2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,939 3,454 86.8 85.0-88.3 485 13.2 11.7-15.0
GENDER
Male 1,738 1,481 83.7 80.7-86.3 257 16.3 13.7-19.3
Female 2,201 1,973 89.6 87.6-91.4 228 10.4 8.6-12.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,567 3,148 87.0 85.1-88.7 419 13.0 11.3-14.9
No 306 250 84.1 78.7-88.3 56 15.9 11.7-21.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 995 868 87.6 84.4-90.3 127 12.4 9.7-15.6
Overweight 1,291 1,130 84.8 80.9-87.9 161 15.2 12.1-19.1
Obese 1,312 1,146 86.4 83.4-88.9 166 13.6 11.1-16.6
Current Smoker
Yes 485 *** *** *** 485 100 . - .
No 3,454 3,454 100 . - . *** *** ***
History of CVD**
Yes 427 343 80.3 73.7-85.6 84 19.7 14.4-26.3
No 3,489 3,093 87.6 85.7-89.2 396 12.4 10.8-14.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 460 342 75.0 69.5-79.9 118 25.0 20.1-30.5
No 3,303 2,956 88.5 86.5-90.1 347 11.5 9.9-13.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 135 67.9 58.7-75.9 58 32.1 24.1-41.3
No 3,579 3,172 87.8 86.0-89.4 407 12.2 10.6-14.0
COPD
Yes 310 206 62.6 53.6-70.8 104 37.4 29.2-46.4
No 3,616 3,240 88.8 87.0-90.3 376 11.2 9.7-13.0
Current Asthma
Yes 428 366 86.6 81.5-90.5 62 13.4 9.5-18.5
No 3,494 3,072 86.8 84.9-88.4 422 13.2 11.6-15.1
Diabetes
Yes 553 493 86.3 80.2-90.7 60 13.7 9.3-19.8
No 3,381 2,956 86.8 85.0-88.5 425 13.2 11.5-15.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,295 1,075 81.0 77.6-84.0 220 19.0 16.0-22.4
No 2,611 2,349 89.4 87.3-91.2 262 10.6 8.8-12.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,106 917 80.3 76.2-83.9 189 19.7 16.1-23.8
No 2,832 2,536 88.8 86.9-90.5 296 11.2 9.5-13.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

**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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