2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,499 5,411 81.0 79.7-82.2 1,088 19.0 17.8-20.3
Region 5 803 685 82.7 79.2-85.7 118 17.3 14.3-20.8
GENDER
Male 343 287 80.9 75.4-85.4 56 19.1 14.6-24.6
Female 460 398 84.2 79.6-88.0 62 15.8 12.0-20.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 484 414 82.5 77.9-86.4 70 17.5 13.6-22.1
Non-Hispanic Black 184 150 79.4 71.8-85.4 34 20.6 14.6-28.2
Other 120 106 87.6 77.8-93.4 14 12.4 6.6-22.2
AGE
18-44 307 253 80.8 75.2-85.4 54 19.2 14.6-24.8
44-64 281 236 81.0 75.0-85.9 45 19.0 14.1-25.0
65+ 202 184 89.3 81.1-94.2 18 10.7 5.8-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 282 220 74.9 68.3-80.5 62 25.1 19.5-31.7
Some College + 515 459 87.8 84.0-90.8 56 12.2 9.2-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 343 276 77.0 70.9-82.1 67 23.0 17.9-29.1
$50,000+ 296 272 88.9 83.5-92.6 24 11.1 7.4-16.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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