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%)
TOTAL 4,162 1,547 37.3 35.5-39.0 2,615 62.7 61.0-64.5
GENDER
Male 1,908 822 43.2 40.6-45.8 1,086 56.8 54.2-59.4
Female 2,254 725 31.7 29.4-34.1 1,529 68.3 65.9-70.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,677 1,386 37.6 35.8-39.5 2,291 62.4 60.5-64.2
No 410 134 35.1 29.6-41.0 276 64.9 59.0-70.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,108 389 34.4 31.0-37.9 719 65.6 62.1-69.0
Overweight 1,328 521 39.4 36.2-42.6 807 60.6 57.4-63.8
Obese 1,337 528 40.8 37.7-44.0 809 59.2 56.0-62.3
Current Smoker
Yes 455 455 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,703 1,088 29.0 27.3-30.8 2,615 71.0 69.2-72.7
History of CVD**
Yes 435 231 53.1 47.1-58.9 204 46.9 41.1-52.9
No 3,691 1,301 35.6 33.7-37.5 2,390 64.4 62.5-66.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 503 239 50.6 45.4-55.7 264 49.4 44.3-54.6
No 3,505 1,239 34.9 33.0-36.8 2,266 65.1 63.2-67.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 171 105 65.6 57.1-73.2 66 34.4 26.8-42.9
No 3,840 1,376 35.8 34.0-37.6 2,464 64.2 62.4-66.0
COPD
Yes 293 206 71.4 64.8-77.2 87 28.6 22.8-35.2
No 3,855 1,336 34.8 33.0-36.6 2,519 65.2 63.4-67.0
Current Asthma
Yes 394 169 44.0 38.2-50.0 225 56.0 50.0-61.8
No 3,746 1,370 36.6 34.8-38.5 2,376 63.4 61.5-65.2
Diabetes
Yes 562 250 43.6 38.6-48.7 312 56.4 51.3-61.4
No 3,597 1,296 36.3 34.5-38.2 2,301 63.7 61.8-65.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,291 598 48.2 44.8-51.6 693 51.8 48.4-55.2
No 2,826 930 32.3 30.3-34.4 1,896 67.7 65.6-69.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,283 627 50.5 47.1-53.9 656 49.5 46.1-52.9
No 2,879 920 32.0 30.0-34.1 1,959 68.0 65.9-70.0

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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.

^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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