2024 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%)
North Carolina 4,162 1,547 37.3 35.5-39.0 2,615 62.7 61.0-64.5
-Non-Hispanic Black 696 209 28.9 25.1-33.1 487 71.1 66.9-74.9
GENDER
Male 270 104 36.2 30.0-43.0 166 63.8 57.0-70.0
Female 426 105 22.8 18.4-28.0 321 77.2 72.0-81.6
AGE
18-34 151 15 9.2 5.3-15.4 136 90.8 84.6-94.7
35-44 119 32 31.4 22.2-42.3 87 68.6 57.7-77.8
45-54 123 32 26.9 18.5-37.3 91 73.1 62.7-81.5
55-64 121 *** *** *** 66 57.8 47.0-67.9
65-74 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 170 56 29.7 22.4-38.2 114 70.3 61.8-77.6
Some Post-H.S. 232 76 30.5 24.2-37.7 156 69.5 62.3-75.8
College Graduate 246 51 18.6 13.7-24.8 195 81.4 75.2-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 186 39 23.4 16.8-31.5 147 76.6 68.5-83.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 202 80 40.5 32.5-49.1 122 59.5 50.9-67.5
No 488 126 24.4 20.2-29.0 362 75.6 71.0-79.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 612 175 27.2 23.2-31.6 437 72.8 68.4-76.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 303 84 25.8 20.6-31.8 219 74.2 68.2-79.4
Regional City or Suburban County 184 49 28.3 20.9-37.0 135 71.7 63.0-79.1
Rural 209 76 33.9 26.7-42.0 133 66.1 58.0-73.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 394 85 21.5 17.0-26.9 309 78.5 73.1-83.0
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 148 61 43.4 34.0-53.2 87 56.6 46.8-66.0
Unable to Work 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 334 87 26.4 21.3-32.3 247 73.6 67.7-78.7
HOUSING
Own 339 98 29.3 23.9-35.2 241 70.7 64.8-76.1
Rent 290 93 30.8 25.2-37.0 197 69.2 63.0-74.8
Other arrangement 65 18 21.2 12.9-32.7 47 78.8 67.3-87.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 211 68 32.2 25.2-40.1 143 67.8 59.9-74.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 173 56 27.1 20.3-35.3 117 72.9 64.7-79.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 312 85 27.6 22.0-34.1 227 72.4 65.9-78.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 146 43 29.8 21.2-40.0 103 70.2 60.0-78.8
2nd Quartile 254 74 26.3 20.7-32.8 180 73.7 67.2-79.3
3rd Quartile 197 61 33.0 25.5-41.3 136 67.0 58.7-74.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 99 31 26.7 18.1-37.6 68 73.3 62.4-81.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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