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 *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 344 169 49.3 41.1-57.6 175 50.7 42.4-58.9
No 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 387 193 50.4 42.7-58.1 194 49.6 41.9-57.3
History of CVD**
Yes 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 312 155 49.2 40.6-57.8 157 50.8 42.2-59.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 286 145 50.9 41.5-60.3 141 49.1 39.7-58.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 331 172 52.7 44.0-61.1 159 47.3 38.9-56.0
COPD
Yes 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 295 143 50.1 41.3-58.9 152 49.9 41.1-58.7
Current Asthma
Yes 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 338 167 50.2 42.0-58.5 171 49.8 41.5-58.0
Diabetes
Yes 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 337 165 50.0 41.9-58.2 172 50.0 41.8-58.1
Functional Disability
Yes 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 228 108 48.9 39.1-58.9 120 51.1 41.1-60.9

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*Asked of current smokers.

**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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