2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,205 529 12.8 11.6-14.1 3,676 87.2 85.9-88.4
GENDER
Male 1,917 209 11.0 9.4-12.8 1,708 89.0 87.2-90.6
Female 2,288 320 14.5 12.8-16.4 1,968 85.5 83.6-87.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,715 456 12.5 11.2-13.8 3,259 87.5 86.2-88.8
No 413 61 15.6 11.7-20.5 352 84.4 79.5-88.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,124 139 12.9 10.7-15.6 985 87.1 84.4-89.3
Overweight 1,338 165 12.1 10.2-14.3 1,173 87.9 85.7-89.8
Obese 1,344 177 13.7 11.6-16.2 1,167 86.3 83.8-88.4
Current Smoker
Yes 450 80 18.8 14.8-23.6 370 81.2 76.4-85.2
No 3,676 440 12.1 10.9-13.4 3,236 87.9 86.6-89.1
History of CVD**
Yes 437 91 19.6 15.6-24.3 346 80.4 75.7-84.4
No 3,732 431 12.1 10.9-13.4 3,301 87.9 86.6-89.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 502 73 16.7 12.9-21.4 429 83.3 78.6-87.1
No 3,498 431 12.3 11.0-13.6 3,067 87.7 86.4-89.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 169 28 17.3 11.2-25.9 141 82.7 74.1-88.8
No 3,832 478 12.6 11.4-14.0 3,354 87.4 86.0-88.6
COPD
Yes 295 78 26.0 20.4-32.5 217 74.0 67.5-79.6
No 3,896 447 11.8 10.6-13.1 3,449 88.2 86.9-89.4
Current Asthma
Yes 397 90 21.6 17.2-26.8 307 78.4 73.2-82.8
No 3,787 435 11.9 10.7-13.2 3,352 88.1 86.8-89.3
Diabetes
Yes 569 91 15.5 12.2-19.5 478 84.5 80.5-87.8
No 3,633 436 12.4 11.1-13.7 3,197 87.6 86.3-88.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,302 529 42.3 39.0-45.6 773 57.7 54.4-61.0
No 2,864 *** *** *** 2,864 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,296 283 22.5 19.9-25.5 1,013 77.5 74.5-80.1
No 2,909 246 9.0 7.8-10.4 2,663 91.0 89.6-92.2

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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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