2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

How long has it been since you last smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than 1 year ago 1 to 5 years ago 5 to 10 years ago 10 or more years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,210 115 12.4 10.0-15.3 199 18.4 15.8-21.4 129 11.6 9.4-14.2 767 57.6 53.9-61.1
GENDER
Male 654 59 10.1 7.5-13.5 111 18.8 15.3-22.8 69 11.1 8.6-14.3 415 60.0 55.3-64.6
Female 556 56 15.2 11.3-20.3 88 18.0 14.3-22.4 60 12.2 8.8-16.7 352 54.5 48.9-60.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,094 93 11.4 9.0-14.5 166 17.1 14.5-20.1 114 11.1 8.9-13.7 721 60.4 56.5-64.1
No 119 24 22.3 14.3-33.2 32 27.5 18.9-38.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 15 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 301 36 16.0 11.1-22.6 56 20.2 15.1-26.4 30 11.5 7.6-17.0 179 52.3 45.2-59.3
Overweight 424 33 9.4 6.3-13.7 63 18.4 14.1-23.7 49 12.4 8.9-17.2 279 59.8 53.7-65.6
Obese 395 35 10.7 7.0-15.8 65 17.6 13.4-22.6 44 12.5 8.8-17.5 251 59.3 52.8-65.4
History of CVD**
Yes 233 *** *** *** 21 9.7 5.9-15.5 22 10.6 5.8-18.6 175 73.3 64.8-80.3
No 971 102 13.9 11.2-17.3 175 19.9 17.0-23.3 106 11.8 9.5-14.6 588 54.3 50.3-58.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 145 22 19.4 12.2-29.5 34 25.6 17.8-35.2 19 14.0 8.5-22.4 70 41.0 31.8-50.9
No 1,016 89 11.6 9.0-14.7 158 17.3 14.6-20.4 104 10.8 8.5-13.5 665 60.4 56.4-64.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,084 97 12.1 9.6-15.3 177 18.2 15.5-21.2 114 11.0 8.8-13.6 696 58.7 54.9-62.5
COPD
Yes 167 18 13.7 7.5-23.6 29 17.7 11.7-25.8 23 17.5 10.5-27.9 97 51.1 41.3-60.8
No 1,042 99 12.5 10.0-15.6 169 18.5 15.7-21.7 106 10.7 8.6-13.3 668 58.3 54.4-62.1
Current Asthma
Yes 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,110 109 12.9 10.3-15.9 186 19.2 16.5-22.3 113 11.5 9.2-14.2 702 56.4 52.6-60.1
Diabetes
Yes 234 *** *** *** 19 8.0 4.7-13.3 25 11.8 7.0-19.2 181 76.7 68.7-83.1
No 980 108 14.5 11.6-17.8 180 20.5 17.5-23.8 104 11.5 9.2-14.3 588 53.6 49.6-57.5
Functional Disability
Yes 460 48 15.8 11.3-21.7 65 15.6 11.8-20.4 51 13.4 9.4-18.8 296 55.1 48.8-61.2
No 748 68 10.8 8.2-14.0 130 19.4 16.1-23.1 78 10.6 8.3-13.5 472 59.2 54.8-63.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 514 30 6.1 3.8- 9.4 61 12.2 9.2-16.1 51 11.3 7.8-15.9 372 70.5 64.9-75.4
No 700 87 16.3 12.9-20.5 138 21.9 18.3-25.9 78 11.7 9.1-14.9 397 50.1 45.4-54.7

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*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.

**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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