2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

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 6,504 2,941 44.8 43.3-46.3 3,563 55.2 53.7-56.7
Region 6 493 216 45.7 40.7-50.9 277 54.3 49.1-59.3
GENDER
Male 217 118 54.4 46.5-62.0 99 45.6 38.0-53.5
Female 276 98 37.6 31.3-44.3 178 62.4 55.7-68.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 275 134 53.0 46.4-59.5 141 47.0 40.5-53.6
Non-Hispanic Black 143 56 36.5 27.8-46.2 87 63.5 53.8-72.2
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 178 69 42.9 34.9-51.2 109 57.1 48.8-65.1
44-64 190 89 47.9 40.1-55.9 101 52.1 44.1-59.9
65+ 119 55 49.2 39.4-59.0 64 50.8 41.0-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 97 48.0 40.1-56.1 103 52.0 43.9-59.9
Some College + 292 118 43.2 36.8-49.8 174 56.8 50.2-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 103 46.2 38.7-54.0 124 53.8 46.0-61.3
$50,000+ 162 64 41.2 33.1-49.7 98 58.8 50.3-66.9

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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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