2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,942 1,510 37.2 35.1-39.4 2,432 62.8 60.6-64.9
GENDER
Male 1,738 774 43.8 40.5-47.1 964 56.2 52.9-59.5
Female 2,204 736 31.2 28.5-34.0 1,468 68.8 66.0-71.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,570 1,381 37.8 35.5-40.2 2,189 62.2 59.8-64.5
No 306 109 33.8 27.1-41.2 197 66.2 58.8-72.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 998 356 33.8 29.9-37.9 642 66.2 62.1-70.1
Overweight 1,291 538 41.8 37.9-45.8 753 58.2 54.2-62.1
Obese 1,312 531 39.3 35.6-43.1 781 60.7 56.9-64.4
Current Smoker
Yes 485 485 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,454 1,022 27.6 25.6-29.7 2,432 72.4 70.3-74.4
History of CVD**
Yes 427 255 58.3 51.2-65.0 172 41.7 35.0-48.8
No 3,492 1,246 34.8 32.6-37.1 2,246 65.2 62.9-67.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 461 245 50.3 44.2-56.4 216 49.7 43.6-55.8
No 3,304 1,211 35.3 33.0-37.7 2,093 64.7 62.3-67.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 122 66.4 56.7-74.9 72 33.6 25.1-43.3
No 3,580 1,341 36.0 33.8-38.3 2,239 64.0 61.7-66.2
COPD
Yes 310 224 78.8 72.3-84.1 86 21.2 15.9-27.7
No 3,619 1,276 33.9 31.8-36.2 2,343 66.1 63.8-68.2
Current Asthma
Yes 428 179 43.3 36.1-50.8 249 56.7 49.2-63.9
No 3,497 1,327 36.7 34.4-39.0 2,170 63.3 61.0-65.6
Diabetes
Yes 553 264 45.8 39.8-52.0 289 54.2 48.0-60.2
No 3,384 1,244 36.1 33.8-38.4 2,140 63.9 61.6-66.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,296 658 52.1 48.2-56.0 638 47.9 44.0-51.8
No 2,613 840 30.3 27.8-32.8 1,773 69.7 67.2-72.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,106 578 53.1 48.8-57.3 528 46.9 42.7-51.2
No 2,835 932 32.3 29.9-34.8 1,903 67.7 65.2-70.1

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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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