2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,824 1,924 39.7 38.0-41.5 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
GENDER
Male 2,247 1,014 46.0 43.5-48.6 1,233 54.0 51.4-56.5
Female 2,577 910 33.9 31.6-36.3 1,667 66.1 63.7-68.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,249 1,707 39.8 38.0-41.7 2,542 60.2 58.3-62.0
No 474 194 45.8 40.3-51.3 280 54.2 48.7-59.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,279 497 35.0 31.8-38.3 782 65.0 61.7-68.2
Overweight 1,519 634 42.0 39.0-45.0 885 58.0 55.0-61.0
Obese 1,573 664 44.0 40.8-47.2 909 56.0 52.8-59.2
Current Smoker
Yes 652 652 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 4,172 1,272 29.6 27.8-31.3 2,900 70.4 68.7-72.2
History of CVD**
Yes 527 308 56.9 51.3-62.4 219 43.1 37.6-48.7
No 4,252 1,591 37.7 35.9-39.5 2,661 62.3 60.5-64.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 668 326 51.1 46.6-55.6 342 48.9 44.4-53.4
No 3,933 1,516 37.9 36.0-39.8 2,417 62.1 60.2-64.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 134 57.0 50.0-63.8 119 43.0 36.2-50.0
No 4,341 1,708 39.0 37.2-40.9 2,633 61.0 59.1-62.8
COPD
Yes 367 272 73.5 66.4-79.6 95 26.5 20.4-33.6
No 4,438 1,642 36.8 35.1-38.6 2,796 63.2 61.4-64.9
Current Asthma
Yes 420 190 44.4 38.4-50.6 230 55.6 49.4-61.6
No 4,388 1,729 39.3 37.5-41.1 2,659 60.7 58.9-62.5
Diabetes
Yes 660 324 50.2 45.3-55.1 336 49.8 44.9-54.7
No 4,161 1,599 38.2 36.4-40.1 2,562 61.8 59.9-63.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,506 782 50.5 47.2-53.8 724 49.5 46.2-52.8
No 3,284 1,125 34.9 32.9-37.0 2,159 65.1 63.0-67.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,494 793 53.8 50.6-57.0 701 46.2 43.0-49.4
No 3,330 1,131 34.2 32.2-36.3 2,199 65.8 63.7-67.8

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**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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