.7-45.8 40 2.3 1.5- 3.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 945 362 37.2 32.9-41.8 515 54.0 49.3-58.6 68 8.8 6.1-12.5
No 2,257 1,224 51.8 48.9-54.7 969 44.8 41.9-47.7 64 3.5 2.5- 4.9

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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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