2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,188 215 7.2 6.0- 8.5 227 8.1 6.8- 9.7 746 23.9 21.8-26.1 759 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,241 38.1 35.7-40.5
GENDER
Male 1,334 75 5.2 3.9- 6.9 87 7.8 5.9-10.2 265 19.9 17.0-23.0 295 22.2 19.1-25.6 612 45.0 41.3-48.8
Female 1,854 140 8.9 7.2-11.0 140 8.4 6.7-10.5 481 27.3 24.5-30.4 464 23.3 20.7-26.0 629 32.1 29.2-35.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,913 190 7.1 5.9- 8.5 203 7.9 6.5- 9.6 653 22.5 20.4-24.8 715 23.6 21.5-25.9 1,152 38.8 36.3-41.4
No 237 23 8.7 5.2-14.1 22 10.1 6.4-15.6 85 38.7 30.9-47.2 37 15.0 9.8-22.2 70 27.5 20.8-35.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 754 41 5.2 3.5- 7.5 45 8.1 5.5-11.7 178 23.2 19.4-27.4 195 25.9 21.7-30.6 295 37.7 33.0-42.5
Overweight 1,040 53 5.1 3.5- 7.2 67 6.9 4.9- 9.7 224 23.1 19.3-27.3 272 23.7 20.1-27.6 424 41.3 37.0-45.8
Obese 1,116 100 10.4 8.0-13.4 91 8.9 6.8-11.5 277 25.0 21.5-28.7 235 21.3 18.1-24.8 413 34.6 30.7-38.6
Current Smoker
Yes 391 52 13.0 9.2-18.1 37 11.1 6.6-18.1 103 28.0 21.5-35.5 70 19.9 13.5-28.4 129 27.9 22.2-34.5
No 2,775 161 6.2 5.1- 7.6 190 7.7 6.4- 9.2 637 23.0 20.9-25.3 685 23.4 21.3-25.5 1,102 39.7 37.1-42.2
History of CVD**
Yes 370 37 10.2 6.5-15.8 33 10.6 6.1-17.9 75 17.8 12.5-24.6 66 18.5 13.4-24.9 159 42.9 35.6-50.5
No 2,799 176 6.8 5.6- 8.2 194 7.9 6.5- 9.4 666 24.7 22.4-27.0 690 23.4 21.2-25.7 1,073 37.3 34.8-39.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 340 32 8.9 5.8-13.4 40 11.5 7.9-16.6 108 32.7 25.9-40.2 66 19.1 14.1-25.3 94 27.8 21.6-35.0
No 2,715 173 6.8 5.6- 8.3 182 7.8 6.3- 9.4 611 22.6 20.5-25.0 660 23.5 21.3-25.9 1,089 39.3 36.7-41.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** 41 29.2 20.7-39.4 32 20.3 13.3-29.7 *** *** ***
No 2,913 184 6.8 5.6- 8.2 208 8.3 6.9-10.0 679 23.5 21.4-25.9 697 23.1 21.0-25.4 1,145 38.2 35.8-40.8
COPD
Yes 273 32 15.9 10.4-23.6 32 14.3 8.5-22.9 70 24.7 16.9-34.5 50 12.7 8.7-18.2 89 32.4 24.9-40.9
No 2,906 183 6.5 5.3- 7.8 195 7.6 6.3- 9.2 673 23.8 21.7-26.1 707 23.6 21.5-25.9 1,148 38.4 36.0-40.9
Current Asthma
Yes 353 42 13.1 8.9-19.0 41 14.8 10.0-21.3 92 23.7 18.4-30.0 65 16.2 11.6-22.3 113 32.1 25.6-39.4
No 2,824 172 6.5 5.3- 7.9 185 7.4 6.0- 8.9 649 23.9 21.7-26.3 693 23.5 21.4-25.8 1,125 38.7 36.2-41.3
Diabetes
Yes 470 42 8.5 5.7-12.7 30 8.9 5.0-15.4 100 19.3 14.7-25.0 95 18.8 14.3-24.3 203 44.4 37.8-51.2
No 2,714 173 7.0 5.8- 8.4 197 8.0 6.7- 9.6 643 24.5 22.2-26.9 664 23.4 21.3-25.8 1,037 37.1 34.6-39.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,080 145 14.2 11.6-17.2 121 12.7 9.9-16.2 290 27.6 23.8-31.7 201 16.4 13.6-19.6 323 29.2 25.5-33.2
No 2,080 70 4.0 2.9- 5.4 105 6.0 4.7- 7.6 444 21.9 19.5-24.6 553 25.9 23.3-28.7 908 42.2 39.2-45.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 944 120 14.4 11.5-17.8 103 13.2 10.0-17.2 243 23.6 19.8-27.9 178 18.5 15.2-22.2 300 30.3 26.3-34.7
No 2,243 95 4.7 3.6- 6.1 124 6.4 5.1- 7.9 503 24.0 21.6-26.6 581 24.3 21.9-26.9 940 40.7 37.8-43.5

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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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