2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,215 213 4.8 4.1- 5.7 4,002 95.2 94.3-95.9
GENDER
Male 1,924 82 4.0 3.1- 5.2 1,842 96.0 94.8-96.9
Female 2,291 131 5.6 4.5- 6.9 2,160 94.4 93.1-95.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,728 185 4.8 4.0- 5.8 3,543 95.2 94.2-96.0
No 413 26 5.5 3.6- 8.3 387 94.5 91.7-96.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,123 50 3.8 2.7- 5.2 1,073 96.2 94.8-97.3
Overweight 1,352 61 5.1 3.7- 7.0 1,291 94.9 93.0-96.3
Obese 1,342 76 5.1 3.9- 6.5 1,266 94.9 93.5-96.1
Current Smoker
Yes 451 27 5.4 3.4- 8.5 424 94.6 91.5-96.6
No 3,683 186 4.8 4.0- 5.8 3,497 95.2 94.2-96.0
History of CVD**
Yes 438 48 9.6 6.8-13.3 390 90.4 86.7-93.2
No 3,743 162 4.2 3.5- 5.1 3,581 95.8 94.9-96.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 503 19 3.3 2.1- 5.3 484 96.7 94.7-97.9
No 3,507 187 5.1 4.3- 6.1 3,320 94.9 93.9-95.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,841 199 4.9 4.2- 5.8 3,642 95.1 94.2-95.8
COPD
Yes 295 28 9.5 6.1-14.6 267 90.5 85.4-93.9
No 3,906 182 4.3 3.6- 5.1 3,724 95.7 94.9-96.4
Current Asthma
Yes 398 33 9.6 6.3-14.3 365 90.4 85.7-93.7
No 3,795 179 4.3 3.6- 5.2 3,616 95.7 94.8-96.4
Diabetes
Yes 566 47 7.5 5.3-10.7 519 92.5 89.3-94.7
No 3,645 166 4.4 3.6- 5.3 3,479 95.6 94.7-96.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,305 213 15.8 13.5-18.4 1,092 84.2 81.6-86.5
No 2,864 *** *** *** 2,864 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,299 111 8.3 6.6-10.4 1,188 91.7 89.6-93.4
No 2,916 102 3.4 2.7- 4.3 2,814 96.6 95.7-97.3

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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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