2016 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 6,348 2,851 43.2 41.7-44.8 3,497 56.8 55.2-58.3
Region 7 792 307 38.6 34.7-42.6 485 61.4 57.4-65.3
GENDER
Male 340 152 45.6 39.6-51.7 188 54.4 48.3-60.4
Female 452 155 32.1 27.4-37.2 297 67.9 62.8-72.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 484 206 42.3 37.4-47.4 278 57.7 52.6-62.6
Non-Hispanic Black 195 70 38.3 30.1-47.1 125 61.7 52.9-69.9
Other 108 28 21.7 14.4-31.3 80 78.3 68.7-85.6
AGE
18-44 295 93 33.5 27.5-40.1 202 66.5 59.9-72.5
45-64 296 117 40.4 34.3-46.7 179 59.6 53.3-65.7
65+ 193 95 48.4 40.5-56.2 98 51.6 43.8-59.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 119 46.1 39.0-53.3 142 53.9 46.7-61.0
Some College + 528 187 34.6 30.2-39.4 341 65.4 60.6-69.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 313 131 43.6 37.1-50.4 182 56.4 49.6-62.9
$50,000+ 345 130 36.5 31.1-42.4 215 63.5 57.6-68.9

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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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