2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Respiratory Health

Over your lifetime, how many years have you smoked tobacco products?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 to 7 years 8 to 15 years 16 to 29 years 30 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,668 433 29.7 26.9-32.6 404 25.4 22.8-28.2 365 20.0 17.7-22.4 466 25.0 22.4-27.8
-FEMALES 794 192 26.4 22.6-30.6 199 26.0 22.2-30.1 168 19.4 16.2-23.1 235 28.2 24.2-32.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 571 131 26.0 21.5-31.1 139 25.2 20.8-30.0 121 19.4 15.5-23.8 180 29.5 24.8-34.6
Non-Hispanic Black 147 38 25.3 17.7-34.8 40 28.4 19.9-38.9 34 21.3 14.6-30.1 35 24.9 16.4-35.9
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 114 35 30.8 21.5-41.9 36 30.2 21.0-41.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 122 26 21.3 13.8-31.4 28 20.4 13.1-30.3 29 23.8 15.8-34.3 *** *** ***
55-64 191 20 14.2 8.6-22.6 45 19.2 13.5-26.6 37 19.0 12.9-26.9 89 47.6 38.8-56.6
65-74 169 31 13.5 8.8-20.3 33 20.7 13.1-31.2 38 19.8 13.4-28.2 *** *** ***
75+ 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 17.9 10.7-28.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 88 12 9.9 4.9-19.0 *** *** *** 17 16.5 9.1-28.2 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 218 39 18.4 12.3-26.7 50 27.7 20.5-36.2 55 22.4 16.3-29.9 74 31.5 24.2-39.9
Some Post-H.S. 295 77 33.0 26.4-40.4 75 23.9 18.5-30.3 55 18.4 13.4-24.7 88 24.7 19.3-31.0
College Graduate 193 64 38.5 30.4-47.2 52 24.7 18.1-32.7 41 19.8 14.0-27.4 36 17.0 11.3-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 11 8.8 4.4-16.7 23 22.8 14.5-33.8 26 19.1 11.4-30.3 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 174 45 21.9 15.3-30.3 44 34.8 25.4-45.5 29 12.5 8.2-18.7 56 30.8 21.9-41.4
$25,000- 34,999 85 *** *** *** 19 15.5 8.7-26.0 18 18.6 10.5-30.8 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 93 *** *** *** 24 25.1 16.4-36.5 *** *** *** 19 17.9 10.6-28.7
$50,000- 74,999 87 *** *** *** 23 23.6 15.0-35.0 22 23.1 14.5-34.8 20 18.0 10.8-28.4
$75,000+ 114 *** *** *** 34 26.3 17.7-37.1 20 18.4 10.7-30.0 23 19.0 11.8-29.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 360 57 16.3 11.7-22.4 78 23.5 18.2-29.9 85 20.5 15.6-26.3 140 39.7 33.0-46.7
No 433 134 34.3 28.9-40.2 121 27.9 22.8-33.6 83 18.6 14.5-23.6 95 19.2 14.8-24.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 770 184 25.7 21.9-30.0 191 26.1 22.2-30.3 165 19.6 16.3-23.4 230 28.6 24.5-33.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 146 45 30.7 22.4-40.3 33 26.5 18.8-36.1 31 22.1 14.8-31.5 37 20.8 14.6-28.6
Regional City or Suburban County 181 50 27.9 20.5-36.7 45 23.4 16.7-31.8 42 20.3 14.3-28.0 44 28.4 20.1-38.6
Rural 467 97 23.4 18.7-29.0 121 27.2 22.1-32.9 95 17.6 13.7-22.2 154 31.9 26.4-37.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 301 86 32.2 26.0-39.1 86 28.8 22.9-35.5 64 22.2 16.8-28.9 65 16.8 12.5-22.1
Unemployed 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 248 52 17.9 12.8-24.6 54 23.3 16.6-31.5 56 18.8 13.8-25.2 86 40.0 31.3-49.3
Unable to Work 143 19 12.6 7.4-20.4 25 16.4 10.1-25.5 31 19.1 12.4-28.3 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.3 6.3-22.5 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 85 17 18.4 10.5-30.2 *** *** *** 18 12.6 7.0-21.7 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 161 35 24.1 16.9-33.2 41 27.3 19.7-36.6 28 14.7 9.5-22.0 57 33.9 25.7-43.2
151% to 200% 75 *** *** *** 14 15.4 8.3-26.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 305 78 30.4 24.2-37.3 82 25.2 19.8-31.5 69 21.6 16.4-28.0 76 22.8 17.6-28.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 183 37 23.4 15.5-33.6 56 34.6 25.3-45.1 38 16.9 11.1-25.0 52 25.2 17.1-35.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 362 99 28.6 23.0-35.0 72 20.3 15.4-26.3 83 20.4 15.9-25.9 108 30.7 24.5-37.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 249 56 24.7 18.7-31.9 71 30.1 23.7-37.4 47 19.1 13.7-26.1 75 26.0 20.3-32.7

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*Includes only people that smoked one year or more.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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