2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the past 12 months has a lack of reliable transportation kept you from medical appointments, meetings, work, or from getting things needed for daily living?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,210 222 7.2 6.1- 8.6 2,988 92.8 91.4-93.9
GENDER
Male 1,348 85 6.9 5.2- 9.2 1,263 93.1 90.8-94.8
Female 1,862 137 7.4 6.0- 9.2 1,725 92.6 90.8-94.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,932 179 6.0 4.9- 7.3 2,753 94.0 92.7-95.1
No 239 39 20.7 14.4-28.8 200 79.3 71.2-85.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 758 57 8.4 5.9-11.8 701 91.6 88.2-94.1
Overweight 1,047 42 3.4 2.3- 5.1 1,005 96.6 94.9-97.7
Obese 1,125 100 9.6 7.5-12.4 1,025 90.4 87.6-92.5
Current Smoker
Yes 397 66 16.1 11.5-22.1 331 83.9 77.9-88.5
No 2,790 155 5.8 4.7- 7.1 2,635 94.2 92.9-95.3
History of CVD**
Yes 375 43 8.5 5.8-12.1 332 91.5 87.9-94.2
No 2,816 175 6.9 5.7- 8.4 2,641 93.1 91.6-94.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 340 29 8.9 5.7-13.6 311 91.1 86.4-94.3
No 2,736 184 7.0 5.7- 8.4 2,552 93.0 91.6-94.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,933 195 6.8 5.6- 8.2 2,738 93.2 91.8-94.4
COPD
Yes 277 45 12.2 8.3-17.5 232 87.8 82.5-91.7
No 2,925 176 6.8 5.6- 8.2 2,749 93.2 91.8-94.4
Current Asthma
Yes 355 45 12.4 8.5-17.8 310 87.6 82.2-91.5
No 2,845 175 6.6 5.4- 8.0 2,670 93.4 92.0-94.6
Diabetes
Yes 475 32 4.5 2.8- 7.1 443 95.5 92.9-97.2
No 2,731 189 7.6 6.3- 9.1 2,542 92.4 90.9-93.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,097 163 14.9 12.1-18.2 934 85.1 81.8-87.9
No 2,084 58 3.6 2.6- 4.8 2,026 96.4 95.2-97.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 955 114 10.5 8.3-13.2 841 89.5 86.8-91.7
No 2,255 108 6.0 4.7- 7.7 2,147 94.0 92.3-95.3

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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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