2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Would you say you have never used e-cigarettes or other electronic vaping products in your entire life or now use them every day, use them some days, or used them in the past but do not currently use them at all?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Used Every Day Some Days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,949 3,232 78.2 76.3-80.1 116 4.0 3.1- 5.1 143 4.4 3.5- 5.5 458 13.4 11.9-15.0
GENDER
Male 1,739 1,348 74.2 71.2-76.9 62 4.1 3.0- 5.5 78 5.0 3.8- 6.6 251 16.7 14.4-19.4
Female 2,210 1,884 82.0 79.4-84.4 54 3.9 2.6- 5.8 65 3.9 2.7- 5.5 207 10.2 8.6-12.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,578 2,958 78.8 76.8-80.8 99 4.0 3.0- 5.2 120 4.2 3.3- 5.4 401 13.0 11.5-14.7
No 307 220 71.4 64.4-77.4 17 5.0 3.0- 8.4 20 6.3 3.6-11.1 50 17.3 12.4-23.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,002 798 74.5 70.3-78.3 36 5.9 3.7- 9.5 42 5.9 4.1- 8.5 126 13.7 11.1-16.7
Overweight 1,292 1,061 78.4 75.0-81.4 31 2.9 1.9- 4.3 46 4.7 3.0- 7.1 154 14.1 11.7-16.9
Obese 1,313 1,071 78.9 75.3-82.1 40 3.5 2.4- 5.1 47 3.6 2.5- 5.3 155 14.0 11.2-17.4
Current Smoker
Yes 483 275 55.0 48.3-61.6 29 7.1 4.6-10.7 51 11.4 7.5-17.0 128 26.5 21.4-32.4
No 3,440 2,936 81.7 79.7-83.6 86 3.5 2.6- 4.8 90 3.3 2.6- 4.3 328 11.4 9.9-13.1
History of CVD**
Yes 428 363 87.1 82.8-90.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 45 8.9 6.2-12.6
No 3,500 2,850 77.2 75.0-79.2 109 4.3 3.3- 5.6 130 4.6 3.7- 5.8 411 13.9 12.3-15.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 264 53.5 47.4-59.5 32 8.2 5.3-12.3 48 12.7 9.0-17.6 118 25.6 20.9-31.0
No 3,318 2,825 81.9 79.8-83.8 77 3.2 2.3- 4.5 92 3.3 2.5- 4.4 324 11.5 10.0-13.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 123 51.2 41.4-60.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 25.9 17.9-35.8
No 3,594 2,969 79.4 77.4-81.3 96 3.6 2.7- 4.7 121 4.1 3.2- 5.2 408 12.9 11.4-14.6
COPD
Yes 310 246 77.6 69.0-84.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 37 9.9 6.4-15.1
No 3,628 2,977 78.3 76.3-80.2 107 4.1 3.1- 5.3 124 3.9 3.1- 4.9 420 13.6 12.1-15.3
Current Asthma
Yes 432 344 72.1 63.5-79.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 55 16.8 11.1-24.7
No 3,500 2,874 78.9 77.0-80.8 99 3.6 2.8- 4.6 126 4.5 3.6- 5.7 401 13.0 11.5-14.5
Diabetes
Yes 554 491 91.1 87.9-93.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 39 5.5 3.8- 8.1
No 3,391 2,738 76.5 74.3-78.5 107 4.4 3.4- 5.7 128 4.7 3.8- 6.0 418 14.4 12.8-16.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,305 1,015 73.5 69.8-77.0 54 5.5 3.9- 7.6 66 5.6 4.0- 7.7 170 15.4 12.6-18.7
No 2,612 2,188 80.3 77.9-82.4 61 3.3 2.3- 4.8 76 3.9 2.9- 5.3 287 12.5 10.9-14.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,105 920 82.6 79.0-85.8 26 2.8 1.7- 4.4 41 4.5 2.7- 7.6 118 10.0 7.9-12.7
No 2,844 2,312 76.9 74.5-79.0 90 4.4 3.3- 5.8 102 4.4 3.4- 5.5 340 14.4 12.6-16.3

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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 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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