2021 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 4,248 3,460 79.3 77.6-80.8 788 20.7 19.2-22.4
GENDER
Male 1,923 1,493 74.8 72.2-77.2 430 25.2 22.8-27.8
Female 2,325 1,967 83.1 80.9-85.2 358 16.9 14.8-19.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,755 3,096 80.3 78.5-82.0 659 19.7 18.0-21.5
No 422 309 69.2 63.3-74.6 113 30.8 25.4-36.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,088 877 77.5 73.8-80.9 211 22.5 19.1-26.2
Overweight 1,330 1,070 78.9 76.0-81.5 260 21.1 18.5-24.0
Obese 1,426 1,161 79.7 76.9-82.2 265 20.3 17.8-23.1
Current Smoker
Yes 564 *** *** *** 564 100 . - .
No 3,664 3,441 92.2 90.9-93.4 223 7.8 6.6- 9.1
History of CVD**
Yes 485 376 77.3 72.2-81.7 109 22.7 18.3-27.8
No 3,718 3,049 79.6 77.8-81.3 669 20.4 18.7-22.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 556 374 63.0 58.0-67.8 182 37.0 32.2-42.0
No 3,490 2,918 82.0 80.2-83.7 572 18.0 16.3-19.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 210 139 61.2 53.0-68.7 71 38.8 31.3-47.0
No 3,830 3,150 80.1 78.3-81.8 680 19.9 18.2-21.7
COPD
Yes 330 204 56.6 48.5-64.4 126 43.4 35.6-51.5
No 3,903 3,243 81.2 79.5-82.7 660 18.8 17.3-20.5
Current Asthma
Yes 370 287 73.8 66.8-79.7 83 26.2 20.3-33.2
No 3,868 3,165 79.8 78.0-81.4 703 20.2 18.6-22.0
Diabetes
Yes 607 509 84.2 80.1-87.5 98 15.8 12.5-19.9
No 3,639 2,950 78.5 76.7-80.3 689 21.5 19.7-23.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,359 1,035 74.4 71.1-77.3 324 25.6 22.7-28.9
No 2,861 2,404 81.5 79.5-83.3 457 18.5 16.7-20.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,374 1,087 77.9 74.8-80.6 287 22.1 19.4-25.2
No 2,874 2,373 79.8 77.8-81.8 501 20.2 18.2-22.2

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the 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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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