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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 377 234 61.9 55.0-68.3 143 38.1 31.7-45.0
No 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 138 87 66.4 55.3-75.9 51 33.6 24.1-44.7
Current Smoker
Yes 447 263 57.8 51.5-63.9 184 42.2 36.1-48.5
History of CVD**
Yes 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 373 208 51.7 45.1-58.2 165 48.3 41.8-54.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 305 187 57.9 50.0-65.5 118 42.1 34.5-50.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 364 212 55.6 48.5-62.5 152 44.4 37.5-51.5
COPD
Yes 101 77 81.4 71.0-88.6 24 18.6 11.4-29.0
No 345 185 52.5 45.3-59.5 160 47.5 40.5-54.7
Current Asthma
Yes 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 393 228 55.7 49.1-62.2 165 44.3 37.8-50.9
Diabetes
Yes 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 370 211 55.3 48.4-62.0 159 44.7 38.0-51.6
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 202 144 72.6 63.2-80.3 58 27.4 19.7-36.8
No 245 119 46.9 39.0-54.9 126 53.1 45.1-61.0

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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 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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