2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,328 2,875 84.4 82.4-86.2 231 8.3 6.8-10.0 222 7.3 6.2- 8.6
GENDER
Male 1,400 1,184 83.6 80.4-86.3 100 8.4 6.2-11.3 116 8.0 6.4-10.1
Female 1,928 1,691 85.1 82.6-87.4 131 8.2 6.4-10.3 106 6.7 5.3- 8.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,057 2,875 92.8 91.0-94.3 182 7.2 5.7- 9.0 *** *** ***
No 249 *** *** *** 41 18.1 12.4-25.5 208 81.9 74.5-87.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 778 681 85.1 81.2-88.3 51 6.9 5.0- 9.5 46 8.0 5.5-11.5
Overweight 1,063 944 85.9 81.5-89.4 57 8.6 5.6-13.0 62 5.5 4.0- 7.6
Obese 1,138 974 84.7 81.6-87.3 105 10.0 7.8-12.8 59 5.3 3.9- 7.1
Current Smoker
Yes 400 317 78.0 70.0-84.4 48 14.6 8.9-23.1 35 7.4 4.8-11.0
No 2,820 2,468 85.5 83.5-87.3 174 7.4 6.0- 9.0 178 7.2 5.9- 8.6
History of CVD**
Yes 387 360 91.6 85.9-95.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,920 2,498 83.5 81.3-85.4 206 8.5 6.9-10.3 216 8.1 6.8- 9.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 343 282 82.2 75.4-87.5 32 10.9 6.4-17.8 29 6.9 4.5-10.5
No 2,742 2,396 85.4 83.3-87.3 178 7.8 6.3- 9.7 168 6.8 5.6- 8.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 144 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,943 2,556 85.0 82.9-86.9 199 8.2 6.7-10.1 188 6.7 5.6- 8.0
COPD
Yes 284 260 88.6 81.5-93.2 20 9.6 5.4-16.6 *** *** ***
No 3,034 2,607 84.0 82.0-85.9 209 8.1 6.6- 9.9 218 7.8 6.6- 9.2
Current Asthma
Yes 357 312 85.8 80.3-90.0 31 9.1 5.9-13.8 *** *** ***
No 2,958 2,551 84.2 82.1-86.1 199 8.2 6.6-10.0 208 7.6 6.4- 9.0
Diabetes
Yes 500 460 91.3 87.0-94.2 20 4.9 2.8- 8.6 *** *** ***
No 2,823 2,411 83.3 81.1-85.3 210 8.8 7.2-10.7 202 7.9 6.6- 9.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,098 941 85.0 81.9-87.7 94 8.8 6.7-11.5 63 6.1 4.6- 8.2
No 2,133 1,857 84.5 81.8-86.8 126 7.9 6.0-10.2 150 7.7 6.2- 9.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 985 888 89.5 86.5-91.9 72 8.1 6.0-11.0 25 2.4 1.4- 4.0
No 2,341 1,985 82.6 80.1-84.8 159 8.3 6.6-10.5 197 9.1 7.6-10.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

**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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