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
-MALES 874 241 32.3 28.5-36.4 205 24.9 21.5-28.7 197 20.4 17.4-23.8 231 22.3 19.0-26.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 622 145 27.2 22.9-32.0 150 25.9 21.7-30.5 146 22.0 18.3-26.3 181 24.9 20.8-29.5
Non-Hispanic Black 142 48 40.6 31.6-50.4 28 21.8 14.7-31.2 32 18.4 12.5-26.4 34 19.1 12.7-27.7
Other 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 13.2 7.6-22.0 13 10.0 5.5-17.7
AGE
18-34 146 86 60.7 51.3-69.4 50 33.5 25.3-42.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 108 34 32.4 23.0-43.4 34 29.3 20.5-40.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 146 34 25.6 17.7-35.4 29 20.1 13.4-29.1 38 25.1 17.8-34.2 45 29.2 20.5-39.8
55-64 157 26 21.8 14.9-30.8 30 20.4 13.5-29.8 35 16.9 11.5-24.2 66 40.8 31.9-50.4
65-74 199 41 17.6 12.2-24.6 35 21.6 14.7-30.6 43 21.4 15.0-29.5 80 39.4 30.5-49.2
75+ 112 *** *** *** 27 21.3 13.2-32.4 30 24.0 15.4-35.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 36 33.8 24.3-44.8 24 17.3 10.9-26.4 29 19.7 13.1-28.6 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 262 71 32.4 25.7-39.8 48 23.5 17.4-30.8 58 19.1 13.9-25.6 85 25.1 19.6-31.6
Some Post-H.S. 255 64 29.6 23.1-37.0 67 28.4 22.1-35.7 67 22.7 17.4-29.0 57 19.4 14.2-25.9
College Graduate 219 68 35.8 28.4-43.9 63 28.9 22.2-36.7 42 19.5 13.9-26.7 46 15.8 11.0-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 141 39 34.6 25.4-45.2 26 19.0 12.1-28.6 24 13.1 8.1-20.6 52 33.2 24.1-43.8
$25,000- 34,999 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 15.5 9.1-25.2 22 22.0 13.6-33.4
$35,000- 49,999 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** 31 25.2 16.9-35.9 25 15.6 9.8-23.9
$50,000- 74,999 114 27 26.2 17.3-37.6 28 26.2 17.2-37.8 *** *** *** 30 21.2 13.6-31.4
$75,000+ 206 64 35.3 27.6-43.8 56 26.3 19.5-34.3 46 20.8 15.1-27.8 40 17.7 12.0-25.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 328 70 25.0 19.3-31.6 60 20.5 15.5-26.5 86 23.7 18.6-29.7 112 30.8 24.8-37.6
No 540 170 36.2 31.3-41.4 142 26.7 22.3-31.7 110 18.9 15.3-23.2 118 18.2 14.4-22.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 263 57 26.8 20.2-34.7 57 24.6 18.5-31.9 64 23.2 17.4-30.2 85 25.4 19.7-32.2
Non-Veteran 610 184 34.0 29.5-38.8 148 25.1 21.0-29.6 132 19.5 16.1-23.5 146 21.4 17.6-25.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 184 66 38.7 30.9-47.1 50 28.8 21.7-37.1 32 17.6 12.2-24.7 36 14.9 10.2-21.2
Regional City or Suburban County 225 62 32.1 24.9-40.2 60 25.3 19.1-32.7 47 17.6 12.5-24.3 56 25.0 18.5-32.9
Rural 465 113 29.1 23.9-35.0 95 22.7 18.0-28.2 118 23.8 19.4-28.9 139 24.4 19.7-29.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 444 151 38.4 33.1-44.0 127 28.9 24.1-34.3 89 17.9 14.2-22.4 77 14.8 11.2-19.3
Unemployed 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 277 51 19.8 14.4-26.7 51 19.3 13.9-26.3 69 23.4 17.7-30.3 106 37.4 30.3-45.2
Unable to Work 104 15 15.7 8.4-27.4 17 17.5 10.3-28.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 19.9 11.6-31.8
101% to 150% 143 38 33.5 24.2-44.3 24 16.9 10.8-25.6 27 14.7 9.5-22.1 54 34.9 25.7-45.3
151% to 200% 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 437 115 30.3 25.1-36.0 115 27.5 22.5-33.1 105 23.1 18.6-28.2 102 19.2 15.1-24.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 187 40 23.6 16.3-33.1 36 25.9 17.7-36.2 51 25.0 17.9-33.7 60 25.5 18.1-34.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 389 107 30.7 25.3-36.7 90 22.8 18.1-28.2 79 19.7 15.5-24.8 113 26.8 21.5-32.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 298 94 37.6 31.1-44.6 79 27.3 21.5-33.9 67 19.6 14.9-25.4 58 15.5 11.4-20.7

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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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