2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,939 344 9.0 7.8-10.4 141 4.2 3.2- 5.5 1,022 24.0 22.2-25.9 2,432 62.8 60.6-65.0
GENDER
Male 1,738 175 10.3 8.4-12.5 82 6.1 4.3- 8.5 517 27.5 24.7-30.4 964 56.2 52.9-59.5
Female 2,201 169 7.8 6.3- 9.7 59 2.5 1.8- 3.5 505 20.7 18.5-23.2 1,468 68.9 66.1-71.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,567 300 8.9 7.5-10.4 119 4.1 3.1- 5.5 959 24.8 22.9-26.8 2,189 62.2 59.9-64.5
No 306 39 10.9 7.5-15.7 17 5.0 2.8- 8.6 53 17.9 12.2-25.3 197 66.2 58.8-72.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 995 90 7.7 5.8-10.2 37 4.7 2.9- 7.3 226 21.2 18.0-24.8 642 66.4 62.3-70.3
Overweight 1,291 113 10.5 8.1-13.6 48 4.7 2.8- 7.9 377 26.6 23.4-30.0 753 58.2 54.2-62.1
Obese 1,312 121 9.8 7.6-12.5 45 3.8 2.6- 5.6 365 25.6 22.4-29.2 781 60.7 56.9-64.4
Current Smoker
Yes 485 344 68.0 60.9-74.4 141 32.0 25.6-39.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,454 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,022 27.6 25.6-29.7 2,432 72.4 70.3-74.4
History of CVD**
Yes 427 62 15.2 10.5-21.6 *** *** *** 171 38.6 32.0-45.6 172 41.7 35.0-48.8
No 3,489 280 8.3 7.0- 9.7 116 4.2 3.1- 5.5 847 22.3 20.5-24.3 2,246 65.3 63.0-67.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 460 87 18.4 14.3-23.3 31 6.6 4.0-10.7 126 25.2 20.5-30.7 216 49.8 43.7-55.9
No 3,303 242 7.6 6.3- 9.1 105 4.0 2.9- 5.4 863 23.7 21.8-25.8 2,093 64.7 62.3-67.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 43 25.5 18.2-34.6 15 6.5 3.7-11.4 63 34.2 25.2-44.5 72 33.7 25.2-43.4
No 3,579 288 8.2 6.9- 9.7 119 4.0 3.0- 5.4 933 23.8 21.9-25.8 2,239 64.0 61.7-66.2
COPD
Yes 310 78 29.3 21.5-38.5 26 8.1 4.7-13.6 120 41.4 33.4-49.9 86 21.2 15.9-27.7
No 3,616 262 7.3 6.2- 8.6 114 3.9 2.9- 5.2 897 22.6 20.8-24.6 2,343 66.1 63.9-68.3
Current Asthma
Yes 428 45 9.4 6.4-13.7 *** *** *** 117 29.9 23.2-37.6 249 56.7 49.2-63.9
No 3,494 298 9.0 7.6-10.5 124 4.3 3.2- 5.7 902 23.4 21.5-25.3 2,170 63.4 61.1-65.6
Diabetes
Yes 553 44 12.0 7.7-18.1 *** *** *** 204 32.1 27.0-37.7 289 54.2 48.0-60.2
No 3,381 300 8.6 7.4-10.0 125 4.6 3.5- 6.0 816 22.8 20.9-24.8 2,140 64.0 61.6-66.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,295 157 14.4 11.7-17.7 63 4.6 3.3- 6.3 437 33.1 29.4-37.0 638 47.9 44.0-51.8
No 2,611 187 6.6 5.4- 8.1 75 3.9 2.7- 5.7 576 19.6 17.7-21.7 1,773 69.8 67.3-72.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,106 138 14.8 11.5-18.8 51 4.9 3.4- 7.1 389 33.4 29.6-37.5 528 46.9 42.7-51.2
No 2,832 206 7.2 6.0- 8.6 90 4.0 2.9- 5.6 633 21.0 19.0-23.2 1,903 67.8 65.3-70.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

**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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