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 had asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,314 620 14.0 12.8-15.3 3,694 86.0 84.7-87.2
GENDER
Male 1,973 212 10.4 8.9-12.0 1,761 89.6 88.0-91.1
Female 2,341 408 17.4 15.6-19.4 1,933 82.6 80.6-84.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,811 567 14.2 13.0-15.6 3,244 85.8 84.4-87.0
No 423 41 11.8 8.1-16.8 382 88.2 83.2-91.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,128 144 13.3 11.1-16.0 984 86.7 84.0-88.9
Overweight 1,360 182 13.5 11.4-15.9 1,178 86.5 84.1-88.6
Obese 1,353 228 15.5 13.4-17.8 1,125 84.5 82.2-86.6
Current Smoker
Yes 454 79 16.7 13.0-21.1 375 83.3 78.9-87.0
No 3,693 524 13.9 12.6-15.3 3,169 86.1 84.7-87.4
History of CVD**
Yes 444 89 18.1 14.1-22.9 355 81.9 77.1-85.9
No 3,832 527 13.5 12.3-14.9 3,305 86.5 85.1-87.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 70 13.8 10.7-17.6 434 86.2 82.4-89.3
No 3,515 516 14.4 13.0-15.8 2,999 85.6 84.2-87.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 25 16.5 10.8-24.2 146 83.5 75.8-89.2
No 3,850 562 14.2 12.9-15.6 3,288 85.8 84.4-87.1
COPD
Yes 297 111 34.1 28.1-40.7 186 65.9 59.3-71.9
No 4,004 505 12.4 11.3-13.7 3,499 87.6 86.3-88.7
Current Asthma
Yes 410 410 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,893 199 5.0 4.2- 5.9 3,694 95.0 94.1-95.8
Diabetes
Yes 579 109 17.9 14.3-22.2 470 82.1 77.8-85.7
No 3,731 510 13.4 12.2-14.8 3,221 86.6 85.2-87.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,311 272 20.5 17.9-23.4 1,039 79.5 76.6-82.1
No 2,858 325 11.1 9.8-12.6 2,533 88.9 87.4-90.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,321 360 27.7 24.8-30.8 961 72.3 69.2-75.2
No 2,993 260 8.6 7.5- 9.9 2,733 91.4 90.1-92.5

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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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