2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Pevention--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

The North Carolina tax on a pack of cigarettes is currently 45 cents and the national average is $1.42 cents.
Would you favor or oppose raising North Carolina's cigarette tax to $1.00 if part
of the tax revenue was used to help reduce smoking?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Favor Oppose Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,367 3,193 59.0 56.9-61.0 1,601 31.6 29.7-33.6 573 9.4 8.3-10.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,606 2,766 59.2 57.0-61.5 1,324 31.0 28.9-33.2 516 9.7 8.6-11.1
No 745 418 57.5 52.3-62.5 272 34.5 29.7-39.6 55 8.0 5.8-11.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 91 *** *** *** 22 16.3 8.9-27.9 *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,669 1,015 59.3 55.4-63.1 480 31.4 27.8-35.2 174 9.3 7.5-11.4
Overweight 1,811 1,082 59.2 55.6-62.7 552 32.2 28.9-35.6 177 8.6 6.8-10.9
Obese 1,464 849 56.7 52.8-60.6 457 33.3 29.6-37.2 158 10.0 8.1-12.3
Current Smoker
No 4,379 2,899 66.5 64.3-68.7 960 22.8 20.9-24.9 520 10.6 9.4-12.0
Yes 963 284 30.3 26.2-34.8 634 65.7 61.2-70.0 45 4.0 2.8- 5.7
History of CVD**
Yes 660 343 51.3 45.3-57.2 220 31.9 26.8-37.5 97 16.8 12.6-22.2
No 4,657 2,822 59.8 57.6-62.0 1,368 31.6 29.5-33.8 467 8.6 7.5- 9.8
Binge Drinker
No 4,667 2,832 60.9 58.7-63.1 1,325 29.3 27.2-31.4 510 9.8 8.6-11.1
Yes 575 295 48.5 42.9-54.2 227 44.0 38.3-49.7 53 7.5 5.4-10.4
Heavy Drinker
No 4,974 2,990 60.2 58.0-62.3 1,444 30.2 28.2-32.2 540 9.7 8.5-10.9
Yes 252 127 40.6 32.2-49.5 104 53.3 44.1-62.4 21 6.1 3.3-10.8
COPD
Yes 463 241 50.4 43.4-57.3 181 41.6 34.9-48.6 41 8.1 5.0-12.7
No 4,883 2,941 59.6 57.4-61.8 1,411 30.8 28.8-33.0 531 9.5 8.4-10.8
Current Asthma
Yes 476 276 54.4 47.0-61.6 157 37.0 30.3-44.3 43 8.6 4.9-14.5
No 4,855 2,897 59.5 57.4-61.7 1,432 31.0 29.0-33.1 526 9.5 8.4-10.7
Diabetes
Yes 758 440 59.6 54.1-64.9 215 27.1 22.7-32.1 103 13.3 9.8-17.7
No 4,592 2,744 58.9 56.7-61.1 1,381 32.2 30.1-34.4 467 8.9 7.8-10.1
Disability
Yes 1,648 903 51.5 47.7-55.2 557 37.5 33.9-41.2 188 11.0 8.7-13.8
No 3,697 2,275 61.5 59.0-63.9 1,042 29.7 27.4-32.1 380 8.8 7.7-10.1

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 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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