2022 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 447 263 57.8 51.5-63.9 184 42.2 36.1-48.5
GENDER
Male 230 127 51.0 42.2-59.7 103 49.0 40.3-57.8
Female 217 136 65.5 56.7-73.4 81 34.5 26.6-43.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 272 169 63.5 56.0-70.5 103 36.5 29.5-44.0
Non-Hispanic Black 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 73 57 83.0 71.0-90.7 16 17.0 9.3-29.0
75+ 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 175 108 63.1 53.9-71.5 67 36.9 28.5-46.1
College Graduate 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 218 135 60.9 51.5-69.5 83 39.1 30.5-48.5
No 225 124 54.0 45.5-62.3 101 46.0 37.7-54.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 391 227 58.2 51.5-64.7 164 41.8 35.3-48.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 222 113 50.8 42.7-58.8 109 49.2 41.2-57.3
Unemployed 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 184 102 55.8 46.6-64.6 82 44.2 35.4-53.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 245 152 63.7 55.4-71.4 93 36.3 28.6-44.6
Rent 151 81 50.2 40.5-59.9 70 49.8 40.1-59.5
Other arrangement 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 219 137 60.7 50.6-70.0 82 39.3 30.0-49.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 158 90 57.0 47.6-65.9 68 43.0 34.1-52.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 137 81 59.1 48.7-68.8 56 40.9 31.2-51.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of current smokers.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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