2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,703 408 25.6 22.7-28.8 153 11.0 8.9-13.6 1,142 63.3 59.9-66.6
GENDER
Male 899 205 23.1 19.6-27.0 84 11.6 8.9-15.0 610 65.3 61.0-69.4
Female 804 203 28.5 23.8-33.8 69 10.4 7.3-14.5 532 61.1 55.6-66.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,531 343 24.3 21.2-27.7 129 10.5 8.3-13.2 1,059 65.2 61.6-68.6
No 153 62 40.2 30.7-50.6 18 15.2 8.6-25.7 73 44.5 34.7-54.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 430 132 32.8 26.6-39.7 41 11.0 7.6-15.8 257 56.1 49.3-62.7
Overweight 582 130 23.8 19.6-28.7 48 10.5 7.3-14.9 404 65.7 60.4-70.6
Obese 556 118 21.8 17.1-27.4 51 10.6 7.4-14.9 387 67.6 61.6-73.0
Current Smoker
Yes 561 408 69.9 64.0-75.2 153 30.1 24.8-36.0 *** *** ***
No 1,142 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,142 100 . - .
History of CVD**
Yes 269 59 25.1 17.7-34.3 *** *** *** 188 64.3 53.9-73.4
No 1,416 343 25.1 22.0-28.4 130 11.2 9.0-13.7 943 63.8 60.2-67.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 310 96 29.3 23.3-36.2 47 18.6 13.3-25.5 167 52.0 44.9-59.1
No 1,290 277 24.0 20.5-27.9 88 8.4 6.2-11.3 925 67.6 63.5-71.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 163 52 34.3 25.2-44.7 19 13.8 7.8-23.2 92 52.0 42.0-61.8
No 1,452 328 24.4 21.2-27.9 117 10.2 8.0-13.1 1,007 65.4 61.6-69.0
COPD
Yes 255 94 36.6 27.5-46.8 *** *** *** 134 51.1 41.1-61.0
No 1,440 312 23.8 20.7-27.1 125 10.6 8.5-13.1 1,003 65.6 62.1-69.0
Current Asthma
Yes 175 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,521 356 23.9 21.0-27.0 137 10.6 8.6-13.0 1,028 65.5 62.1-68.7
Diabetes
Yes 291 67 26.8 19.5-35.6 *** *** *** 206 67.2 58.5-74.8
No 1,408 339 25.7 22.5-29.1 135 12.1 9.7-15.0 934 62.2 58.5-65.8
Functional Disability
Yes 715 197 30.4 25.4-36.0 68 10.4 7.3-14.8 450 59.1 53.4-64.6
No 969 207 21.8 18.5-25.5 85 11.7 9.0-15.1 677 66.5 62.3-70.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 715 178 27.1 22.2-32.6 63 10.2 6.9-14.7 474 62.8 57.0-68.2
No 988 230 24.6 21.1-28.5 90 11.6 9.0-14.9 668 63.7 59.5-67.8

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

**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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