2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

How long has it been since you last smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than 1 year ago 1 to 5 years ago 5 to 10 years ago 10 or more years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,298 133 12.4 10.2-15.0 185 16.9 14.3-20.0 170 15.6 13.1-18.5 810 55.1 51.5-58.6
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 228 21 11.4 6.6-19.0 30 16.4 10.0-25.9 19 11.5 6.4-19.7 158 60.6 50.9-69.6
Region 3 & 5 213 22 12.9 8.3-19.7 27 14.6 9.7-21.4 32 17.7 12.4-24.5 132 54.8 46.8-62.4
Region 4 177 20 11.9 7.5-18.4 24 13.8 8.9-20.8 24 17.2 10.9-26.1 109 57.0 48.2-65.4
Region 6 & 7 255 28 13.5 9.0-19.8 46 22.6 16.5-30.1 42 17.0 12.1-23.3 139 46.9 39.7-54.3
Region 8 220 27 15.9 10.6-23.3 28 15.2 9.6-23.2 31 14.5 9.6-21.4 134 54.4 46.0-62.7
Region 9 & 10 205 15 5.8 3.2-10.2 30 17.7 12.0-25.2 22 11.1 6.9-17.6 138 65.4 57.1-72.9
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 543 52 11.1 8.1-14.9 81 21.0 16.2-26.8 72 14.1 10.7-18.4 338 53.8 48.3-59.2
Piedmont 483 54 13.1 9.9-17.1 66 14.5 11.2-18.7 76 17.6 13.8-22.2 287 54.7 49.5-59.9
Western NC 272 27 12.2 7.7-18.8 38 18.8 12.5-27.3 22 10.8 6.4-17.6 185 58.2 49.7-66.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 204 20 9.5 5.2-16.5 25 12.0 7.2-19.3 15 9.0 4.6-16.9 144 69.5 60.2-77.5
Northwest 173 18 10.7 6.3-17.7 28 21.1 14.1-30.4 18 13.4 7.7-22.1 109 54.8 45.4-63.9
Charlotte 139 16 14.0 8.6-22.2 18 11.7 7.0-19.2 19 17.3 10.3-27.4 86 57.0 47.0-66.4
Greensboro 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 24.9 16.0-36.6 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 208 21 14.8 9.0-23.3 29 18.9 11.5-29.5 29 11.6 7.3-17.9 129 54.7 45.3-63.8
Southeast 101 *** *** *** 14 13.9 7.1-25.3 13 12.8 7.0-22.4 *** *** ***
Wake 137 16 15.0 9.0-23.9 23 21.3 13.8-31.3 25 19.3 12.8-28.2 73 44.4 35.2-54.0
Area L & Eastern 247 25 10.2 6.4-15.8 39 21.8 15.1-30.6 31 15.7 10.2-23.6 152 52.2 44.0-60.4

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*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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