2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,919 3,055 76.2 74.4-77.9 864 23.8 22.1-25.6
GENDER
Male 1,763 1,287 70.1 67.2-72.9 476 29.9 27.1-32.8
Female 2,156 1,768 81.5 79.2-83.5 388 18.5 16.5-20.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,380 2,705 78.4 76.5-80.2 675 21.6 19.8-23.5
No 535 348 63.7 58.3-68.7 187 36.3 31.3-41.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,020 761 73.4 69.7-76.9 259 26.6 23.1-30.3
Overweight 1,291 1,018 77.0 73.9-79.9 273 23.0 20.1-26.1
Obese 1,241 978 77.0 73.8-79.9 263 23.0 20.1-26.2
Current Smoker
Yes 657 *** *** *** 657 100 . - .
No 3,231 3,029 92.6 91.3-93.7 202 7.4 6.3- 8.7
History of CVD**
Yes 535 383 69.5 63.7-74.8 152 30.5 25.2-36.3
No 3,363 2,655 77.0 75.1-78.9 708 23.0 21.1-24.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 444 252 55.6 49.8-61.3 192 44.4 38.7-50.2
No 3,265 2,649 79.7 77.9-81.5 616 20.3 18.5-22.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 209 121 52.8 44.2-61.1 88 47.2 38.9-55.8
No 3,492 2,772 77.8 75.9-79.6 720 22.2 20.4-24.1
COPD
Yes 386 220 58.5 51.7-65.0 166 41.5 35.0-48.3
No 3,520 2,827 78.0 76.1-79.8 693 22.0 20.2-23.9
Current Asthma
Yes 364 253 71.1 64.5-76.9 111 28.9 23.1-35.5
No 3,539 2,795 76.9 75.0-78.7 744 23.1 21.3-25.0
Diabetes
Yes 621 503 78.3 73.1-82.7 118 21.7 17.3-26.9
No 3,300 2,554 75.9 74.0-77.7 746 24.1 22.3-26.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,315 936 69.0 65.5-72.2 379 31.0 27.8-34.5
No 2,591 2,109 79.4 77.3-81.4 482 20.6 18.6-22.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,394 1,035 72.8 69.5-75.8 359 27.2 24.2-30.5
No 2,527 2,022 77.8 75.6-79.8 505 22.2 20.2-24.4

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the state-added questions on other tobacco products.

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

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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