2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,737 537 11.9 10.7-13.3 228 5.3 4.4- 6.2 1,309 25.9 24.3-27.5 2,663 56.9 55.0-58.8
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 792 116 16.1 12.7-20.2 44 7.3 4.9-10.8 229 27.9 23.7-32.6 403 48.7 43.5-53.9
Region 3 & 5 885 99 11.8 9.4-14.7 38 4.8 3.3- 6.8 215 23.0 19.9-26.3 533 60.5 56.6-64.3
Region 4 664 59 10.6 8.0-13.8 26 3.8 2.5- 5.9 183 26.6 22.9-30.7 396 59.0 54.6-63.3
Region 6 & 7 978 93 10.1 7.9-13.0 53 6.6 4.6- 9.3 256 26.3 23.0-29.8 576 57.1 53.0-61.0
Region 8 705 82 14.8 11.6-18.7 35 4.6 3.0- 6.9 220 29.1 25.1-33.5 368 51.5 46.8-56.2
Region 9 & 10 715 88 13.5 10.4-17.3 32 5.6 3.6- 8.8 206 25.2 21.7-29.1 389 55.7 50.9-60.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,894 228 14.7 12.5-17.2 104 7.2 5.4- 9.6 545 25.5 23.1-28.1 1,017 52.6 49.5-55.6
Piedmont 1,921 177 9.9 8.4-11.7 74 4.1 3.2- 5.3 491 25.4 23.2-27.8 1,179 60.5 57.9-63.1
Western NC 924 132 16.3 13.1-20.2 50 6.9 4.8- 9.9 273 27.9 24.1-32.0 469 48.8 44.2-53.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 708 106 15.6 12.0-20.0 40 6.6 4.1-10.4 205 30.0 25.5-35.0 357 47.8 42.4-53.1
Northwest 605 82 15.5 12.0-19.8 31 5.7 3.8- 8.4 175 29.6 25.2-34.4 317 49.3 44.2-54.4
Charlotte 544 46 9.7 7.1-13.1 19 3.5 2.1- 5.9 144 24.3 20.4-28.6 335 62.5 57.6-67.1
Greensboro 364 33 10.5 7.1-15.4 14 5.0 2.7- 9.3 90 21.2 16.9-26.3 227 63.2 56.9-69.0
Southern Regional 683 79 12.2 9.2-16.0 40 6.0 3.9- 9.1 209 28.9 24.3-33.9 355 52.9 47.4-58.4
Southeast 299 32 13.8 9.5-19.5 13 4.1 2.2- 7.5 101 33.8 27.8-40.3 153 48.4 41.8-55.0
Wake 609 41 7.4 5.2-10.5 25 5.8 3.5- 9.5 137 22.5 18.9-26.7 406 64.2 59.4-68.8
Area L & Eastern 927 118 15.2 12.0-19.0 46 6.2 4.1- 9.4 248 23.2 19.9-26.9 515 55.4 50.9-59.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

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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