2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Would you say you have never used e-cigarettes or other electronic vaping products in your entire life or now use them every day, use them some days, or used them in the past but do not currently use them at all?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Used Every Day Some Days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,308 3,450 78.0 76.3-79.7 133 3.8 3.0- 4.7 162 4.1 3.4- 5.1 563 14.0 12.6-15.5
GENDER
Male 2,027 1,560 75.4 72.9-77.8 80 4.5 3.5- 5.8 85 4.7 3.6- 6.2 302 15.3 13.5-17.4
Female 2,281 1,890 80.5 77.9-82.9 53 3.1 2.2- 4.5 77 3.6 2.6- 4.9 261 12.8 10.8-15.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,843 3,095 78.8 77.0-80.5 118 3.9 3.1- 4.9 141 4.0 3.2- 5.0 489 13.3 12.0-14.8
No 392 295 72.5 66.4-77.8 13 3.1 1.7- 5.5 20 5.9 3.5- 9.9 64 18.5 14.0-24.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,133 885 75.4 71.9-78.7 46 5.7 3.8- 8.4 40 3.5 2.4- 5.0 162 15.4 12.9-18.3
Overweight 1,422 1,142 78.6 75.8-81.2 41 3.5 2.4- 5.0 55 4.3 3.1- 5.9 184 13.6 11.5-16.0
Obese 1,324 1,067 78.2 74.6-81.4 36 3.0 2.1- 4.4 49 4.1 2.8- 6.0 172 14.7 11.8-18.1
Current Smoker
Yes 555 301 52.8 46.7-58.8 33 8.4 5.2-13.2 63 13.1 9.3-18.2 158 25.7 21.3-30.7
No 3,716 3,121 82.3 80.6-84.0 98 3.0 2.4- 3.8 96 2.6 2.0- 3.3 401 12.1 10.6-13.7
History of CVD**
Yes 460 394 87.4 83.4-90.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 47 9.1 6.5-12.5
No 3,813 3,027 76.9 75.0-78.8 122 4.0 3.2- 5.1 153 4.4 3.5- 5.4 511 14.6 13.1-16.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 639 391 57.5 52.7-62.2 45 8.6 6.3-11.7 62 11.1 8.2-15.0 141 22.8 19.0-27.1
No 3,436 2,875 82.1 80.1-83.9 82 3.0 2.2- 4.0 95 2.9 2.2- 3.8 384 12.0 10.5-13.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 260 163 57.0 49.1-64.5 18 8.2 4.9-13.4 19 11.0 6.3-18.5 60 23.8 17.9-31.0
No 3,827 3,113 79.4 77.5-81.1 109 3.6 2.8- 4.6 137 3.8 3.1- 4.8 468 13.2 11.7-14.8
COPD
Yes 337 252 77.7 70.6-83.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 62 15.2 11.2-20.1
No 3,960 3,192 78.1 76.2-79.8 122 3.9 3.1- 4.9 149 4.1 3.3- 5.0 497 13.9 12.4-15.5
Current Asthma
Yes 386 308 79.8 73.4-84.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 55 12.0 8.8-16.1
No 3,904 3,129 77.9 76.0-79.7 123 3.8 3.0- 4.8 147 4.1 3.3- 5.0 505 14.2 12.7-15.9
Diabetes
Yes 572 498 88.1 84.4-91.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 57 9.5 6.9-13.0
No 3,727 2,946 76.9 75.1-78.7 125 4.1 3.3- 5.2 153 4.6 3.7- 5.7 503 14.3 12.9-15.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,359 1,033 73.5 69.7-76.9 56 5.0 3.5- 7.0 63 4.8 3.4- 6.8 207 16.8 13.8-20.1
No 2,908 2,384 80.4 78.4-82.2 74 3.1 2.4- 4.1 99 3.9 3.0- 5.0 351 12.6 11.2-14.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,281 1,048 82.5 79.5-85.1 36 2.9 2.0- 4.4 44 3.0 1.8- 5.0 153 11.6 9.5-14.0
No 3,027 2,402 76.3 74.1-78.4 97 4.1 3.2- 5.3 118 4.6 3.7- 5.7 410 15.0 13.3-16.9

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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 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.

^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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