2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Do you currently use chewing tobacco, snuff, or snus every day, some days, or not at all?

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  Total
Respond.^
Every day Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,303 78 1.9 1.4- 2.5 63 1.6 1.1- 2.2 4,162 96.6 95.7-97.2
GENDER
Male 2,026 64 3.1 2.3- 4.2 44 2.4 1.6- 3.7 1,918 94.5 93.0-95.7
Female 2,277 *** *** *** 19 0.8 0.5- 1.3 2,244 98.5 97.7-99.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,841 66 1.6 1.2- 2.2 55 1.6 1.1- 2.2 3,720 96.8 96.0-97.4
No 390 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** 64 100 . - .
Recommended Range 1,132 *** *** *** 20 1.5 0.9- 2.6 1,095 96.4 94.5-97.7
Overweight 1,423 29 2.2 1.4- 3.3 22 1.5 0.9- 2.4 1,372 96.3 95.0-97.3
Obese 1,323 30 1.9 1.2- 2.8 *** *** *** 1,273 96.0 94.1-97.2
Current Smoker
Yes 556 16 2.7 1.5- 4.8 *** *** *** 525 93.5 89.6-96.0
No 3,711 62 1.7 1.3- 2.4 48 1.2 0.9- 1.7 3,601 97.0 96.3-97.6
History of CVD**
Yes 460 *** *** *** *** *** *** 445 97.9 96.3-98.9
No 3,808 67 1.9 1.4- 2.6 58 1.7 1.2- 2.4 3,683 96.4 95.5-97.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 641 23 3.2 2.0- 5.1 25 5.0 3.0- 8.4 593 91.8 88.3-94.3
No 3,425 48 1.6 1.1- 2.3 37 0.9 0.6- 1.4 3,340 97.5 96.7-98.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 260 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,818 62 1.8 1.3- 2.5 50 1.3 0.9- 1.9 3,706 96.9 96.0-97.5
COPD
Yes 338 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,954 72 1.9 1.5- 2.6 58 1.6 1.2- 2.3 3,824 96.4 95.5-97.1
Current Asthma
Yes 387 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,898 71 1.9 1.4- 2.5 57 1.6 1.2- 2.3 3,770 96.5 95.6-97.2
Diabetes
Yes 571 *** *** *** *** *** *** 553 96.6 94.4-98.0
No 3,723 67 1.9 1.4- 2.5 56 1.6 1.1- 2.3 3,600 96.5 95.6-97.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,358 28 2.0 1.2- 3.1 17 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,313 97.1 95.9-98.0
No 2,905 49 1.8 1.3- 2.6 46 1.9 1.3- 2.8 2,810 96.3 95.2-97.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,280 29 1.8 1.2- 2.8 19 1.3 0.7- 2.2 1,232 96.9 95.7-97.8
No 3,023 49 1.9 1.3- 2.7 44 1.7 1.1- 2.5 2,930 96.4 95.4-97.2

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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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