2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,075 3,283 80.6 78.8-82.4 792 19.4 17.6-21.2
GENDER
Male 1,797 1,491 81.2 78.2-83.9 306 18.8 16.1-21.8
Female 2,278 1,792 80.1 77.7-82.3 486 19.9 17.7-22.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,688 3,004 81.0 79.0-82.9 684 19.0 17.1-21.0
No 318 224 75.0 69.0-80.2 94 25.0 19.8-31.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,018 882 87.3 84.1-89.9 136 12.7 10.1-15.9
Overweight 1,307 1,104 84.3 81.1-87.0 203 15.7 13.0-18.9
Obese 1,320 973 72.3 68.4-75.8 347 27.7 24.2-31.6
Current Smoker
Yes 481 336 71.6 65.2-77.3 145 28.4 22.7-34.8
No 3,445 2,826 82.0 80.0-83.8 619 18.0 16.2-20.0
History of CVD**
Yes 433 236 50.1 43.2-57.1 197 49.9 42.9-56.8
No 3,616 3,031 84.1 82.3-85.8 585 15.9 14.2-17.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 461 405 88.1 82.6-92.0 56 11.9 8.0-17.4
No 3,313 2,642 79.5 77.4-81.5 671 20.5 18.5-22.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 190 161 86.3 79.1-91.3 29 13.7 8.7-20.9
No 3,592 2,887 80.2 78.2-82.1 705 19.8 17.9-21.8
COPD
Yes 322 167 52.6 44.4-60.6 155 47.4 39.4-55.6
No 3,738 3,108 83.0 81.1-84.7 630 17.0 15.3-18.9
Current Asthma
Yes 439 290 65.9 58.6-72.5 149 34.1 27.5-41.4
No 3,617 2,981 82.5 80.6-84.2 636 17.5 15.8-19.4
Diabetes
Yes 575 340 57.2 51.0-63.2 235 42.8 36.8-49.0
No 3,493 2,937 84.0 82.1-85.7 556 16.0 14.3-17.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,308 772 57.2 53.2-61.1 536 42.8 38.9-46.8
No 2,629 2,400 91.5 89.8-92.9 229 8.5 7.1-10.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,139 671 57.0 52.7-61.2 468 43.0 38.8-47.3
No 2,934 2,611 88.1 86.1-89.8 323 11.9 10.2-13.9

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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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