2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,046 3,365 80.5 78.7-82.2 309 8.6 7.4- 9.9 173 5.3 4.4- 6.4 167 4.6 3.8- 5.6 32 1.0 0.6- 1.6
GENDER
Male 1,781 1,397 76.2 73.3-78.8 152 9.2 7.6-11.2 94 6.5 4.9- 8.6 113 6.4 5.1- 7.9 25 1.7 1.0- 2.9
Female 2,265 1,968 84.5 82.2-86.6 157 8.0 6.5- 9.9 79 4.2 3.3- 5.4 54 3.0 2.1- 4.3 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,669 3,159 83.9 82.1-85.6 256 7.6 6.5- 8.9 135 4.8 3.8- 6.0 107 3.2 2.5- 4.1 *** *** ***
No 311 152 45.8 38.7-53.1 48 19.1 14.0-25.6 35 10.5 7.0-15.6 57 18.5 13.5-24.8 19 6.0 3.5-10.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,009 787 74.9 70.9-78.6 103 12.2 9.4-15.6 58 6.8 5.0- 9.4 55 5.5 3.9- 7.8 *** *** ***
Overweight 1,298 1,074 81.5 78.5-84.1 99 7.7 6.1- 9.7 53 4.5 3.2- 6.3 63 5.4 4.0- 7.2 *** *** ***
Obese 1,319 1,150 83.9 80.6-86.8 77 6.8 5.1- 9.1 49 5.5 3.6- 8.2 36 3.2 2.1- 4.7 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 480 361 73.1 67.0-78.4 30 6.4 3.7-10.8 37 9.2 6.2-13.4 45 9.9 6.9-14.2 *** *** ***
No 3,419 2,877 81.7 79.8-83.5 269 9.1 7.8-10.5 132 4.7 3.7- 5.9 117 3.6 2.9- 4.6 24 0.9 0.5- 1.6
History of CVD**
Yes 434 397 91.3 86.9-94.3 21 5.7 3.2-10.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,586 2,948 79.3 77.4-81.2 286 8.9 7.7-10.3 164 5.7 4.7- 7.0 158 5.0 4.1- 6.0 30 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 335 71.5 65.8-76.5 48 11.3 7.8-16.1 30 5.9 3.9- 8.7 44 10.3 7.2-14.4 *** *** ***
No 3,291 2,779 82.0 80.0-83.8 241 8.4 7.1- 9.9 129 4.9 3.9- 6.2 116 3.7 2.9- 4.6 26 1.0 0.6- 1.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 149 72.2 62.8-80.0 18 9.0 5.0-15.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,564 2,973 81.2 79.3-83.0 268 8.5 7.3- 9.9 151 5.1 4.1- 6.3 143 4.2 3.4- 5.2 29 1.0 0.6- 1.6
COPD
Yes 317 298 92.2 86.9-95.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,715 3,056 79.7 77.8-81.5 299 9.0 7.8-10.4 166 5.5 4.5- 6.7 163 4.8 3.9- 5.8 31 1.0 0.7- 1.7
Current Asthma
Yes 434 376 80.4 73.0-86.2 27 6.0 3.8- 9.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,593 2,973 80.5 78.6-82.2 280 8.9 7.6-10.3 155 4.9 4.1- 6.0 154 4.6 3.8- 5.7 31 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Diabetes
Yes 574 545 95.3 92.5-97.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,467 2,816 78.4 76.4-80.3 294 9.5 8.2-11.0 164 5.8 4.7- 7.1 161 5.2 4.2- 6.3 32 1.1 0.7- 1.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,298 1,098 80.7 77.2-83.8 84 7.4 5.6- 9.7 50 5.9 3.9- 8.8 53 5.0 3.5- 6.9 *** *** ***
No 2,613 2,150 80.4 78.2-82.4 215 9.2 7.8-11.0 120 5.1 4.1- 6.3 110 4.3 3.4- 5.4 *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,136 1,043 90.3 87.7-92.4 45 4.1 2.9- 5.9 25 3.1 2.0- 4.8 21 2.4 1.4- 4.1 *** *** ***
No 2,908 2,320 77.4 75.2-79.5 264 10.0 8.5-11.6 148 6.0 4.8- 7.4 146 5.3 4.3- 6.5 30 1.3 0.8- 2.0

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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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