2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Other Tobacco Products

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(e-hookah), or vape pen?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,706 658 14.7 13.4-16.0 5,048 85.3 84.0-86.6
Region 8 550 62 13.6 10.4-17.6 488 86.4 82.4-89.6
GENDER
Male 231 28 14.9 10.1-21.5 203 85.1 78.5-89.9
Female 319 34 12.2 8.4-17.3 285 87.8 82.7-91.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 358 39 14.0 10.0-19.4 319 86.0 80.6-90.0
Non-Hispanic Black 109 *** *** *** 99 87.5 77.1-93.6
Other 75 11 11.8 5.9-22.0 64 88.2 78.0-94.1
AGE
18-44 155 28 18.9 13.0-26.8 127 81.1 73.2-87.0
44-64 212 29 15.4 10.5-22.1 183 84.6 77.9-89.5
65+ 174 *** *** *** 169 98.4 95.9-99.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 29 11.7 7.8-17.3 202 88.3 82.7-92.2
Some College + 317 33 15.3 10.7-21.4 284 84.7 78.6-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 36 16.5 11.7-22.9 219 83.5 77.1-88.3
$50,000+ 178 11 10.0 5.4-17.8 167 90.0 82.2-94.6

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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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