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 any melanoma or any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,312 390 7.5 6.6- 8.4 3,922 92.5 91.6-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,973 172 7.4 6.2- 8.7 1,801 92.6 91.3-93.8
Female 2,339 218 7.5 6.4- 8.8 2,121 92.5 91.2-93.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,808 376 8.2 7.2- 9.2 3,432 91.8 90.8-92.8
No 424 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,127 94 6.9 5.4- 8.7 1,033 93.1 91.3-94.6
Overweight 1,357 138 8.1 6.6- 9.8 1,219 91.9 90.2-93.4
Obese 1,356 130 8.2 6.7-10.0 1,226 91.8 90.0-93.3
Current Smoker
Yes 455 38 6.0 4.2- 8.6 417 94.0 91.4-95.8
No 3,690 341 7.7 6.8- 8.7 3,349 92.3 91.3-93.2
History of CVD**
Yes 445 90 18.7 14.7-23.5 355 81.3 76.5-85.3
No 3,828 292 6.2 5.4- 7.1 3,536 93.8 92.9-94.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 19 3.6 2.2- 6.0 485 96.4 94.0-97.8
No 3,513 349 8.2 7.2- 9.3 3,164 91.8 90.7-92.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 16 8.0 4.7-13.4 155 92.0 86.6-95.3
No 3,848 353 7.6 6.7- 8.6 3,495 92.4 91.4-93.3
COPD
Yes 297 55 17.4 12.6-23.6 242 82.6 76.4-87.4
No 4,001 333 6.7 5.9- 7.6 3,668 93.3 92.4-94.1
Current Asthma
Yes 407 44 9.8 7.1-13.6 363 90.2 86.4-92.9
No 3,883 342 7.2 6.3- 8.2 3,541 92.8 91.8-93.7
Diabetes
Yes 578 104 15.8 12.6-19.6 474 84.2 80.4-87.4
No 3,730 286 6.2 5.4- 7.1 3,444 93.8 92.9-94.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,311 204 12.6 10.7-14.7 1,107 87.4 85.3-89.3
No 2,855 175 5.2 4.4- 6.2 2,680 94.8 93.8-95.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,322 311 20.9 18.4-23.6 1,011 79.1 76.4-81.6
No 2,990 79 2.2 1.7- 2.8 2,911 97.8 97.2-98.3

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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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