2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Regions 1 & 2 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 6,348 2,851 43.2 41.7-44.8 3,497 56.8 55.2-58.3
Regions 1 & 2 1,039 514 50.0 45.9-54.1 525 50.0 45.9-54.1
GENDER
Male 450 237 51.4 45.3-57.4 213 48.6 42.6-54.7
Female 589 277 48.8 43.1-54.4 312 51.2 45.6-56.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 899 454 51.0 46.5-55.4 445 49.0 44.6-53.5
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 266 123 47.5 39.5-55.7 143 52.5 44.3-60.5
45-64 371 181 50.8 44.4-57.2 190 49.2 42.8-55.6
65+ 387 202 52.9 46.6-59.1 185 47.1 40.9-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 422 235 56.3 49.7-62.6 187 43.7 37.4-50.3
Some College + 618 279 44.3 39.3-49.4 339 55.7 50.6-60.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 534 298 54.8 49.0-60.5 236 45.2 39.5-51.0
$50,000+ 320 126 43.3 36.2-50.7 194 56.7 49.3-63.8

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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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