2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because you could not afford it?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,316 469 11.3 10.2-12.5 3,847 88.7 87.5-89.8
GENDER
Male 1,973 190 9.7 8.3-11.3 1,783 90.3 88.7-91.7
Female 2,343 279 12.8 11.2-14.6 2,064 87.2 85.4-88.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,814 294 8.0 7.0- 9.1 3,520 92.0 90.9-93.0
No 424 167 43.0 37.4-48.8 257 57.0 51.2-62.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,129 98 10.5 8.3-13.1 1,031 89.5 86.9-91.7
Overweight 1,359 112 8.2 6.6-10.2 1,247 91.8 89.8-93.4
Obese 1,355 179 13.2 11.2-15.5 1,176 86.8 84.5-88.8
Current Smoker
Yes 454 81 18.6 14.7-23.4 373 81.4 76.6-85.3
No 3,695 367 10.3 9.2-11.6 3,328 89.7 88.4-90.8
History of CVD**
Yes 445 38 8.3 5.8-11.9 407 91.7 88.1-94.2
No 3,833 430 11.7 10.5-13.0 3,403 88.3 87.0-89.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 503 66 12.0 9.1-15.6 437 88.0 84.4-90.9
No 3,519 365 10.9 9.7-12.2 3,154 89.1 87.8-90.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 170 25 15.2 9.6-23.1 145 84.8 76.9-90.4
No 3,854 408 10.8 9.7-12.0 3,446 89.2 88.0-90.3
COPD
Yes 297 39 13.6 9.5-19.1 258 86.4 80.9-90.5
No 4,006 429 11.1 10.0-12.4 3,577 88.9 87.6-90.0
Current Asthma
Yes 410 57 16.1 12.0-21.2 353 83.9 78.8-88.0
No 3,884 408 10.8 9.7-12.0 3,476 89.2 88.0-90.3
Diabetes
Yes 579 63 11.2 8.3-15.0 516 88.8 85.0-91.7
No 3,733 405 11.3 10.1-12.6 3,328 88.7 87.4-89.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,312 195 17.0 14.5-19.8 1,117 83.0 80.2-85.5
No 2,859 251 8.6 7.5- 9.9 2,608 91.4 90.1-92.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,324 147 12.2 10.1-14.7 1,177 87.8 85.3-89.9
No 2,992 322 10.9 9.7-12.3 2,670 89.1 87.7-90.3

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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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