2020 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 860 451 53.1 48.9-57.2 409 46.9 42.8-51.1
GENDER
Male 442 232 53.2 47.4-58.9 210 46.8 41.1-52.6
Female 418 219 53.0 47.0-58.8 199 47.0 41.2-53.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 647 333 52.5 47.7-57.1 314 47.5 42.9-52.3
No 209 114 53.8 45.2-62.1 95 46.2 37.9-54.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 270 132 49.4 42.3-56.5 138 50.6 43.5-57.7
Overweight 272 142 52.7 45.6-59.8 130 47.3 40.2-54.4
Obese 239 134 56.7 48.4-64.6 105 43.3 35.4-51.6
Current Smoker
Yes 860 451 53.1 48.9-57.2 409 46.9 42.8-51.1
History of CVD**
Yes 129 83 64.2 53.5-73.7 46 35.8 26.3-46.5
No 723 361 50.9 46.4-55.4 362 49.1 44.6-53.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 176 83 48.7 40.1-57.3 93 51.3 42.7-59.9
No 629 341 55.8 50.9-60.6 288 44.2 39.4-49.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 717 384 54.7 50.1-59.2 333 45.3 40.8-49.9
COPD
Yes 162 93 58.5 48.3-68.0 69 41.5 32.0-51.7
No 693 355 51.9 47.3-56.4 338 48.1 43.6-52.7
Current Asthma
Yes 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 757 393 53.6 49.1-57.9 364 46.4 42.1-50.9
Diabetes
Yes 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 730 365 51.5 47.0-56.0 365 48.5 44.0-53.0
Functional Disability
Yes 369 207 57.6 50.9-63.9 162 42.4 36.1-49.1
No 488 242 50.0 44.7-55.2 246 50.0 44.8-55.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 357 208 58.6 52.1-64.9 149 41.4 35.1-47.9
No 503 243 50.0 44.7-55.3 260 50.0 44.7-55.3

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking every day or on some days.

**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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