2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,737 3,972 82.8 81.3-84.2 765 17.2 15.8-18.7
Region 1 & 2 792 632 76.6 71.9-80.7 160 23.4 19.3-28.1
GENDER
Male 349 275 75.7 68.4-81.8 74 24.3 18.2-31.6
Female 443 357 77.4 70.9-82.8 86 22.6 17.2-29.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 700 563 76.6 71.4-81.0 137 23.4 19.0-28.6
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 196 142 69.9 60.8-77.6 54 30.1 22.4-39.2
45-64 269 197 76.0 68.0-82.6 72 24.0 17.4-32.0
65+ 319 286 86.5 79.5-91.4 33 13.5 8.6-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 203 70.3 62.3-77.2 75 29.7 22.8-37.7
Some College + 512 429 82.7 77.3-87.1 83 17.3 12.9-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 379 271 66.2 58.7-73.1 108 33.8 26.9-41.3
$50,000+ 272 246 90.5 84.1-94.5 26 9.5 5.5-15.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

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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