2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Summary Index of Chronic Health Conditions*

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  Total
Respond.^
No chronic disease 1 chronic disease 2+ chronic diseases
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,325 1,788 43.7 41.9-45.5 1,211 28.2 26.6-29.8 1,326 28.1 26.5-29.7
GENDER
Male 1,978 915 48.4 45.8-50.9 537 27.3 25.0-29.7 526 24.3 22.2-26.6
Female 2,347 873 39.4 37.0-41.9 674 29.0 26.8-31.3 800 31.6 29.4-33.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,819 1,441 40.5 38.6-42.4 1,119 29.3 27.6-31.0 1,259 30.2 28.6-32.0
No 425 299 67.7 61.8-73.0 77 21.2 16.6-26.7 49 11.1 7.8-15.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,130 530 50.4 46.8-54.0 326 28.6 25.5-32.0 274 21.0 18.3-23.9
Overweight 1,360 560 43.4 40.2-46.5 384 28.1 25.3-31.0 416 28.6 25.8-31.6
Obese 1,360 422 33.3 30.4-36.4 408 30.4 27.6-33.5 530 36.2 33.3-39.3
Current Smoker
Yes 455 143 35.6 30.2-41.2 111 22.8 18.7-27.5 201 41.7 36.3-47.2
No 3,703 1,562 44.6 42.7-46.5 1,059 28.9 27.1-30.7 1,082 26.6 24.9-28.3
History of CVD**
Yes 446 *** *** *** 51 12.5 8.7-17.8 395 87.5 82.2-91.3
No 3,840 1,775 48.3 46.4-50.1 1,148 29.7 28.0-31.4 917 22.1 20.6-23.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 505 257 49.7 44.6-54.9 148 30.7 26.1-35.8 100 19.5 15.7-24.0
No 3,525 1,381 42.0 40.1-44.0 996 28.2 26.5-30.1 1,148 29.7 28.0-31.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 56 35.5 27.4-44.5 61 37.1 28.7-46.4 54 27.4 20.4-35.7
No 3,861 1,581 43.4 41.5-45.3 1,082 28.2 26.5-29.9 1,198 28.4 26.8-30.1
COPD
Yes 297 *** *** *** 29 12.1 8.2-17.5 268 87.9 82.5-91.8
No 4,014 1,786 47.0 45.1-48.8 1,176 29.3 27.6-31.0 1,052 23.7 22.2-25.3
Current Asthma
Yes 410 *** *** *** 111 28.5 23.6-33.9 299 71.5 66.1-76.4
No 3,893 1,781 48.3 46.4-50.2 1,094 28.1 26.4-29.9 1,018 23.6 22.1-25.2
Diabetes
Yes 580 *** *** *** 119 22.9 18.8-27.5 461 77.1 72.5-81.2
No 3,741 1,787 50.4 48.5-52.3 1,091 29.0 27.3-30.8 863 20.7 19.2-22.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,315 214 17.2 14.8-19.9 370 30.5 27.4-33.7 731 52.3 49.0-55.7
No 2,864 1,503 55.2 53.1-57.4 802 27.1 25.2-29.1 559 17.7 16.1-19.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,326 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,326 100 . - .
No 2,999 1,788 60.8 58.7-62.9 1,211 39.2 37.1-41.3 *** *** ***

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*The index consists of heart disease (heart attack/stroke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer,
other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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