2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage, rent or utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,398 365 10.3 9.1-11.6 3,033 89.7 88.4-90.9
GENDER
Male 1,486 148 9.0 7.5-10.7 1,338 91.0 89.3-92.5
Female 1,912 217 11.4 9.8-13.3 1,695 88.6 86.7-90.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,022 260 8.4 7.3- 9.6 2,762 91.6 90.4-92.7
No 340 101 29.4 23.8-35.8 239 70.6 64.2-76.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 862 69 7.4 5.6- 9.7 793 92.6 90.3-94.4
Overweight 1,065 94 9.0 7.0-11.5 971 91.0 88.5-93.0
Obese 1,141 146 12.0 10.0-14.3 995 88.0 85.7-90.0
Current Smoker
Yes 357 66 15.7 12.0-20.1 291 84.3 79.9-88.0
No 3,016 293 9.5 8.3-10.9 2,723 90.5 89.1-91.7
History of CVD**
Yes 378 53 13.1 9.6-17.7 325 86.9 82.3-90.4
No 2,993 312 10.1 8.8-11.4 2,681 89.9 88.6-91.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 385 49 10.4 7.7-14.0 336 89.6 86.0-92.3
No 2,927 305 10.1 8.9-11.5 2,622 89.9 88.5-91.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,181 340 10.2 9.0-11.5 2,841 89.8 88.5-91.0
COPD
Yes 252 41 16.0 11.5-21.9 211 84.0 78.1-88.5
No 3,136 322 9.7 8.6-11.0 2,814 90.3 89.0-91.4
Current Asthma
Yes 331 60 21.9 16.4-28.7 271 78.1 71.3-83.6
No 3,050 302 9.0 7.9-10.2 2,748 91.0 89.8-92.1
Diabetes
Yes 499 50 10.3 7.4-14.2 449 89.7 85.8-92.6
No 2,898 315 10.3 9.0-11.7 2,583 89.7 88.3-91.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,094 183 16.7 14.1-19.6 911 83.3 80.4-85.9
No 2,267 179 7.4 6.2- 8.7 2,088 92.6 91.3-93.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,119 146 13.9 11.4-16.8 973 86.1 83.2-88.6
No 2,279 219 8.7 7.5-10.0 2,060 91.3 90.0-92.5

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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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