2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Do you currently use chewing tobacco, snuff, or snus every day, some days, or not at all?

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  Total
Respond.^
Every day Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,956 73 1.8 1.3- 2.6 64 1.6 1.2- 2.2 3,819 96.6 95.7-97.3
GENDER
Male 1,743 53 3.0 2.1- 4.4 44 2.2 1.5- 3.2 1,646 94.8 93.2-96.0
Female 2,213 *** *** *** 20 1.0 0.6- 1.8 2,173 98.2 97.3-98.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,586 67 1.9 1.3- 2.7 57 1.6 1.2- 2.3 3,462 96.4 95.5-97.2
No 305 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,002 *** *** *** 16 1.7 1.0- 3.1 974 96.5 94.2-97.9
Overweight 1,293 24 1.9 1.1- 3.1 24 1.6 1.0- 2.7 1,245 96.5 95.0-97.6
Obese 1,316 32 2.1 1.3- 3.4 20 1.4 0.8- 2.3 1,264 96.6 95.1-97.6
Current Smoker
Yes 485 *** *** *** *** *** *** 457 94.4 91.2-96.5
No 3,443 59 1.7 1.1- 2.4 46 1.4 1.0- 1.9 3,338 97.0 96.1-97.7
History of CVD**
Yes 429 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,503 64 1.8 1.3- 2.6 59 1.7 1.2- 2.3 3,380 96.5 95.6-97.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 *** *** *** 18 4.4 2.5- 7.4 433 93.8 90.6-95.9
No 3,321 58 1.8 1.3- 2.7 42 1.1 0.8- 1.7 3,221 97.0 96.1-97.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,598 63 1.8 1.2- 2.5 57 1.6 1.1- 2.2 3,478 96.7 95.8-97.4
COPD
Yes 311 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,631 66 1.9 1.3- 2.6 55 1.4 1.0- 1.9 3,510 96.7 95.8-97.4
Current Asthma
Yes 433 *** *** *** *** *** *** 415 96.1 93.2-97.8
No 3,504 63 1.8 1.3- 2.6 55 1.5 1.1- 2.2 3,386 96.6 95.7-97.4
Diabetes
Yes 554 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,396 60 1.8 1.3- 2.4 55 1.6 1.2- 2.3 3,281 96.6 95.7-97.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,309 29 1.8 1.1- 3.0 35 2.7 1.8- 4.0 1,245 95.6 93.9-96.8
No 2,614 44 1.9 1.3- 2.9 29 1.1 0.7- 1.8 2,541 97.0 95.9-97.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,109 26 2.0 1.2- 3.4 23 2.1 1.2- 3.7 1,060 95.8 94.0-97.2
No 2,845 47 1.8 1.2- 2.7 41 1.4 1.0- 2.1 2,757 96.8 95.8-97.6

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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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