2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 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 9 483 235 48.1 42.4-53.8 248 51.9 46.2-57.6
GENDER
Male 203 123 55.0 46.2-63.5 80 45.0 36.5-53.8
Female 280 112 41.4 34.1-49.0 168 58.6 51.0-65.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 303 166 55.2 48.0-62.2 137 44.8 37.8-52.0
Non-Hispanic Black 138 46 34.8 25.1-45.8 92 65.2 54.2-74.9
Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 125 53 42.2 32.2-52.8 72 57.8 47.2-67.8
45-64 192 95 49.0 40.4-57.6 97 51.0 42.4-59.6
65+ 163 85 54.2 45.3-62.8 78 45.8 37.2-54.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 98 51.7 42.8-60.6 98 48.3 39.4-57.2
Some College + 286 136 45.0 37.8-52.4 150 55.0 47.6-62.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 112 45.9 37.8-54.3 118 54.1 45.7-62.2
$50,000+ 165 82 47.6 38.2-57.1 83 52.4 42.9-61.8

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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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