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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 376 179 47.4 40.4-54.4 197 52.6 45.6-59.6
No 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 446 212 48.6 42.2-55.0 234 51.4 45.0-57.8
History of CVD**
Yes 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 373 175 48.0 41.5-54.5 198 52.0 45.5-58.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 306 142 46.4 38.6-54.4 164 53.6 45.6-61.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 364 172 47.7 40.6-54.8 192 52.3 45.2-59.4
COPD
Yes 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 346 161 47.5 40.4-54.7 185 52.5 45.3-59.6
Current Asthma
Yes 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 393 179 45.8 39.3-52.4 214 54.2 47.6-60.7
Diabetes
Yes 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 368 173 49.2 42.3-56.1 195 50.8 43.9-57.7
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 201 106 52.6 42.4-62.7 95 47.4 37.3-57.6
No 245 106 45.5 37.6-53.6 139 54.5 46.4-62.4

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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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