2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 10 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 6,343 5,265 82.1 80.8-83.3 1,078 17.9 16.7-19.2
Region 10 605 483 80.1 76.1-83.5 122 19.9 16.5-23.9
GENDER
Male 292 224 76.0 69.8-81.3 68 24.0 18.7-30.2
Female 313 259 83.9 78.8-87.9 54 16.1 12.1-21.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 317 79.2 74.1-83.6 75 20.8 16.4-25.9
Non-Hispanic Black 148 116 81.1 73.1-87.1 32 18.9 12.9-26.9
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 200 153 77.0 70.0-82.8 47 23.0 17.2-30.0
45-64 227 170 76.3 69.6-82.0 57 23.7 18.0-30.4
65+ 173 155 90.6 84.6-94.4 18 9.4 5.6-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 174 75.2 68.7-80.7 65 24.8 19.3-31.3
Some College + 364 307 84.0 78.9-88.0 57 16.0 12.0-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 311 229 74.8 68.8-80.0 82 25.2 20.0-31.2
$50,000+ 196 172 87.6 81.2-92.1 24 12.4 7.9-18.8

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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 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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