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 3,221 95 3.4 2.5- 4.5 119 3.5 2.8- 4.5 729 23.0 20.9-25.2 896 27.1 24.9-29.3 1,382 43.0 40.6-45.5
GENDER
Male 1,353 47 3.4 2.2- 5.3 46 3.3 2.2- 4.8 253 20.6 17.4-24.2 335 23.9 20.9-27.1 672 48.8 45.1-52.6
Female 1,868 48 3.3 2.2- 4.9 73 3.7 2.8- 5.0 476 25.0 22.3-27.9 561 29.8 26.8-33.0 710 38.1 35.1-41.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,943 80 3.2 2.3- 4.5 105 3.5 2.7- 4.4 651 22.5 20.2-24.8 836 27.8 25.5-30.2 1,271 43.0 40.5-45.6
No 239 *** *** *** *** *** *** 69 28.7 22.2-36.3 52 20.5 14.3-28.5 92 40.9 33.0-49.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 761 *** *** *** 20 3.1 1.8- 5.2 169 24.0 19.9-28.5 223 29.0 24.6-33.9 334 41.5 36.9-46.3
Overweight 1,049 *** *** *** 41 3.4 2.3- 4.9 215 21.4 17.5-26.0 290 26.6 22.9-30.7 474 45.5 41.2-49.9
Obese 1,128 43 4.7 3.2- 7.0 50 4.4 3.1- 6.4 270 23.1 19.8-26.7 309 26.5 23.1-30.3 456 41.2 37.2-45.3
Current Smoker
Yes 396 28 8.6 4.9-14.7 23 4.1 2.4- 6.9 106 31.3 24.0-39.6 80 20.1 14.9-26.7 159 35.9 29.2-43.1
No 2,802 67 2.5 1.8- 3.6 95 3.4 2.7- 4.5 618 21.8 19.7-24.0 812 28.1 25.8-30.5 1,210 44.1 41.6-46.7
History of CVD**
Yes 373 *** *** *** *** *** *** 88 18.5 13.8-24.3 82 22.9 17.0-30.1 162 45.0 37.6-52.7
No 2,828 73 2.8 2.0- 3.8 98 3.2 2.5- 4.1 638 23.7 21.4-26.1 811 27.7 25.4-30.1 1,208 42.6 40.0-45.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 345 *** *** *** 19 4.9 2.8- 8.5 85 31.3 24.3-39.4 103 27.3 21.9-33.4 123 33.2 26.8-40.2
No 2,740 76 3.4 2.5- 4.8 99 3.5 2.7- 4.5 624 22.2 20.0-24.6 755 27.2 24.8-29.7 1,186 43.6 41.0-46.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 144 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,942 82 3.4 2.4- 4.6 111 3.6 2.8- 4.5 677 23.1 20.9-25.4 813 27.0 24.7-29.3 1,259 43.0 40.5-45.6
COPD
Yes 275 *** *** *** *** *** *** 81 26.4 19.7-34.4 57 19.7 12.8-29.1 103 39.7 31.3-48.9
No 2,937 74 2.7 2.0- 3.8 105 3.5 2.8- 4.5 646 22.7 20.5-25.1 837 27.8 25.5-30.1 1,275 43.2 40.7-45.8
Current Asthma
Yes 356 *** *** *** 18 5.5 3.1- 9.6 94 25.9 20.3-32.5 92 19.7 15.1-25.2 131 40.2 33.2-47.6
No 2,854 73 2.7 2.0- 3.9 101 3.3 2.6- 4.3 631 22.7 20.4-25.0 801 27.9 25.6-30.4 1,248 43.3 40.8-45.9
Diabetes
Yes 474 *** *** *** *** *** *** 127 23.6 18.8-29.3 105 20.9 15.9-26.9 204 46.4 39.7-53.2
No 2,743 75 3.1 2.2- 4.1 100 3.5 2.7- 4.4 601 22.9 20.6-25.3 790 28.0 25.7-30.5 1,177 42.5 40.0-45.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,093 70 8.3 5.9-11.6 69 6.2 4.6- 8.5 323 28.2 24.5-32.3 238 20.1 17.0-23.7 393 37.1 33.1-41.2
No 2,099 25 1.0 0.6- 1.7 49 2.3 1.6- 3.2 398 20.5 17.9-23.2 650 30.4 27.7-33.3 977 45.8 42.8-48.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 952 55 8.1 5.4-11.9 51 5.8 4.0- 8.5 280 26.7 23.0-30.8 235 22.7 19.0-26.9 331 36.6 32.3-41.2
No 2,268 40 1.7 1.1- 2.6 68 2.8 2.1- 3.7 449 21.7 19.2-24.4 661 28.6 26.1-31.3 1,050 45.2 42.3-48.1

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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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