2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,270 3,207 75.0 73.4-76.5 241 5.6 4.8- 6.4 342 8.2 7.2- 9.2 313 7.6 6.7- 8.6 167 3.7 3.1- 4.4
GENDER
Male 1,955 1,525 78.1 75.9-80.2 98 4.9 3.9- 6.1 141 7.7 6.4- 9.3 118 5.8 4.7- 7.0 73 3.5 2.7- 4.6
Female 2,315 1,682 72.0 69.6-74.2 143 6.3 5.2- 7.5 201 8.6 7.3-10.1 195 9.3 7.8-11.0 94 3.9 3.1- 4.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,772 2,819 74.8 73.1-76.4 217 5.7 4.9- 6.6 303 8.2 7.2- 9.3 280 7.6 6.6- 8.7 153 3.8 3.1- 4.6
No 420 330 75.4 69.8-80.2 16 3.5 2.0- 5.8 33 9.2 6.2-13.3 29 8.6 5.5-13.2 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,120 843 74.6 71.3-77.7 76 7.0 5.3- 9.2 92 8.1 6.5-10.2 73 6.9 5.2- 9.2 36 3.3 2.3- 4.8
Overweight 1,341 1,042 78.0 75.3-80.5 60 4.1 3.1- 5.4 112 8.9 7.2-11.0 86 6.0 4.7- 7.6 41 3.0 2.1- 4.3
Obese 1,341 945 70.3 67.3-73.2 86 6.3 5.0- 8.0 119 8.8 7.1-10.7 117 9.5 7.7-11.7 74 5.0 3.9- 6.6
Current Smoker
Yes 447 311 68.2 62.7-73.2 20 4.1 2.4- 7.1 34 8.2 5.6-11.9 50 11.3 8.1-15.6 32 8.1 5.4-12.0
No 3,658 2,773 75.8 74.1-77.4 211 5.8 4.9- 6.7 303 8.4 7.4- 9.6 246 7.0 6.0- 8.1 125 3.0 2.5- 3.7
History of CVD**
Yes 434 300 74.0 68.9-78.5 16 3.4 1.9- 5.9 24 5.2 3.1- 8.4 49 9.8 7.0-13.4 45 7.8 5.6-10.7
No 3,798 2,881 75.1 73.4-76.7 224 5.8 5.0- 6.8 315 8.5 7.5- 9.6 258 7.3 6.4- 8.5 120 3.2 2.6- 4.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 500 357 70.3 65.3-74.8 45 9.3 6.7-12.8 50 9.1 6.7-12.3 36 8.4 5.7-12.1 *** *** ***
No 3,479 2,620 75.3 73.6-77.0 183 5.1 4.3- 6.1 280 8.5 7.4- 9.7 256 7.4 6.4- 8.6 140 3.6 3.0- 4.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 170 119 68.8 59.8-76.5 *** *** *** 28 14.6 9.8-21.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,813 2,861 74.9 73.2-76.6 220 5.8 5.0- 6.7 303 8.3 7.3- 9.4 283 7.5 6.6- 8.6 146 3.4 2.8- 4.1
COPD
Yes 287 157 59.3 52.4-65.8 *** *** *** 27 8.9 5.8-13.2 47 14.1 10.2-19.3 43 13.9 9.7-19.6
No 3,970 3,042 76.1 74.4-77.6 227 5.7 4.9- 6.6 312 8.1 7.1- 9.2 265 7.1 6.2- 8.2 124 3.0 2.4- 3.7
Current Asthma
Yes 401 238 59.4 53.6-65.0 29 7.6 4.9-11.5 45 11.2 8.1-15.2 57 14.9 11.1-19.9 32 6.9 4.7-10.0
No 3,848 2,959 76.6 75.0-78.2 208 5.3 4.6- 6.2 294 7.9 6.9- 9.0 254 6.9 5.9- 7.9 133 3.3 2.7- 4.0
Diabetes
Yes 568 385 68.4 63.5-72.9 20 3.8 2.3- 6.2 54 8.1 5.9-11.1 71 14.2 10.8-18.4 38 5.5 3.8- 7.7
No 3,699 2,820 75.9 74.3-77.6 221 5.9 5.0- 6.8 287 8.2 7.2- 9.3 242 6.6 5.7- 7.7 129 3.4 2.8- 4.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,281 748 58.4 55.0-61.7 59 4.7 3.4- 6.4 148 11.5 9.6-13.8 188 15.2 12.9-17.9 138 10.2 8.4-12.3
No 2,845 2,349 82.1 80.4-83.7 172 6.0 5.0- 7.0 188 6.9 5.9- 8.2 111 4.1 3.3- 5.1 25 0.9 0.6- 1.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,293 825 63.7 60.4-66.8 57 4.3 3.1- 5.8 127 9.8 8.0-11.8 164 13.3 11.1-15.8 120 9.1 7.4-11.1
No 2,977 2,382 79.3 77.5-81.0 184 6.1 5.2- 7.2 215 7.6 6.5- 8.8 149 5.4 4.5- 6.6 47 1.6 1.2- 2.3

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

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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