2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 574 294 49.9 45.1-54.7 280 50.1 45.3-54.9
GENDER
Male 272 165 60.7 54.0-67.1 107 39.3 32.9-46.0
Female 302 129 39.3 33.0-45.9 173 60.7 54.1-67.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 193 55.3 49.4-61.1 167 44.7 38.9-50.6
Non-Hispanic Black 114 54 37.5 28.0-48.1 *** *** ***
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 186 80 44.9 37.1-52.9 106 55.1 47.1-62.9
45-64 209 112 52.3 44.8-59.6 97 47.7 40.4-55.2
65+ 177 101 57.7 49.5-65.5 76 42.3 34.5-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 152 57.1 49.8-64.1 108 42.9 35.9-50.2
Some College + 313 140 42.5 36.4-48.9 173 57.5 51.1-63.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 299 160 50.4 43.8-56.9 139 49.6 43.1-56.2
$50,000+ 165 78 50.6 42.2-59.1 87 49.4 40.9-57.8

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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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