2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the last 12 months was there a time when an electric, gas, oil, or water company threatened to shut off services?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,392 238 6.5 5.6- 7.6 3,154 93.5 92.4-94.4
GENDER
Male 1,485 98 5.9 4.6- 7.4 1,387 94.1 92.6-95.4
Female 1,907 140 7.1 5.8- 8.6 1,767 92.9 91.4-94.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,017 181 5.7 4.8- 6.8 2,836 94.3 93.2-95.2
No 339 54 14.9 11.1-19.7 285 85.1 80.3-88.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 861 50 6.8 4.8- 9.6 811 93.2 90.4-95.2
Overweight 1,063 60 4.8 3.6- 6.5 1,003 95.2 93.5-96.4
Obese 1,139 99 7.6 6.1- 9.5 1,040 92.4 90.5-93.9
Current Smoker
Yes 358 50 11.6 8.2-16.2 308 88.4 83.8-91.8
No 3,009 184 5.8 4.9- 6.9 2,825 94.2 93.1-95.1
History of CVD**
Yes 378 36 8.3 5.6-12.3 342 91.7 87.7-94.4
No 2,987 201 6.3 5.4- 7.5 2,786 93.7 92.5-94.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 385 41 9.5 6.6-13.6 344 90.5 86.4-93.4
No 2,921 190 6.1 5.1- 7.2 2,731 93.9 92.8-94.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,175 219 6.3 5.4- 7.4 2,956 93.7 92.6-94.6
COPD
Yes 252 26 8.8 5.8-13.1 226 91.2 86.9-94.2
No 3,130 212 6.4 5.4- 7.5 2,918 93.6 92.5-94.6
Current Asthma
Yes 332 40 11.9 8.2-16.9 292 88.1 83.1-91.8
No 3,044 197 5.9 5.0- 6.9 2,847 94.1 93.1-95.0
Diabetes
Yes 498 35 6.8 4.5-10.3 463 93.2 89.7-95.5
No 2,893 203 6.5 5.5- 7.6 2,690 93.5 92.4-94.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,092 115 10.1 8.1-12.6 977 89.9 87.4-91.9
No 2,263 121 4.9 4.0- 6.0 2,142 95.1 94.0-96.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,119 101 8.2 6.5-10.3 1,018 91.8 89.7-93.5
No 2,273 137 5.8 4.7- 7.0 2,136 94.2 93.0-95.3

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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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