2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation

In the past 12 months, did any doctor, dentist, nurse, or other health professional advise you to quit
smoking cigarettes or using any other tobacco products?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 547 319 56.6 51.2-61.7 228 43.4 38.3-48.8
GENDER
Male 293 154 49.3 42.3-56.3 139 50.7 43.7-57.7
Female 254 165 65.7 57.9-72.7 89 34.3 27.3-42.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 447 284 62.3 56.5-67.7 163 37.7 32.3-43.5
No 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 152 80 48.7 38.8-58.8 72 51.3 41.2-61.2
Overweight 182 101 54.1 45.2-62.7 81 45.9 37.3-54.8
Obese 181 125 68.3 59.3-76.1 56 31.7 23.9-40.7
Current Smoker
Yes 547 319 56.6 51.2-61.7 228 43.4 38.3-48.8
History of CVD**
Yes 81 69 85.6 75.2-92.2 12 14.4 7.8-24.8
No 462 247 52.2 46.5-58.0 215 47.8 42.0-53.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 128 60 45.3 35.4-55.5 68 54.7 44.5-64.6
No 391 248 63.1 56.8-69.0 143 36.9 31.0-43.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 465 281 59.6 53.8-65.2 184 40.4 34.8-46.2
COPD
Yes 105 *** *** *** 21 20.3 12.0-32.2
No 440 234 50.9 45.1-56.6 206 49.1 43.4-54.9
Current Asthma
Yes 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 478 269 53.1 47.5-58.6 209 46.9 41.4-52.5
Diabetes
Yes 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 477 264 53.8 48.1-59.4 213 46.2 40.6-51.9
Functional Disability
Yes 230 150 63.7 55.9-70.9 80 36.3 29.1-44.1
No 313 167 52.4 45.2-59.4 146 47.6 40.6-54.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 215 162 76.4 69.0-82.4 53 23.6 17.6-31.0
No 332 157 45.2 38.7-51.8 175 54.8 48.2-61.3

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*Asked of current smokers.

**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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