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
-Non-Hispanic White 1,193 276 26.6 23.5-30.1 289 25.5 22.5-28.9 267 20.8 18.1-23.8 361 27.0 23.9-30.4
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 149 83 55.6 46.1-64.7 60 41.0 32.1-50.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 149 37 25.5 18.1-34.6 48 31.3 23.3-40.7 57 39.1 29.9-49.1 *** *** ***
45-54 186 36 22.1 15.4-30.8 41 20.8 14.7-28.7 45 24.5 17.8-32.8 64 32.5 24.3-42.0
55-64 246 34 19.4 13.7-26.7 45 16.8 11.9-23.3 50 18.1 13.1-24.5 117 45.6 38.1-53.3
65-74 288 53 14.4 10.3-19.6 56 21.4 15.5-28.8 63 20.2 15.0-26.6 116 44.1 36.0-52.5
75+ 170 30 20.6 13.4-30.5 39 21.9 14.6-31.6 46 24.1 17.1-32.9 55 33.3 24.5-43.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 17 16.7 9.5-27.6 24 21.5 13.6-32.3 25 20.2 13.0-30.0 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 326 63 22.8 17.3-29.4 68 26.6 20.8-33.3 74 19.8 14.8-25.8 121 30.9 25.1-37.3
Some Post-H.S. 403 92 28.7 23.3-34.7 98 25.0 20.2-30.6 99 22.5 18.0-27.8 114 23.8 19.2-29.0
College Graduate 338 102 35.5 29.5-42.0 97 27.9 22.4-34.1 69 19.7 15.1-25.2 70 17.0 12.8-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 *** *** *** 23 22.5 14.6-32.9 28 23.2 14.7-34.7 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 195 44 22.2 15.6-30.5 35 23.9 16.3-33.7 31 11.2 7.2-16.9 85 42.8 33.4-52.6
$25,000- 34,999 118 *** *** *** 25 18.0 11.1-27.8 27 19.2 12.4-28.5 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 156 41 31.0 22.2-41.5 44 29.5 21.7-38.8 38 24.2 16.9-33.4 33 15.3 10.2-22.3
$50,000- 74,999 155 34 26.6 18.5-36.6 40 25.9 18.2-35.4 40 26.9 18.8-36.9 41 20.7 14.3-28.9
$75,000+ 278 79 32.1 25.8-39.2 81 27.7 21.7-34.6 61 21.5 16.2-28.0 57 18.7 13.7-25.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 485 72 16.8 12.7-21.9 100 22.4 18.0-27.4 123 22.5 18.2-27.6 190 38.3 32.8-44.1
No 704 202 32.5 28.2-37.1 188 27.4 23.3-31.8 144 19.9 16.5-23.8 170 20.2 16.7-24.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 216 43 25.4 18.3-34.0 53 26.3 19.6-34.2 53 23.3 17.0-31.2 67 25.0 18.7-32.6
Non-Veteran 977 233 26.8 23.4-30.6 236 25.4 22.1-29.1 214 20.4 17.4-23.7 294 27.3 23.9-31.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 210 63 33.1 25.9-41.3 55 28.1 21.4-36.0 39 19.3 13.5-26.8 53 19.5 14.5-25.8
Regional City or Suburban County 294 74 26.4 20.6-33.3 80 26.7 20.9-33.5 68 19.8 14.9-25.8 72 27.1 20.8-34.5
Rural 689 139 24.0 20.0-28.7 154 23.8 19.8-28.3 160 22.1 18.4-26.2 236 30.1 25.8-34.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 527 148 32.0 27.3-37.2 148 28.9 24.4-33.9 114 21.8 17.8-26.5 117 17.2 13.7-21.4
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 417 73 17.3 13.0-22.5 88 22.6 17.6-28.6 105 22.0 17.5-27.2 151 38.1 31.9-44.8
Unable to Work 155 21 12.9 7.6-21.0 23 15.4 9.5-23.9 32 19.4 12.9-28.3 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 92 15 16.2 8.9-27.6 *** *** *** 18 14.4 7.9-24.9 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 189 42 27.8 20.2-36.9 31 16.4 11.1-23.6 35 13.9 9.4-20.1 81 41.9 33.4-50.9
151% to 200% 101 *** *** *** 21 18.8 11.5-29.1 17 16.7 9.1-28.7 *** *** ***
More than 200% 604 142 27.0 22.8-31.8 165 27.7 23.5-32.4 146 24.0 20.0-28.6 151 21.2 17.6-25.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 241 46 21.0 14.5-29.3 58 30.3 22.7-39.3 58 21.0 15.0-28.5 79 27.7 20.7-36.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 538 128 26.3 21.8-31.4 119 22.7 18.5-27.5 119 20.1 16.3-24.4 172 31.0 26.0-36.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 414 102 29.2 23.9-35.1 112 27.7 22.7-33.3 90 21.7 17.1-27.1 110 21.4 17.4-26.1

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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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