2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,273 3,459 79.2 77.7-80.7 350 9.3 8.2-10.5 210 5.5 4.7- 6.4 215 5.3 4.6- 6.2 39 0.7 0.5- 1.0
GENDER
Male 1,940 1,472 75.2 72.9-77.4 167 9.1 7.7-10.8 126 6.8 5.6- 8.2 144 7.6 6.4- 9.1 31 1.2 0.9- 1.8
Female 2,333 1,987 82.9 80.8-84.8 183 9.4 7.9-11.2 84 4.2 3.3- 5.5 71 3.2 2.4- 4.1 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,788 3,242 83.7 82.2-85.2 272 8.1 7.1- 9.3 144 4.5 3.7- 5.4 122 3.5 2.9- 4.3 *** *** ***
No 411 158 36.5 31.2-42.1 70 20.0 15.3-25.7 62 14.6 11.1-19.1 91 22.7 18.2-27.8 30 6.2 4.3- 9.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,115 861 75.5 72.2-78.5 111 11.1 8.9-13.8 62 6.0 4.5- 8.0 67 6.4 4.9- 8.4 14 1.0 0.6- 1.7
Overweight 1,343 1,108 80.6 77.7-83.1 100 8.6 6.7-10.8 61 5.1 3.8- 6.8 65 5.3 4.0- 7.0 *** *** ***
Obese 1,349 1,144 82.5 79.8-84.9 90 8.0 6.3-10.0 54 4.9 3.6- 6.6 58 4.4 3.4- 5.8 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 447 333 73.2 67.9-77.8 37 10.6 7.4-14.8 27 6.2 3.9- 9.6 42 8.7 6.2-12.1 *** *** ***
No 3,662 2,999 80.1 78.4-81.7 298 9.1 7.9-10.4 173 5.3 4.5- 6.3 164 4.9 4.1- 5.8 28 0.6 0.4- 1.0
History of CVD**
Yes 444 417 93.6 90.2-95.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,791 3,010 77.7 76.0-79.3 335 9.9 8.7-11.2 202 5.9 5.0- 6.9 206 5.8 4.9- 6.7 38 0.8 0.6- 1.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 495 351 70.7 65.7-75.2 52 10.2 7.5-13.8 45 10.2 7.2-14.2 36 7.4 5.1-10.5 *** *** ***
No 3,489 2,875 80.6 78.9-82.2 274 9.1 7.9-10.4 149 4.7 3.9- 5.6 168 5.0 4.2- 5.9 23 0.6 0.4- 0.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 166 124 73.5 64.1-81.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,822 3,107 79.6 78.0-81.1 309 9.3 8.1-10.5 184 5.3 4.5- 6.3 192 5.2 4.5- 6.1 30 0.6 0.4- 0.9
COPD
Yes 295 267 88.3 82.9-92.1 14 5.4 3.1- 9.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,964 3,184 78.7 77.1-80.2 331 9.4 8.3-10.6 202 5.7 4.8- 6.6 209 5.5 4.7- 6.4 38 0.8 0.5- 1.1
Current Asthma
Yes 407 347 81.0 75.2-85.7 30 10.0 6.4-15.2 *** *** *** 17 4.6 2.7- 7.7 *** *** ***
No 3,845 3,100 79.1 77.5-80.7 316 9.2 8.0-10.4 196 5.6 4.8- 6.6 195 5.3 4.6- 6.2 38 0.8 0.6- 1.1
Diabetes
Yes 578 550 93.0 89.0-95.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,691 2,907 77.2 75.5-78.8 335 10.0 8.8-11.3 200 6.0 5.1- 7.0 212 6.1 5.2- 7.0 37 0.8 0.6- 1.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,299 1,095 80.2 77.1-83.0 90 9.0 7.0-11.5 45 4.8 3.4- 6.8 56 5.0 3.7- 6.8 13 0.9 0.5- 1.6
No 2,831 2,254 79.0 77.2-80.8 243 9.1 7.8-10.5 159 5.8 4.8- 6.9 152 5.5 4.6- 6.5 23 0.7 0.4- 1.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,314 1,208 89.5 86.9-91.7 58 5.8 4.2- 8.1 20 2.1 1.3- 3.5 23 2.3 1.4- 3.8 *** *** ***
No 2,959 2,251 75.2 73.2-77.0 292 10.6 9.3-12.1 190 6.8 5.8- 8.0 192 6.5 5.6- 7.6 34 0.9 0.7- 1.4

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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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