2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,950 1,315 31.7 29.7-33.8 2,635 68.3 66.2-70.3
GENDER
Male 1,738 546 30.2 27.3-33.4 1,192 69.8 66.6-72.7
Female 2,212 769 33.0 30.3-35.8 1,443 67.0 64.2-69.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,582 1,185 31.7 29.5-33.9 2,397 68.3 66.1-70.5
No 305 106 32.9 26.7-39.8 199 67.1 60.2-73.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,005 279 27.7 24.1-31.7 726 72.3 68.3-75.9
Overweight 1,290 403 27.6 24.4-31.2 887 72.4 68.8-75.6
Obese 1,313 526 39.4 35.6-43.3 787 60.6 56.7-64.4
Current Smoker
Yes 482 220 45.3 38.6-52.1 262 54.7 47.9-61.4
No 3,424 1,075 29.4 27.4-31.6 2,349 70.6 68.4-72.6
History of CVD**
Yes 428 263 62.8 56.0-69.2 165 37.2 30.8-44.0
No 3,498 1,038 28.0 26.0-30.1 2,460 72.0 69.9-74.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 149 32.1 26.6-38.1 313 67.9 61.9-73.4
No 3,294 1,099 31.6 29.4-33.9 2,195 68.4 66.1-70.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 81 44.7 35.1-54.7 113 55.3 45.3-64.9
No 3,569 1,172 31.0 28.9-33.2 2,397 69.0 66.8-71.1
COPD
Yes 310 210 65.5 56.7-73.3 100 34.5 26.7-43.3
No 3,628 1,099 29.0 27.0-31.2 2,529 71.0 68.8-73.0
Current Asthma
Yes 429 234 54.8 47.5-61.9 195 45.2 38.1-52.5
No 3,503 1,072 29.0 26.9-31.1 2,431 71.0 68.9-73.1
Diabetes
Yes 556 286 53.4 47.3-59.4 270 46.6 40.6-52.7
No 3,391 1,028 28.6 26.6-30.8 2,363 71.4 69.2-73.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,315 1,315 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,102 661 63.2 59.1-67.2 441 36.8 32.8-40.9
No 2,847 654 21.9 19.9-24.1 2,193 78.1 75.9-80.1

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

**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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