2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

Within the past 30 days, have you experienced any physical symptoms, for example, a headache, an upset stomach, tensing of your muscles, or a pounding heart, as a result of how you were treated based on your race?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,139 139 5.5 4.4- 6.8 3,000 94.5 93.2-95.6
GENDER
Male 1,311 44 4.3 2.8- 6.5 1,267 95.7 93.5-97.2
Female 1,828 95 6.4 4.9- 8.3 1,733 93.6 91.7-95.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,878 120 5.3 4.2- 6.8 2,758 94.7 93.2-95.8
No 228 18 7.8 4.4-13.6 210 92.2 86.4-95.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 740 25 4.9 2.9- 8.1 715 95.1 91.9-97.1
Overweight 1,026 43 4.5 3.1- 6.6 983 95.5 93.4-96.9
Obese 1,098 56 6.8 4.7- 9.8 1,042 93.2 90.2-95.3
Current Smoker
Yes 383 34 9.5 6.2-14.3 349 90.5 85.7-93.8
No 2,733 104 4.8 3.7- 6.3 2,629 95.2 93.7-96.3
History of CVD**
Yes 364 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,756 120 5.5 4.3- 7.0 2,636 94.5 93.0-95.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 336 15 5.3 2.9- 9.3 321 94.7 90.7-97.1
No 2,671 118 5.5 4.3- 7.0 2,553 94.5 93.0-95.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,868 124 5.3 4.2- 6.8 2,744 94.7 93.2-95.8
COPD
Yes 267 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,865 125 5.6 4.5- 7.1 2,740 94.4 92.9-95.5
Current Asthma
Yes 347 24 7.7 4.7-12.4 323 92.3 87.6-95.3
No 2,782 115 5.2 4.1- 6.7 2,667 94.8 93.3-95.9
Diabetes
Yes 463 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,674 118 5.1 4.0- 6.4 2,556 94.9 93.6-96.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,064 84 9.4 7.1-12.3 980 90.6 87.7-92.9
No 2,048 55 3.7 2.5- 5.3 1,993 96.3 94.7-97.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 933 57 7.2 5.0-10.1 876 92.8 89.9-95.0
No 2,206 82 4.9 3.6- 6.5 2,124 95.1 93.5-96.4

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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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