2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the past 12 months has a lack of reliable transportation kept you from medical appointments, meetings, work, or from getting things needed for daily living?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,393 191 5.3 4.4- 6.3 3,202 94.7 93.7-95.6
GENDER
Male 1,486 84 5.1 4.0- 6.6 1,402 94.9 93.4-96.0
Female 1,907 107 5.4 4.3- 6.8 1,800 94.6 93.2-95.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,017 134 4.3 3.5- 5.3 2,883 95.7 94.7-96.5
No 340 54 14.7 10.8-19.7 286 85.3 80.3-89.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 862 43 5.4 3.7- 7.8 819 94.6 92.2-96.3
Overweight 1,062 41 3.6 2.4- 5.2 1,021 96.4 94.8-97.6
Obese 1,139 71 5.2 4.0- 6.7 1,068 94.8 93.3-96.0
Current Smoker
Yes 358 36 9.8 6.3-14.7 322 90.2 85.3-93.7
No 3,011 152 4.7 3.9- 5.6 2,859 95.3 94.4-96.1
History of CVD**
Yes 379 36 8.0 5.6-11.3 343 92.0 88.7-94.4
No 2,987 153 4.9 4.0- 5.9 2,834 95.1 94.1-96.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 385 25 5.6 3.6- 8.7 360 94.4 91.3-96.4
No 2,922 161 5.2 4.3- 6.3 2,761 94.8 93.7-95.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,176 178 5.2 4.4- 6.3 2,998 94.8 93.7-95.6
COPD
Yes 252 25 8.1 5.2-12.4 227 91.9 87.6-94.8
No 3,131 166 5.1 4.2- 6.1 2,965 94.9 93.9-95.8
Current Asthma
Yes 331 34 11.7 7.9-17.0 297 88.3 83.0-92.1
No 3,045 156 4.6 3.8- 5.5 2,889 95.4 94.5-96.2
Diabetes
Yes 498 31 5.9 3.9- 9.0 467 94.1 91.0-96.1
No 2,894 160 5.2 4.3- 6.2 2,734 94.8 93.8-95.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,093 103 9.3 7.3-11.7 990 90.7 88.3-92.7
No 2,262 85 3.2 2.6- 4.1 2,177 96.8 95.9-97.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,121 88 7.4 5.8- 9.4 1,033 92.6 90.6-94.2
No 2,272 103 4.3 3.4- 5.5 2,169 95.7 94.5-96.6

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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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