2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have (COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,073 322 7.0 6.0- 8.2 3,751 93.0 91.8-94.0
GENDER
Male 1,795 114 5.7 4.5- 7.3 1,681 94.3 92.7-95.5
Female 2,278 208 8.2 6.6-10.1 2,070 91.8 89.9-93.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,686 308 7.6 6.4- 8.9 3,378 92.4 91.1-93.6
No 319 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,016 65 5.8 4.2- 8.0 951 94.2 92.0-95.8
Overweight 1,308 80 5.6 3.9- 7.9 1,228 94.4 92.1-96.1
Obese 1,323 140 8.9 7.0-11.3 1,183 91.1 88.7-93.0
Current Smoker
Yes 480 104 19.9 14.9-26.1 376 80.1 73.9-85.1
No 3,446 206 5.0 4.1- 6.0 3,240 95.0 94.0-95.9
History of CVD**
Yes 433 104 23.3 18.0-29.6 329 76.7 70.4-82.0
No 3,617 215 5.1 4.2- 6.3 3,402 94.9 93.7-95.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 461 27 4.5 2.7- 7.4 434 95.5 92.6-97.3
No 3,313 270 7.4 6.2- 8.8 3,043 92.6 91.2-93.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 192 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,589 287 7.1 6.0- 8.4 3,302 92.9 91.6-94.0
COPD
Yes 322 322 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,751 *** *** *** 3,751 100 . - .
Current Asthma
Yes 437 109 22.1 17.0-28.2 328 77.9 71.8-83.0
No 3,621 209 5.3 4.3- 6.5 3,412 94.7 93.5-95.7
Diabetes
Yes 575 81 14.4 10.7-19.0 494 85.6 81.0-89.3
No 3,495 241 6.0 4.9- 7.2 3,254 94.0 92.8-95.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,309 210 14.3 11.9-17.2 1,099 85.7 82.8-88.1
No 2,629 100 3.5 2.6- 4.7 2,529 96.5 95.3-97.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,138 277 26.2 22.4-30.3 861 73.8 69.7-77.6
No 2,935 45 1.1 0.7- 1.5 2,890 98.9 98.5-99.3

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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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