2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 882 355 40.1 36.5-43.8 527 59.9 56.2-63.5
GENDER
Male 379 180 48.5 42.9-54.2 199 51.5 45.8-57.1
Female 503 175 32.4 28.0-37.1 328 67.6 62.9-72.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 522 226 43.6 38.9-48.5 296 56.4 51.5-61.1
Non-Hispanic Black 209 84 38.0 30.7-45.8 125 62.0 54.2-69.3
Other 138 44 32.5 24.6-41.6 94 67.5 58.4-75.4
AGE
18-44 371 123 34.7 29.4-40.4 248 65.3 59.6-70.6
44-64 305 124 40.3 34.3-46.6 181 59.7 53.4-65.7
65+ 193 104 54.9 46.7-62.9 89 45.1 37.1-53.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 303 148 47.7 41.3-54.2 155 52.3 45.8-58.7
Some College + 575 206 35.7 31.4-40.2 369 64.3 59.8-68.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 355 167 46.0 40.0-52.2 188 54.0 47.8-60.0
$50,000+ 350 131 37.6 32.2-43.4 219 62.4 56.6-67.8

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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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