2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Never Once a year Once a month Once a week Once a day/once an hour/constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,950 1,715 59.4 56.9-61.9 235 7.8 6.6- 9.3 308 9.7 8.4-11.3 254 8.1 7.0- 9.4 438 14.9 13.2-16.8
GENDER
Male 1,234 715 60.3 56.4-64.0 99 8.0 6.2-10.3 118 8.9 6.8-11.4 101 7.1 5.6- 9.0 201 15.8 13.1-18.9
Female 1,716 1,000 58.7 55.4-61.9 136 7.7 6.0- 9.7 190 10.5 8.8-12.4 153 9.0 7.4-10.9 237 14.1 11.9-16.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,749 1,611 59.9 57.3-62.5 220 7.8 6.5- 9.3 284 9.6 8.2-11.2 237 8.0 6.9- 9.4 397 14.6 12.8-16.6
No 167 77 48.3 38.4-58.2 *** *** *** 21 11.2 6.6-18.2 17 11.1 6.5-18.3 38 21.5 14.4-30.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 708 398 56.4 51.3-61.4 60 9.3 6.4-13.1 85 10.5 8.1-13.6 62 7.9 5.9-10.5 103 15.9 12.4-20.2
Overweight 968 590 63.9 59.4-68.1 77 7.8 5.7-10.5 85 8.9 6.5-12.1 92 8.0 6.2-10.2 124 11.5 9.0-14.5
Obese 1,037 578 56.8 52.5-61.0 84 7.2 5.5- 9.3 117 9.8 7.8-12.4 84 9.0 6.9-11.7 174 17.2 14.1-20.9
Current Smoker
Yes 362 230 65.2 57.7-72.0 25 6.0 3.7- 9.8 24 5.7 3.2- 9.7 21 6.3 3.6-10.7 62 16.8 12.0-23.0
No 2,567 1,473 58.6 55.9-61.2 208 8.1 6.8- 9.8 284 10.5 9.0-12.2 231 8.5 7.2- 9.9 371 14.3 12.5-16.4
History of CVD**
Yes 349 239 73.4 66.6-79.2 34 10.0 6.5-14.9 *** *** *** 22 5.6 3.3- 9.5 35 7.4 4.5-12.0
No 2,584 1,466 57.5 54.8-60.2 199 7.5 6.2- 9.1 287 10.5 9.0-12.3 232 8.5 7.3- 9.9 400 15.9 14.0-18.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 322 161 53.1 45.6-60.6 18 5.5 3.1- 9.6 41 11.3 7.0-17.7 39 11.2 7.7-16.1 63 18.8 13.8-25.2
No 2,503 1,482 60.8 58.1-63.4 208 8.1 6.8- 9.8 253 9.3 7.9-10.9 204 7.6 6.4- 9.0 356 14.1 12.3-16.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 138 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 12.2 6.9-20.7 23 14.0 8.5-22.2
No 2,688 1,567 59.7 57.0-62.2 222 8.1 6.8- 9.6 283 9.8 8.4-11.4 223 7.8 6.7- 9.2 393 14.7 12.8-16.7
COPD
Yes 259 183 78.3 71.0-84.2 *** *** *** 18 4.5 2.6- 7.7 *** *** *** 30 7.1 4.0-12.2
No 2,685 1,528 57.7 55.1-60.3 221 8.2 6.8- 9.8 290 10.2 8.8-11.9 239 8.3 7.1- 9.6 407 15.6 13.7-17.7
Current Asthma
Yes 337 184 56.5 49.1-63.7 26 6.8 4.1-11.1 35 9.3 6.1-13.8 35 9.5 6.1-14.5 57 17.9 12.6-24.9
No 2,604 1,523 59.7 57.0-62.4 209 7.9 6.6- 9.5 272 9.8 8.3-11.4 219 8.0 6.8- 9.4 381 14.6 12.8-16.6
Diabetes
Yes 444 286 66.7 59.9-72.9 41 9.2 6.3-13.1 *** *** *** 28 5.3 3.1- 9.0 66 14.7 10.2-20.7
No 2,503 1,427 58.3 55.5-61.0 194 7.6 6.3- 9.2 284 10.6 9.1-12.3 226 8.6 7.3-10.0 372 15.0 13.1-17.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,012 625 64.7 60.5-68.7 70 5.9 4.4- 7.9 95 9.6 7.2-12.7 71 6.8 5.0- 9.0 151 13.1 10.5-16.1
No 1,912 1,072 56.8 53.6-59.9 164 8.8 7.1-10.8 211 9.9 8.3-11.7 181 8.8 7.3-10.4 284 15.8 13.6-18.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 893 554 65.6 61.1-69.8 70 8.5 6.3-11.3 74 7.0 5.1- 9.4 65 6.2 4.4- 8.6 130 12.8 10.1-16.0
No 2,057 1,161 57.2 54.2-60.2 165 7.6 6.1- 9.3 234 10.7 9.0-12.7 189 8.8 7.5-10.4 308 15.7 13.5-18.1

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*Other includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, mixed race, or some other group

**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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