2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,299 1,711 39.5 37.6-41.6 2,588 60.5 58.4-62.4
GENDER
Male 2,020 905 44.5 41.6-47.3 1,115 55.5 52.7-58.4
Female 2,279 806 35.0 32.2-37.9 1,473 65.0 62.1-67.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,835 1,537 39.5 37.4-41.6 2,298 60.5 58.4-62.6
No 391 155 40.8 34.5-47.4 236 59.2 52.6-65.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,127 434 36.8 33.1-40.7 693 63.2 59.3-66.9
Overweight 1,420 585 38.7 35.5-41.9 835 61.3 58.1-64.5
Obese 1,325 556 44.6 40.8-48.4 769 55.4 51.6-59.2
Current Smoker
Yes 561 561 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,730 1,142 29.2 27.3-31.2 2,588 70.8 68.8-72.7
History of CVD**
Yes 462 270 60.5 53.8-66.8 192 39.5 33.2-46.2
No 3,802 1,423 36.9 34.9-39.0 2,379 63.1 61.0-65.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 637 310 50.2 45.5-55.0 327 49.8 45.0-54.5
No 3,425 1,294 37.4 35.2-39.7 2,131 62.6 60.3-64.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 261 163 60.5 52.9-67.7 98 39.5 32.3-47.1
No 3,814 1,456 38.4 36.3-40.5 2,358 61.6 59.5-63.7
COPD
Yes 342 258 74.7 67.9-80.5 84 25.3 19.5-32.1
No 3,946 1,445 36.4 34.4-38.5 2,501 63.6 61.5-65.6
Current Asthma
Yes 390 176 47.0 40.0-54.2 214 53.0 45.8-60.0
No 3,891 1,528 38.5 36.5-40.6 2,363 61.5 59.4-63.5
Diabetes
Yes 572 292 49.0 43.4-54.7 280 51.0 45.3-56.6
No 3,718 1,415 38.0 35.9-40.1 2,303 62.0 59.9-64.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,362 717 52.6 48.8-56.4 645 47.4 43.6-51.2
No 2,897 975 32.8 30.6-35.0 1,922 67.2 65.0-69.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,283 718 57.2 53.3-61.0 565 42.8 39.0-46.7
No 3,016 993 32.6 30.4-34.8 2,023 67.4 65.2-69.6

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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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