2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Never Once a year Once a month Once a week Once a day/once an hour/constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,066 1,799 57.8 55.7-59.9 240 7.9 6.8- 9.1 308 10.2 9.0-11.5 257 8.2 7.1- 9.4 462 16.0 14.4-17.6
GENDER
Male 1,334 800 59.3 56.2-62.4 112 8.3 6.8-10.2 127 9.3 7.7-11.2 115 8.1 6.6- 9.9 180 15.0 12.8-17.5
Female 1,732 999 56.5 53.6-59.3 128 7.5 6.1- 9.2 181 10.9 9.2-12.9 142 8.3 6.8-10.0 282 16.8 14.7-19.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,814 1,672 58.2 56.0-60.4 215 7.7 6.6- 9.0 285 10.3 9.0-11.7 232 8.4 7.2- 9.7 410 15.4 13.8-17.1
No 227 114 55.2 47.5-62.7 23 9.0 5.8-13.8 21 9.2 5.7-14.4 25 7.5 4.9-11.3 44 19.1 13.8-25.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 800 461 56.2 51.9-60.3 68 8.4 6.4-11.1 83 10.2 8.0-12.9 80 10.4 7.9-13.4 108 14.9 11.9-18.3
Overweight 973 576 57.8 54.1-61.5 81 8.9 7.0-11.3 115 11.4 9.3-13.9 76 7.4 5.8- 9.5 125 14.4 11.9-17.4
Obese 1,041 622 59.8 56.2-63.3 71 6.6 5.0- 8.7 87 8.8 6.9-11.2 83 7.8 6.1- 9.9 178 17.0 14.4-20.0
Current Smoker
Yes 328 211 62.4 55.7-68.7 17 5.7 3.1-10.0 31 9.1 6.1-13.4 20 5.1 3.2- 8.2 49 17.7 12.9-23.8
No 2,718 1,579 57.2 55.0-59.5 221 8.2 7.1- 9.5 277 10.4 9.1-11.8 235 8.6 7.4- 9.9 406 15.6 14.0-17.3
History of CVD**
Yes 348 258 70.8 64.4-76.5 21 6.9 4.0-11.7 20 4.6 2.8- 7.3 13 4.5 2.5- 7.8 36 13.3 9.3-18.6
No 2,695 1,524 56.1 53.8-58.3 219 8.1 7.0- 9.4 285 10.8 9.5-12.2 244 8.7 7.5-10.0 423 16.4 14.7-18.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 353 155 46.5 40.4-52.6 48 13.9 10.1-18.9 46 12.4 8.8-17.2 51 12.7 9.4-17.0 53 14.5 10.7-19.5
No 2,639 1,594 59.2 57.0-61.5 189 7.2 6.2- 8.5 258 10.0 8.7-11.4 203 7.7 6.5- 9.0 395 15.9 14.2-17.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 124 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 15.8 8.9-26.5 19 12.1 7.4-19.4 *** *** ***
No 2,868 1,688 57.8 55.7-60.0 224 8.0 6.9- 9.3 287 10.1 8.9-11.5 235 8.1 7.0- 9.4 434 15.9 14.3-17.6
COPD
Yes 239 169 68.2 60.5-75.1 *** *** *** 21 8.1 4.9-13.0 *** *** *** 29 13.8 9.1-20.4
No 2,818 1,624 56.9 54.7-59.1 227 7.9 6.8- 9.2 287 10.4 9.1-11.8 247 8.6 7.4- 9.9 433 16.2 14.6-17.9
Current Asthma
Yes 312 175 55.2 48.6-61.7 22 7.6 4.6-12.4 29 7.4 4.8-11.3 18 6.9 4.2-11.0 68 22.8 17.8-28.8
No 2,739 1,617 58.1 55.8-60.3 217 8.0 6.8- 9.3 276 10.4 9.1-11.8 238 8.4 7.2- 9.7 391 15.2 13.6-17.0
Diabetes
Yes 459 313 68.2 62.8-73.1 32 8.0 5.3-11.9 33 6.1 4.1- 9.1 18 3.5 2.1- 5.6 63 14.2 10.8-18.6
No 2,606 1,485 55.9 53.6-58.2 208 7.9 6.8- 9.2 275 10.9 9.5-12.4 239 9.0 7.8-10.4 399 16.3 14.6-18.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,008 659 64.1 60.3-67.7 66 6.7 5.0- 8.8 77 8.0 6.1-10.4 64 6.4 4.8- 8.5 142 14.9 12.3-17.9
No 2,024 1,125 55.1 52.5-57.7 172 8.6 7.2-10.2 225 11.2 9.7-12.9 190 9.1 7.7-10.6 312 16.0 14.2-18.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,046 700 65.9 62.3-69.3 69 7.2 5.4- 9.5 72 5.8 4.4- 7.6 52 5.5 4.1- 7.3 153 15.7 13.2-18.6
No 2,020 1,099 54.0 51.4-56.6 171 8.2 7.0- 9.7 236 12.2 10.6-14.0 205 9.5 8.1-11.1 309 16.1 14.2-18.2

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*Other includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, mixed race, or some other group

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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