2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Tobacco Use

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 3 563 468 81.3 77.0-85.0 95 18.7 15.0-23.0
GENDER
Male 245 200 80.2 73.4-85.6 45 19.8 14.4-26.6
Female 318 268 82.3 76.4-87.0 50 17.7 13.0-23.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 423 361 82.6 77.5-86.8 62 17.4 13.2-22.5
Non-Hispanic Black 76 56 76.8 65.2-85.4 20 23.2 14.6-34.8
Other 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 176 138 77.7 69.5-84.2 38 22.3 15.8-30.5
45-64 211 164 77.5 70.5-83.2 47 22.5 16.8-29.5
65+ 169 159 92.9 86.0-96.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 169 74.4 66.8-80.7 55 25.6 19.3-33.2
Some College + 339 299 87.2 82.5-90.8 40 12.8 9.2-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 218 76.1 69.6-81.5 65 23.9 18.5-30.4
$50,000+ 182 164 88.7 82.0-93.2 18 11.3 6.8-18.0

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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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