2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is-

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,075 663 16.1 14.6-17.7 1,342 32.6 30.7-34.7 1,278 31.9 29.9-34.0 584 14.4 12.8-16.1 208 5.0 4.1- 6.1
GENDER
Male 1,797 325 18.2 15.9-20.7 607 31.0 28.2-33.9 559 32.0 29.0-35.1 225 13.8 11.5-16.6 81 5.0 3.7- 6.8
Female 2,278 338 14.1 12.2-16.2 735 34.1 31.4-37.0 719 31.9 29.1-34.7 359 14.9 13.0-17.0 127 5.0 3.9- 6.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,688 613 16.5 14.9-18.2 1,249 33.2 31.1-35.3 1,142 31.4 29.3-33.6 494 13.8 12.2-15.7 190 5.1 4.2- 6.3
No 318 41 12.4 8.6-17.6 70 25.7 19.3-33.2 113 36.9 30.3-44.1 78 20.8 16.2-26.4 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,018 246 21.6 18.6-25.0 396 40.7 36.6-44.9 240 25.0 21.3-29.2 96 9.6 7.2-12.6 40 3.1 2.0- 4.8
Overweight 1,307 223 16.5 13.9-19.6 463 34.6 31.0-38.3 418 33.2 29.5-37.0 150 12.1 9.6-15.1 53 3.6 2.5- 5.3
Obese 1,320 130 10.4 8.3-12.9 351 25.5 22.4-28.8 492 36.4 32.8-40.1 259 20.3 17.1-23.9 88 7.4 5.5-10.0
Current Smoker
Yes 481 46 8.0 5.7-11.3 115 21.5 16.8-27.0 175 42.1 35.2-49.3 97 19.8 14.9-25.7 48 8.6 5.7-12.8
No 3,445 590 17.2 15.5-19.0 1,179 34.5 32.3-36.7 1,057 30.3 28.2-32.5 467 13.6 12.0-15.4 152 4.4 3.5- 5.5
History of CVD**
Yes 433 *** *** *** 77 15.1 11.3-19.9 143 30.3 24.7-36.6 117 29.2 22.9-36.3 80 20.7 15.3-27.4
No 3,616 643 17.4 15.8-19.1 1,262 34.7 32.6-36.9 1,126 32.0 29.9-34.3 461 12.8 11.2-14.5 124 3.1 2.4- 4.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 461 87 15.9 12.3-20.2 171 35.2 29.7-41.2 147 37.0 31.2-43.1 43 9.1 5.7-14.0 *** *** ***
No 3,313 522 15.7 14.1-17.5 1,079 32.1 29.9-34.3 1,041 31.7 29.5-34.1 490 15.0 13.3-17.0 181 5.4 4.4- 6.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 190 33 11.6 7.6-17.2 69 34.7 26.0-44.5 59 40.0 30.6-50.3 24 11.3 6.9-18.0 *** *** ***
No 3,592 576 15.9 14.3-17.6 1,182 32.6 30.5-34.8 1,129 31.7 29.6-34.0 515 14.6 12.9-16.4 190 5.2 4.2- 6.4
COPD
Yes 322 *** *** *** 50 14.9 10.1-21.2 101 32.5 24.9-41.2 88 24.7 18.8-31.7 67 22.7 16.6-30.4
No 3,738 647 17.0 15.4-18.7 1,290 34.1 32.1-36.3 1,171 31.9 29.8-34.0 492 13.5 11.9-15.3 138 3.5 2.7- 4.5
Current Asthma
Yes 439 35 7.7 4.8-12.1 112 26.2 20.7-32.5 143 32.1 25.5-39.5 102 24.5 18.5-31.7 47 9.6 6.3-14.3
No 3,617 626 17.0 15.4-18.7 1,226 33.5 31.4-35.7 1,129 32.0 29.8-34.2 477 13.1 11.6-14.8 159 4.4 3.5- 5.5
Diabetes
Yes 575 25 3.7 2.2- 6.1 91 15.3 11.6-19.9 224 38.2 32.7-44.1 149 26.9 21.5-33.0 86 15.9 11.8-21.1
No 3,493 638 17.9 16.2-19.7 1,250 35.2 33.0-37.4 1,049 30.9 28.8-33.2 435 12.7 11.1-14.4 121 3.4 2.6- 4.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,308 92 6.9 5.3- 8.9 259 18.9 16.2-21.9 421 31.4 27.9-35.0 368 29.7 26.1-33.6 168 13.1 10.6-16.1
No 2,629 549 20.2 18.2-22.4 1,038 39.0 36.4-41.6 813 32.3 29.7-34.9 197 7.4 6.1- 9.0 32 1.1 0.6- 1.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,139 49 4.1 2.8- 6.0 212 17.7 14.8-20.9 410 35.2 31.3-39.3 302 27.9 24.2-31.9 166 15.2 12.2-18.6
No 2,934 614 19.8 17.9-21.8 1,130 37.4 35.0-39.8 867 30.9 28.6-33.3 282 10.2 8.6-12.0 41 1.7 1.2- 2.6

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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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