2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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including dental insurance prepaid plans such as HMOs or government plans such as Medicaid?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,508 2,339 69.1 67.3-70.9 1,169 30.9 29.1-32.7
GENDER
Male 1,544 1,014 68.5 65.8-71.1 530 31.5 28.9-34.2
Female 1,964 1,325 69.6 67.1-72.1 639 30.4 27.9-32.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,112 2,301 76.0 74.2-77.8 811 24.0 22.2-25.8
No 357 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 875 576 67.4 63.4-71.2 299 32.6 28.8-36.6
Overweight 1,091 749 71.5 68.3-74.6 342 28.5 25.4-31.7
Obese 1,159 831 73.8 70.7-76.7 328 26.2 23.3-29.3
Current Smoker
Yes 360 224 65.3 59.1-71.0 136 34.7 29.0-40.9
No 3,043 2,055 70.0 68.0-71.9 988 30.0 28.1-32.0
History of CVD**
Yes 385 262 70.6 64.3-76.1 123 29.4 23.9-35.7
No 3,094 2,060 69.1 67.1-71.0 1,034 30.9 29.0-32.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 385 272 73.7 68.4-78.5 113 26.3 21.5-31.6
No 2,923 1,953 69.7 67.6-71.6 970 30.3 28.4-32.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 135 93 68.8 58.5-77.6 42 31.2 22.4-41.5
No 3,175 2,138 70.3 68.4-72.2 1,037 29.7 27.8-31.6
COPD
Yes 251 172 69.2 61.7-75.7 79 30.8 24.3-38.3
No 3,247 2,162 69.3 67.3-71.1 1,085 30.7 28.9-32.7
Current Asthma
Yes 338 255 73.0 66.4-78.7 83 27.0 21.3-33.6
No 3,154 2,078 68.9 66.9-70.7 1,076 31.1 29.3-33.1
Diabetes
Yes 512 360 72.4 67.5-76.9 152 27.6 23.1-32.5
No 2,995 1,979 68.6 66.5-70.5 1,016 31.4 29.5-33.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,102 715 66.3 62.7-69.7 387 33.7 30.3-37.3
No 2,313 1,575 70.9 68.7-73.0 738 29.1 27.0-31.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,154 774 68.9 65.6-72.1 380 31.1 27.9-34.4
No 2,354 1,565 69.2 66.9-71.3 789 30.8 28.7-33.1

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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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