2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,131 470 12.9 11.6-14.2 211 5.6 4.8- 6.6 1,067 24.1 22.7-25.7 2,383 57.4 55.6-59.2
GENDER
Male 1,909 229 13.8 12.0-15.8 119 7.0 5.7- 8.5 576 28.4 26.1-30.8 985 50.9 48.2-53.5
Female 2,222 241 12.0 10.4-13.9 92 4.4 3.4- 5.6 491 20.3 18.4-22.3 1,398 63.3 60.9-65.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,606 370 11.6 10.4-13.0 157 4.7 3.9- 5.7 997 25.8 24.2-27.5 2,082 57.9 55.9-59.8
No 518 98 19.7 15.9-24.1 54 11.0 8.1-14.7 69 14.4 11.1-18.6 297 54.9 49.8-59.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,072 146 15.3 12.8-18.2 67 7.0 5.3- 9.2 266 22.6 19.8-25.6 593 55.1 51.6-58.6
Overweight 1,382 157 12.8 10.8-15.3 67 5.2 3.9- 6.8 339 23.2 20.7-25.9 819 58.8 55.6-61.8
Obese 1,295 129 11.6 9.6-14.0 68 5.6 4.3- 7.3 384 28.4 25.6-31.4 714 54.4 51.2-57.6
Current Smoker
Yes 681 470 69.6 65.4-73.6 211 30.4 26.4-34.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,450 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,067 29.6 27.9-31.4 2,383 70.4 68.6-72.1
History of CVD**
Yes 477 77 16.6 13.1-20.7 23 3.9 2.5- 6.2 189 40.1 34.9-45.6 188 39.4 34.1-44.8
No 3,619 389 12.4 11.1-13.9 185 5.7 4.9- 6.8 872 22.5 20.9-24.1 2,173 59.4 57.4-61.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 511 87 18.3 14.6-22.6 49 10.0 7.3-13.6 127 23.3 19.4-27.7 248 48.3 43.4-53.3
No 3,430 355 11.9 10.6-13.3 155 4.8 4.0- 5.8 895 24.4 22.8-26.1 2,025 58.9 56.9-60.9
COPD
Yes 349 100 30.5 24.9-36.7 31 9.3 6.2-13.8 128 33.2 27.7-39.2 90 27.0 21.5-33.3
No 3,771 368 11.4 10.1-12.7 180 5.3 4.5- 6.3 933 23.3 21.8-24.9 2,290 60.0 58.2-61.9
Current Asthma
Yes 360 49 15.3 11.4-20.3 24 6.5 4.1-10.0 106 27.2 22.4-32.7 181 51.0 45.0-56.9
No 3,754 419 12.6 11.3-14.0 185 5.5 4.7- 6.5 957 23.9 22.3-25.5 2,193 58.0 56.1-59.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,358 218 17.8 15.3-20.5 92 7.8 6.2- 9.9 460 31.8 28.9-34.9 588 42.6 39.4-45.8
No 2,746 248 10.6 9.2-12.1 119 4.6 3.8- 5.7 604 20.8 19.1-22.5 1,775 64.1 61.9-66.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,297 176 15.2 12.9-17.8 72 6.3 4.8- 8.2 473 35.8 32.7-39.0 576 42.7 39.5-46.0
No 2,834 294 12.0 10.5-13.6 139 5.4 4.4- 6.5 594 19.8 18.1-21.5 1,807 62.9 60.8-65.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

**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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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