2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,562 3,806 82.6 81.1-84.0 756 17.4 16.0-18.9
GENDER
Male 2,105 1,718 79.7 77.4-81.9 387 20.3 18.1-22.6
Female 2,457 2,088 85.1 83.2-86.8 369 14.9 13.2-16.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,961 3,382 84.6 83.1-86.0 579 15.4 14.0-16.9
No 599 424 70.3 65.5-74.7 175 29.7 25.3-34.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,246 1,003 80.5 77.5-83.2 243 19.5 16.8-22.5
Overweight 1,503 1,268 83.6 81.0-85.9 235 16.4 14.1-19.0
Obese 1,393 1,174 82.5 79.7-85.0 219 17.5 15.0-20.3
History of CVD**
Yes 583 453 75.2 69.9-79.9 130 24.8 20.1-30.1
No 3,960 3,336 83.4 81.8-84.8 624 16.6 15.2-18.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 562 388 68.7 63.7-73.3 174 31.3 26.7-36.3
No 3,777 3,245 85.4 83.8-86.8 532 14.6 13.2-16.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 174 65.2 57.2-72.3 80 34.8 27.7-42.8
No 4,069 3,444 84.0 82.4-85.4 625 16.0 14.6-17.6
COPD
Yes 415 258 62.7 56.1-68.8 157 37.3 31.2-43.9
No 4,134 3,542 84.4 82.9-85.8 592 15.6 14.2-17.1
Current Asthma
Yes 414 310 76.4 70.5-81.4 104 23.6 18.6-29.5
No 4,133 3,488 83.2 81.7-84.7 645 16.8 15.3-18.3
Diabetes
Yes 666 565 80.9 75.8-85.1 101 19.1 14.9-24.2
No 3,902 3,247 82.8 81.3-84.3 655 17.2 15.7-18.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,444 1,109 75.7 72.6-78.5 335 24.3 21.5-27.4
No 3,105 2,687 85.4 83.7-86.9 418 14.6 13.1-16.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,523 1,200 76.5 73.4-79.3 323 23.5 20.7-26.6
No 3,045 2,612 85.0 83.3-86.5 433 15.0 13.5-16.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

**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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