2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,136 1,753 42.7 40.9-44.5 2,383 57.3 55.5-59.1
GENDER
Male 1,911 926 49.2 46.5-51.8 985 50.8 48.2-53.5
Female 2,225 827 36.8 34.4-39.2 1,398 63.2 60.8-65.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,610 1,528 42.2 40.3-44.1 2,082 57.8 55.9-59.7
No 519 222 45.2 40.2-50.3 297 54.8 49.7-59.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,075 482 45.0 41.5-48.5 593 55.0 51.5-58.5
Overweight 1,383 564 41.3 38.2-44.4 819 58.7 55.6-61.8
Obese 1,296 582 45.7 42.5-48.9 714 54.3 51.1-57.5
Current Smoker
Yes 681 681 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,450 1,067 29.6 27.9-31.4 2,383 70.4 68.6-72.1
History of CVD**
Yes 479 291 60.8 55.3-66.0 188 39.2 34.0-44.7
No 3,622 1,449 40.7 38.8-42.6 2,173 59.3 57.4-61.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 511 263 51.7 46.7-56.6 248 48.3 43.4-53.3
No 3,431 1,406 41.1 39.2-43.1 2,025 58.9 56.9-60.8
COPD
Yes 351 261 73.1 66.8-78.6 90 26.9 21.4-33.2
No 3,774 1,484 40.0 38.2-41.9 2,290 60.0 58.1-61.8
Current Asthma
Yes 360 179 49.0 43.1-55.0 181 51.0 45.0-56.9
No 3,759 1,566 42.0 40.2-43.9 2,193 58.0 56.1-59.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,361 773 57.5 54.3-60.7 588 42.5 39.3-45.7
No 2,748 973 36.0 33.9-38.1 1,775 64.0 61.9-66.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,300 724 57.3 54.1-60.6 576 42.7 39.4-45.9
No 2,836 1,029 37.1 35.1-39.3 1,807 62.9 60.7-64.9

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**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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