2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

E-Cigarette/Vaping Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Used No Longer Used Use Some Days/Use Every Day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,949 3,232 78.2 76.3-80.1 458 13.4 11.9-15.0 259 8.4 7.1- 9.9
GENDER
Male 1,739 1,348 74.2 71.2-76.9 251 16.7 14.4-19.4 140 9.1 7.5-11.1
Female 2,210 1,884 82.0 79.4-84.4 207 10.2 8.6-12.1 119 7.8 5.9-10.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,578 2,958 78.8 76.8-80.8 401 13.0 11.5-14.7 219 8.2 6.8- 9.7
No 307 220 71.4 64.4-77.4 50 17.3 12.4-23.6 37 11.4 7.7-16.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,002 798 74.5 70.3-78.3 126 13.7 11.1-16.7 78 11.8 8.8-15.7
Overweight 1,292 1,061 78.4 75.0-81.4 154 14.1 11.7-16.9 77 7.5 5.6-10.1
Obese 1,313 1,071 78.9 75.3-82.1 155 14.0 11.2-17.4 87 7.1 5.4- 9.2
Current Smoker
Yes 483 275 55.0 48.3-61.6 128 26.5 21.4-32.4 80 18.5 13.7-24.4
No 3,440 2,936 81.7 79.7-83.6 328 11.4 9.9-13.1 176 6.9 5.6- 8.3
History of CVD**
Yes 428 363 87.1 82.8-90.5 45 8.9 6.2-12.6 20 3.9 2.2- 6.9
No 3,500 2,850 77.2 75.0-79.2 411 13.9 12.3-15.6 239 8.9 7.6-10.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 462 264 53.5 47.4-59.5 118 25.6 20.9-31.0 80 20.8 16.2-26.4
No 3,318 2,825 81.9 79.8-83.8 324 11.5 10.0-13.3 169 6.6 5.3- 8.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 123 51.2 41.4-60.8 38 25.9 17.9-35.8 33 23.0 14.9-33.6
No 3,594 2,969 79.4 77.4-81.3 408 12.9 11.4-14.6 217 7.7 6.4- 9.2
COPD
Yes 310 246 77.6 69.0-84.4 37 9.9 6.4-15.1 27 12.5 6.8-21.6
No 3,628 2,977 78.3 76.3-80.2 420 13.6 12.1-15.3 231 8.0 6.8- 9.5
Current Asthma
Yes 432 344 72.1 63.5-79.3 55 16.8 11.1-24.7 33 11.1 6.4-18.8
No 3,500 2,874 78.9 77.0-80.8 401 13.0 11.5-14.5 225 8.1 6.8- 9.6
Diabetes
Yes 554 491 91.1 87.9-93.5 39 5.5 3.8- 8.1 24 3.4 2.0- 5.7
No 3,391 2,738 76.5 74.3-78.5 418 14.4 12.8-16.2 235 9.1 7.7-10.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,305 1,015 73.5 69.8-77.0 170 15.4 12.6-18.7 120 11.0 8.8-13.8
No 2,612 2,188 80.3 77.9-82.4 287 12.5 10.9-14.4 137 7.2 5.7- 9.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,105 920 82.6 79.0-85.8 118 10.0 7.9-12.7 67 7.3 5.1-10.4
No 2,844 2,312 76.9 74.5-79.0 340 14.4 12.6-16.3 192 8.7 7.3-10.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the E-Cigarettes question 4.

**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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