2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation

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 547 273 48.8 43.5-54.1 274 51.2 45.9-56.5
GENDER
Male 293 137 44.7 37.9-51.8 156 55.3 48.2-62.1
Female 254 136 53.9 45.7-61.9 118 46.1 38.1-54.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 447 230 50.7 44.9-56.6 217 49.3 43.4-55.1
No 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 152 74 48.2 38.3-58.3 78 51.8 41.7-61.7
Overweight 182 78 40.6 32.3-49.5 104 59.4 50.5-67.7
Obese 181 108 59.8 50.8-68.1 73 40.2 31.9-49.2
Current Smoker
Yes 547 273 48.8 43.5-54.1 274 51.2 45.9-56.5
History of CVD**
Yes 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 461 219 46.7 41.0-52.5 242 53.3 47.5-59.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 128 54 39.8 30.3-50.1 74 60.2 49.9-69.7
No 390 203 52.0 45.6-58.3 187 48.0 41.7-54.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 464 240 50.5 44.7-56.3 224 49.5 43.7-55.3
COPD
Yes 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 439 214 48.2 42.4-54.0 225 51.8 46.0-57.6
Current Asthma
Yes 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 478 234 47.9 42.4-53.4 244 52.1 46.6-57.6
Diabetes
Yes 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 476 228 47.5 41.9-53.2 248 52.5 46.8-58.1
Functional Disability
Yes 230 130 54.1 46.3-61.7 100 45.9 38.3-53.7
No 313 141 45.5 38.5-52.6 172 54.5 47.4-61.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 215 124 54.6 45.7-63.2 91 45.4 36.8-54.3
No 332 149 45.5 39.0-52.3 183 54.5 47.7-61.0

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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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