2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,211 217 6.8 5.6- 8.1 2,994 93.2 91.9-94.4
GENDER
Male 1,350 71 5.7 4.2- 7.8 1,279 94.3 92.2-95.8
Female 1,861 146 7.6 6.0- 9.6 1,715 92.4 90.4-94.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,932 185 6.4 5.2- 7.9 2,747 93.6 92.1-94.8
No 240 30 11.4 7.4-17.0 210 88.6 83.0-92.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 760 34 4.4 2.7- 7.3 726 95.6 92.7-97.3
Overweight 1,049 52 5.2 3.4- 8.0 997 94.8 92.0-96.6
Obese 1,123 115 10.6 8.3-13.2 1,008 89.4 86.8-91.7
Current Smoker
Yes 398 74 16.9 12.3-22.7 324 83.1 77.3-87.7
No 2,790 142 5.1 4.0- 6.5 2,648 94.9 93.5-96.0
History of CVD**
Yes 373 35 7.8 5.0-11.9 338 92.2 88.1-95.0
No 2,819 182 6.7 5.4- 8.1 2,637 93.3 91.9-94.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 341 34 13.5 8.2-21.4 307 86.5 78.6-91.8
No 2,735 179 6.0 5.0- 7.2 2,556 94.0 92.8-95.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 144 16 12.0 6.6-20.8 128 88.0 79.2-93.4
No 2,933 194 6.4 5.2- 7.7 2,739 93.6 92.3-94.8
COPD
Yes 276 36 9.9 6.4-15.1 240 90.1 84.9-93.6
No 2,927 181 6.5 5.3- 8.0 2,746 93.5 92.0-94.7
Current Asthma
Yes 357 36 8.7 5.6-13.4 321 91.3 86.6-94.4
No 2,844 180 6.5 5.3- 8.0 2,664 93.5 92.0-94.7
Diabetes
Yes 473 33 6.5 4.1-10.0 440 93.5 90.0-95.9
No 2,735 184 6.8 5.6- 8.3 2,551 93.2 91.7-94.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,095 127 10.2 8.1-12.8 968 89.8 87.2-91.9
No 2,088 87 5.0 3.7- 6.8 2,001 95.0 93.2-96.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 953 105 10.3 8.1-13.1 848 89.7 86.9-91.9
No 2,258 112 5.5 4.2- 7.2 2,146 94.5 92.8-95.8

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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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