2020 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,962 3,958 77.4 75.9-78.9 1,004 22.6 21.1-24.1
GENDER
Male 2,223 1,683 72.7 70.2-75.0 540 27.3 25.0-29.8
Female 2,739 2,275 81.8 79.9-83.6 464 18.2 16.4-20.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,292 3,522 80.4 78.8-81.8 770 19.6 18.2-21.2
No 655 425 60.6 55.7-65.3 230 39.4 34.7-44.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,259 954 73.9 70.8-76.8 305 26.1 23.2-29.2
Overweight 1,630 1,310 77.3 74.6-79.8 320 22.7 20.2-25.4
Obese 1,550 1,261 79.1 76.2-81.7 289 20.9 18.3-23.8
Current Smoker
Yes 787 *** *** *** 787 100 . - .
No 4,148 3,932 93.5 92.5-94.4 216 6.5 5.6- 7.5
History of CVD**
Yes 572 443 76.0 71.3-80.1 129 24.0 19.9-28.7
No 4,347 3,484 77.8 76.2-79.4 863 22.2 20.6-23.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 558 348 59.3 54.4-64.1 210 40.7 35.9-45.6
No 4,163 3,426 80.4 78.8-81.9 737 19.6 18.1-21.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 247 147 52.0 44.6-59.4 100 48.0 40.6-55.4
No 4,464 3,617 79.0 77.4-80.5 847 21.0 19.5-22.6
COPD
Yes 389 223 55.3 48.7-61.7 166 44.7 38.3-51.3
No 4,559 3,727 79.1 77.6-80.6 832 20.9 19.4-22.4
Current Asthma
Yes 413 304 73.9 68.6-78.6 109 26.1 21.4-31.4
No 4,525 3,635 77.8 76.2-79.3 890 22.2 20.7-23.8
Diabetes
Yes 706 568 78.5 74.1-82.2 138 21.5 17.8-25.9
No 4,246 3,382 77.3 75.6-78.9 864 22.7 21.1-24.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,522 1,121 70.8 67.6-73.8 401 29.2 26.2-32.4
No 3,420 2,821 80.2 78.5-81.9 599 19.8 18.1-21.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,572 1,191 74.1 71.2-76.8 381 25.9 23.2-28.8
No 3,387 2,765 78.7 76.9-80.4 622 21.3 19.6-23.1

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the state-added questions on other tobacco products.

**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 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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