2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,748 470 30.2 27.6-32.9 211 13.2 11.3-15.3 1,067 56.7 53.8-59.5
GENDER
Male 924 229 28.0 24.6-31.7 119 14.2 11.6-17.2 576 57.8 53.9-61.6
Female 824 241 32.7 28.8-36.9 92 11.9 9.5-15.0 491 55.3 51.1-59.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,524 370 27.6 24.9-30.5 157 11.2 9.4-13.3 997 61.2 58.2-64.2
No 221 98 43.7 36.2-51.4 54 24.3 18.3-31.6 69 32.0 25.1-39.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 479 146 34.1 29.0-39.5 67 15.6 11.8-20.2 266 50.4 45.0-55.8
Overweight 563 157 31.2 26.6-36.1 67 12.6 9.6-16.3 339 56.3 51.2-61.2
Obese 581 129 25.5 21.3-30.1 68 12.2 9.4-15.7 384 62.3 57.4-66.9
Current Smoker
Yes 681 470 69.6 65.4-73.6 211 30.4 26.4-34.6 *** *** ***
No 1,067 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,067 100 . - .
History of CVD**
Yes 289 77 27.4 21.9-33.6 23 6.5 4.1-10.1 189 66.1 59.6-72.1
No 1,446 389 30.6 27.7-33.6 185 14.1 12.1-16.5 872 55.3 52.1-58.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 263 87 35.4 29.0-42.5 49 19.4 14.4-25.8 127 45.1 38.3-52.1
No 1,405 355 28.9 26.0-31.9 155 11.7 9.8-14.0 895 59.4 56.2-62.5
COPD
Yes 259 100 41.7 34.7-49.1 31 12.8 8.6-18.6 128 45.5 38.5-52.7
No 1,481 368 28.4 25.6-31.4 180 13.3 11.3-15.6 933 58.3 55.2-61.3
Current Asthma
Yes 179 49 31.2 23.8-39.8 24 13.2 8.5-20.0 106 55.6 47.1-63.7
No 1,561 419 30.0 27.3-32.9 185 13.1 11.2-15.3 957 56.9 53.9-59.9
Functional Disability
Yes 770 218 30.9 27.0-35.1 92 13.7 10.8-17.1 460 55.4 51.1-59.7
No 971 248 29.4 26.0-33.0 119 12.9 10.6-15.6 604 57.7 54.0-61.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 721 176 26.6 22.8-30.7 72 10.9 8.3-14.2 473 62.5 58.1-66.7
No 1,027 294 32.3 28.8-35.9 139 14.5 12.1-17.3 594 53.3 49.6-56.9

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

**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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