2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Adults who had some form of health insurance

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,244 3,819 90.2 89.1-91.2 425 9.8 8.8-10.9
GENDER
Male 1,934 1,700 88.5 86.8-90.0 234 11.5 10.0-13.2
Female 2,310 2,119 91.8 90.4-93.1 191 8.2 6.9- 9.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,819 3,819 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 425 *** *** *** 425 100 . - .
Body Mass Index
Underweight 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,102 1,006 90.8 88.5-92.7 96 9.2 7.3-11.5
Overweight 1,342 1,228 92.0 90.1-93.6 114 8.0 6.4- 9.9
Obese 1,346 1,245 92.2 90.2-93.8 101 7.8 6.2- 9.8
Current Smoker
Yes 444 378 85.3 81.0-88.9 66 14.7 11.1-19.0
No 3,639 3,296 90.8 89.6-91.9 343 9.2 8.1-10.4
History of CVD**
Yes 441 425 97.1 95.0-98.4 16 2.9 1.6- 5.0
No 3,768 3,363 89.5 88.3-90.6 405 10.5 9.4-11.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 499 441 89.5 85.9-92.2 58 10.5 7.8-14.1
No 3,464 3,129 90.6 89.4-91.7 335 9.4 8.3-10.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,793 3,416 90.5 89.3-91.5 377 9.5 8.5-10.7
COPD
Yes 292 278 95.3 91.7-97.4 14 4.7 2.6- 8.3
No 3,938 3,530 89.9 88.7-91.0 408 10.1 9.0-11.3
Current Asthma
Yes 400 381 93.3 88.7-96.2 19 6.7 3.8-11.3
No 3,823 3,421 90.0 88.8-91.0 402 10.0 9.0-11.2
Diabetes
Yes 574 551 96.5 94.1-98.0 23 3.5 2.0- 5.9
No 3,666 3,265 89.3 88.0-90.4 401 10.7 9.6-12.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,296 1,187 91.4 89.3-93.1 109 8.6 6.9-10.7
No 2,809 2,512 90.0 88.6-91.2 297 10.0 8.8-11.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,308 1,259 96.2 94.5-97.3 49 3.8 2.7- 5.5
No 2,936 2,560 87.9 86.5-89.2 376 12.1 10.8-13.5

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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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