2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Caregiver

During the past 30 days, did you provide regular care or assistance to a friend or family member
who has a health problem or disability?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,421 561 15.5 14.2-17.0 2,860 84.5 83.0-85.8
GENDER
Male 1,497 194 12.6 10.8-14.7 1,303 87.4 85.3-89.2
Female 1,924 367 18.1 16.1-20.2 1,557 81.9 79.8-83.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,042 526 16.3 14.8-17.9 2,516 83.7 82.1-85.2
No 342 32 10.2 6.9-14.8 310 89.8 85.2-93.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 868 132 14.5 11.9-17.4 736 85.5 82.6-88.1
Overweight 1,075 169 14.3 12.1-16.9 906 85.7 83.1-87.9
Obese 1,146 213 18.1 15.6-20.8 933 81.9 79.2-84.4
Current Smoker
Yes 361 75 19.2 14.9-24.3 286 80.8 75.7-85.1
No 3,034 482 15.1 13.7-16.7 2,552 84.9 83.3-86.3
History of CVD**
Yes 381 63 16.5 12.5-21.5 318 83.5 78.5-87.5
No 3,013 494 15.5 14.0-17.0 2,519 84.5 83.0-86.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 387 60 14.1 10.6-18.5 327 85.9 81.5-89.4
No 2,946 488 15.9 14.4-17.5 2,458 84.1 82.5-85.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 134 31 21.8 14.3-31.7 103 78.2 68.3-85.7
No 3,201 519 15.5 14.1-17.0 2,682 84.5 83.0-85.9
COPD
Yes 255 47 18.0 13.0-24.4 208 82.0 75.6-87.0
No 3,156 512 15.4 13.9-16.9 2,644 84.6 83.1-86.1
Current Asthma
Yes 334 73 21.1 16.4-26.7 261 78.9 73.3-83.6
No 3,070 487 15.0 13.6-16.5 2,583 85.0 83.5-86.4
Diabetes
Yes 502 89 17.0 13.4-21.2 413 83.0 78.8-86.6
No 2,918 471 15.3 13.8-16.9 2,447 84.7 83.1-86.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,100 214 19.0 16.3-22.0 886 81.0 78.0-83.7
No 2,283 341 14.0 12.4-15.7 1,942 86.0 84.3-87.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,130 235 20.6 17.9-23.5 895 79.4 76.5-82.1
No 2,291 326 13.3 11.8-15.0 1,965 86.7 85.0-88.2

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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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