2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because you could not afford it?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,082 430 10.7 9.5-12.1 3,652 89.3 87.9-90.5
GENDER
Male 1,800 159 9.7 7.9-11.7 1,641 90.3 88.3-92.1
Female 2,282 271 11.7 10.1-13.6 2,011 88.3 86.4-89.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,695 286 7.9 6.7- 9.2 3,409 92.1 90.8-93.3
No 318 137 40.3 33.7-47.4 181 59.7 52.6-66.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,017 91 10.9 8.4-14.0 926 89.1 86.0-91.6
Overweight 1,308 115 8.9 7.0-11.2 1,193 91.1 88.8-93.0
Obese 1,326 175 12.5 10.4-15.0 1,151 87.5 85.0-89.6
Current Smoker
Yes 483 102 19.0 14.7-24.3 381 81.0 75.7-85.3
No 3,450 316 9.7 8.4-11.1 3,134 90.3 88.9-91.6
History of CVD**
Yes 436 53 12.3 8.4-17.7 383 87.7 82.3-91.6
No 3,620 374 10.6 9.3-12.0 3,246 89.4 88.0-90.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 63 13.0 9.6-17.4 400 87.0 82.6-90.4
No 3,318 344 10.8 9.4-12.4 2,974 89.2 87.6-90.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 26 14.0 8.3-22.5 167 86.0 77.5-91.7
No 3,596 379 10.8 9.5-12.3 3,217 89.2 87.7-90.5
COPD
Yes 322 45 13.3 8.6-20.0 277 86.7 80.0-91.4
No 3,745 381 10.4 9.2-11.8 3,364 89.6 88.2-90.8
Current Asthma
Yes 440 79 15.2 11.2-20.2 361 84.8 79.8-88.8
No 3,623 349 10.3 9.0-11.7 3,274 89.7 88.3-91.0
Diabetes
Yes 577 57 9.6 6.8-13.6 520 90.4 86.4-93.2
No 3,498 373 10.9 9.6-12.4 3,125 89.1 87.6-90.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,313 223 17.9 15.1-21.1 1,090 82.1 78.9-84.9
No 2,631 195 7.7 6.4- 9.1 2,436 92.3 90.9-93.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,144 165 14.9 12.2-18.2 979 85.1 81.8-87.8
No 2,936 265 9.4 8.1-11.0 2,671 90.6 89.0-91.9

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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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