2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,308 3,527 82.4 81.0-83.7 781 17.6 16.3-19.0
GENDER
Male 1,971 1,614 81.8 79.7-83.8 357 18.2 16.2-20.3
Female 2,337 1,913 83.0 81.1-84.7 424 17.0 15.3-18.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,811 3,162 83.4 81.9-84.8 649 16.6 15.2-18.1
No 419 302 74.5 69.6-78.9 117 25.5 21.1-30.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,126 989 88.2 85.7-90.3 137 11.8 9.7-14.3
Overweight 1,355 1,140 85.9 83.6-88.0 215 14.1 12.0-16.4
Obese 1,355 1,027 75.8 73.0-78.4 328 24.2 21.6-27.0
Current Smoker
Yes 454 331 73.3 68.1-77.9 123 26.7 22.1-31.9
No 3,690 3,064 83.7 82.3-85.1 626 16.3 14.9-17.7
History of CVD**
Yes 444 260 62.1 56.4-67.5 184 37.9 32.5-43.6
No 3,827 3,240 84.6 83.2-86.0 587 15.4 14.0-16.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 431 87.3 83.5-90.2 73 12.7 9.8-16.5
No 3,512 2,851 81.8 80.2-83.3 661 18.2 16.7-19.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 142 82.7 74.0-88.9 29 17.3 11.1-26.0
No 3,847 3,141 82.5 81.0-83.9 706 17.5 16.1-19.0
COPD
Yes 297 148 53.8 46.9-60.5 149 46.2 39.5-53.1
No 3,997 3,372 84.7 83.3-86.0 625 15.3 14.0-16.7
Current Asthma
Yes 408 282 69.5 63.9-74.6 126 30.5 25.4-36.1
No 3,878 3,230 83.8 82.4-85.2 648 16.2 14.8-17.6
Diabetes
Yes 575 351 61.5 56.6-66.3 224 38.5 33.7-43.4
No 3,729 3,175 85.7 84.3-87.0 554 14.3 13.0-15.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,308 825 64.6 61.4-67.7 483 35.4 32.3-38.6
No 2,857 2,584 90.5 89.1-91.7 273 9.5 8.3-10.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,320 874 66.2 63.0-69.2 446 33.8 30.8-37.0
No 2,988 2,653 88.8 87.3-90.1 335 11.2 9.9-12.7

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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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