2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation

In the past 12 months, did any doctor, dentist, nurse, or other health professional advise you to quit
smoking cigarettes or using any other tobacco products?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 515 343 65.2 60.2-69.9 172 34.8 30.1-39.8
GENDER
Male 252 144 56.5 49.4-63.5 108 43.5 36.5-50.6
Female 263 199 74.4 67.3-80.3 64 25.6 19.7-32.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 392 283 70.7 65.1-75.8 109 29.3 24.2-34.9
No 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 157 109 67.9 58.6-76.0 48 32.1 24.0-41.4
Overweight 171 113 62.9 53.9-71.0 58 37.1 29.0-46.1
Obese 149 95 63.6 54.2-72.1 54 36.4 27.9-45.8
Current Smoker
Yes 515 343 65.2 60.2-69.9 172 34.8 30.1-39.8
History of CVD**
Yes 78 67 81.6 69.1-89.8 11 18.4 10.2-30.9
No 431 271 62.8 57.2-68.0 160 37.2 32.0-42.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 390 271 67.9 62.1-73.2 119 32.1 26.8-37.9
COPD
Yes 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 410 261 64.1 58.5-69.4 149 35.9 30.6-41.5
Current Asthma
Yes 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 453 301 65.5 60.1-70.5 152 34.5 29.5-39.9
Functional Disability
Yes 234 166 69.3 61.8-75.8 68 30.7 24.2-38.2
No 277 173 61.6 54.6-68.1 104 38.4 31.9-45.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 192 149 73.3 65.1-80.3 43 26.7 19.7-34.9
No 323 194 61.2 54.8-67.2 129 38.8 32.8-45.2

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*Asked of current smokers.

**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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