2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,307 2,619 77.2 74.9-79.3 688 22.8 20.7-25.1
GENDER
Male 1,394 1,001 69.5 65.8-73.0 393 30.5 27.0-34.2
Female 1,913 1,618 83.8 81.2-86.1 295 16.2 13.9-18.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,017 2,406 77.3 74.9-79.6 611 22.7 20.4-25.1
No 248 177 73.4 66.2-79.5 71 26.6 20.5-33.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 786 616 76.2 71.6-80.4 170 23.8 19.6-28.4
Overweight 1,070 850 75.9 71.4-79.9 220 24.1 20.1-28.6
Obese 1,152 899 77.1 73.5-80.4 253 22.9 19.6-26.5
Current Smoker
Yes 412 *** *** *** 412 100 . - .
No 2,870 2,600 89.6 87.9-91.0 270 10.4 9.0-12.1
History of CVD**
Yes 384 283 74.2 66.9-80.3 101 25.8 19.7-33.1
No 2,902 2,318 77.5 75.1-79.7 584 22.5 20.3-24.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 350 188 52.0 44.8-59.1 162 48.0 40.9-55.2
No 2,794 2,294 80.5 78.1-82.8 500 19.5 17.2-21.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,998 2,410 78.6 76.3-80.8 588 21.4 19.2-23.7
COPD
Yes 283 170 55.9 46.8-64.6 113 44.1 35.4-53.2
No 3,014 2,441 79.0 76.7-81.1 573 21.0 18.9-23.3
Current Asthma
Yes 361 285 79.1 72.8-84.2 76 20.9 15.8-27.2
No 2,933 2,323 77.0 74.6-79.2 610 23.0 20.8-25.4
Diabetes
Yes 496 407 78.8 71.7-84.4 89 21.2 15.6-28.3
No 2,805 2,206 76.9 74.5-79.1 599 23.1 20.9-25.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,124 828 70.7 66.6-74.5 296 29.3 25.5-33.4
No 2,153 1,765 80.3 77.5-82.8 388 19.7 17.2-22.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 979 735 72.9 68.4-77.0 244 27.1 23.0-31.6
No 2,326 1,882 78.6 76.0-81.0 444 21.4 19.0-24.0

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

**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 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.

^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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