2023 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 387 193 50.4 42.7-58.1 194 49.6 41.9-57.3
GENDER
Male 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 190 92 46.0 36.0-56.4 *** *** ***
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 209 97 49.2 39.2-59.4 112 50.8 40.6-60.8
Non-Hispanic Black 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 147 72 49.3 39.0-59.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 334 169 50.7 42.3-59.1 165 49.3 40.9-57.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 201 102 50.6 40.8-60.4 99 49.4 39.6-59.2
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 216 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 202 97 43.9 34.0-54.2 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of current smokers.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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