2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have a depressive disorder, including depression, major depression,
dysthymia, or minor depression?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,309 970 22.5 21.0-24.0 3,339 77.5 76.0-79.0
GENDER
Male 1,972 321 16.1 14.3-18.1 1,651 83.9 81.9-85.7
Female 2,337 649 28.4 26.2-30.7 1,688 71.6 69.3-73.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,805 890 23.3 21.7-24.9 2,915 76.7 75.1-78.3
No 423 61 15.8 11.9-20.9 362 84.2 79.1-88.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,127 227 19.7 17.0-22.6 900 80.3 77.4-83.0
Overweight 1,357 287 21.5 19.0-24.3 1,070 78.5 75.7-81.0
Obese 1,352 372 27.7 24.9-30.6 980 72.3 69.4-75.1
Current Smoker
Yes 452 145 31.8 26.7-37.3 307 68.2 62.7-73.3
No 3,692 794 21.5 20.0-23.1 2,898 78.5 76.9-80.0
History of CVD**
Yes 444 127 28.2 23.4-33.5 317 71.8 66.5-76.6
No 3,826 834 21.9 20.3-23.5 2,992 78.1 76.5-79.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 132 26.1 21.8-31.0 372 73.9 69.0-78.2
No 3,512 774 21.8 20.2-23.5 2,738 78.2 76.5-79.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 170 53 27.2 20.0-35.8 117 72.8 64.2-80.0
No 3,848 856 22.2 20.7-23.8 2,992 77.8 76.2-79.3
COPD
Yes 295 126 43.6 36.8-50.7 169 56.4 49.3-63.2
No 4,002 839 20.9 19.5-22.5 3,163 79.1 77.5-80.5
Current Asthma
Yes 409 164 40.6 35.0-46.4 245 59.4 53.6-65.0
No 3,878 799 20.5 19.0-22.1 3,079 79.5 77.9-81.0
Diabetes
Yes 578 165 27.5 23.3-32.2 413 72.5 67.8-76.7
No 3,728 803 21.7 20.1-23.3 2,925 78.3 76.7-79.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,306 511 40.8 37.5-44.2 795 59.2 55.8-62.5
No 2,859 429 14.6 13.1-16.1 2,430 85.4 83.9-86.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,319 602 47.0 43.7-50.3 717 53.0 49.7-56.3
No 2,990 368 12.9 11.5-14.4 2,622 87.1 85.6-88.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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