2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
GENDER
Male 1,929 263 13.2 11.5-15.2 1,666 86.8 84.8-88.5
Female 2,295 379 14.6 12.9-16.4 1,916 85.4 83.6-87.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,732 601 14.8 13.5-16.2 3,131 85.2 83.8-86.5
No 416 34 8.3 5.5-12.3 382 91.7 87.7-94.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,125 111 9.4 7.5-11.9 1,014 90.6 88.1-92.5
Overweight 1,348 171 11.7 9.7-14.0 1,177 88.3 86.0-90.3
Obese 1,350 308 20.7 18.3-23.3 1,042 79.3 76.7-81.7
Current Smoker
Yes 453 83 17.9 14.1-22.5 370 82.1 77.5-85.9
No 3,692 546 13.3 12.1-14.7 3,146 86.7 85.3-87.9
History of CVD**
Yes 435 188 42.5 36.7-48.4 247 57.5 51.6-63.3
No 3,754 444 11.0 9.8-12.2 3,310 89.0 87.8-90.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 40 7.9 5.6-11.1 464 92.1 88.9-94.4
No 3,515 571 14.8 13.4-16.3 2,944 85.2 83.7-86.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 24 13.4 8.4-20.7 147 86.6 79.3-91.6
No 3,850 587 13.8 12.6-15.2 3,263 86.2 84.8-87.4
COPD
Yes 295 137 42.1 35.5-49.0 158 57.9 51.0-64.5
No 3,915 498 11.7 10.5-12.9 3,417 88.3 87.1-89.5
Current Asthma
Yes 399 114 26.4 21.6-31.9 285 73.6 68.1-78.4
No 3,804 525 12.6 11.4-14.0 3,279 87.4 86.0-88.6
Diabetes
Yes 568 196 31.7 27.2-36.4 372 68.3 63.6-72.8
No 3,652 444 11.2 10.0-12.5 3,208 88.8 87.5-90.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,309 642 45.9 42.6-49.3 667 54.1 50.7-57.4
No 2,864 *** *** *** 2,864 100 . - .
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,298 452 33.7 30.6-36.9 846 66.3 63.1-69.4
No 2,926 190 6.2 5.2- 7.4 2,736 93.8 92.6-94.8

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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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