2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage, rent or utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,208 322 10.3 8.9-11.8 2,886 89.7 88.2-91.1
GENDER
Male 1,348 107 8.2 6.4-10.5 1,241 91.8 89.5-93.6
Female 1,860 215 12.0 10.1-14.3 1,645 88.0 85.7-89.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,930 267 9.3 7.9-10.9 2,663 90.7 89.1-92.1
No 240 52 21.4 15.7-28.5 188 78.6 71.5-84.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 758 66 8.5 6.1-11.7 692 91.5 88.3-93.9
Overweight 1,048 83 8.0 5.8-10.9 965 92.0 89.1-94.2
Obese 1,124 145 14.1 11.5-17.1 979 85.9 82.9-88.5
Current Smoker
Yes 397 87 20.0 15.1-26.2 310 80.0 73.8-84.9
No 2,788 231 8.6 7.3-10.2 2,557 91.4 89.8-92.7
History of CVD**
Yes 373 49 13.5 9.3-19.3 324 86.5 80.7-90.7
No 2,817 272 9.9 8.4-11.5 2,545 90.1 88.5-91.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 341 49 17.3 11.6-25.1 292 82.7 74.9-88.4
No 2,733 264 9.5 8.2-11.0 2,469 90.5 89.0-91.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 144 19 13.4 7.5-22.7 125 86.6 77.3-92.5
No 2,931 288 9.9 8.5-11.5 2,643 90.1 88.5-91.5
COPD
Yes 275 49 16.6 11.7-23.1 226 83.4 76.9-88.3
No 2,925 271 9.7 8.3-11.3 2,654 90.3 88.7-91.7
Current Asthma
Yes 355 56 13.7 9.7-18.9 299 86.3 81.1-90.3
No 2,843 265 9.9 8.4-11.5 2,578 90.1 88.5-91.6
Diabetes
Yes 476 55 12.9 9.1-18.0 421 87.1 82.0-90.9
No 2,728 267 9.9 8.4-11.5 2,461 90.1 88.5-91.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,092 185 16.1 13.4-19.3 907 83.9 80.7-86.6
No 2,088 130 7.2 5.7- 9.1 1,958 92.8 90.9-94.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 953 153 16.7 13.6-20.2 800 83.3 79.8-86.4
No 2,255 169 8.0 6.6- 9.8 2,086 92.0 90.2-93.4

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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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