2022 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 446 212 48.6 42.2-55.0 234 51.4 45.0-57.8
GENDER
Male 229 104 42.9 34.5-51.7 125 57.1 48.3-65.5
Female 217 108 55.0 46.0-63.7 109 45.0 36.3-54.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 271 112 40.4 33.1-48.2 159 59.6 51.8-66.9
Non-Hispanic Black 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 174 76 48.1 38.7-57.7 98 51.9 42.3-61.3
College Graduate 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 218 110 48.9 39.5-58.5 108 51.1 41.5-60.5
No 224 101 48.7 40.3-57.3 123 51.3 42.7-59.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 390 190 50.0 43.2-56.8 200 50.0 43.2-56.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 223 107 51.5 43.5-59.5 116 48.5 40.5-56.5
Unemployed 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$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 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 183 79 43.1 34.3-52.4 104 56.9 47.6-65.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 244 99 44.6 36.0-53.5 145 55.4 46.5-64.0
Rent 151 86 55.5 45.5-65.1 65 44.5 34.9-54.5
Other arrangement 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 218 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 157 78 51.9 42.6-61.1 79 48.1 38.9-57.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 137 68 50.7 40.4-60.9 69 49.3 39.1-59.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
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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