2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 & 7 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 4,741 2,078 43.1 41.3-45.0 2,663 56.9 55.0-58.7
Region 6 & 7 978 402 42.9 39.0-47.0 576 57.1 53.0-61.0
GENDER
Male 462 220 49.6 43.8-55.3 242 50.4 44.7-56.2
Female 516 182 36.9 31.6-42.5 334 63.1 57.5-68.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 564 252 46.3 41.3-51.3 312 53.7 48.7-58.7
Non-Hispanic Black 270 104 41.0 33.3-49.2 166 59.0 50.8-66.7
Other 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 375 124 35.7 29.7-42.1 251 64.3 57.9-70.3
45-64 382 164 46.2 40.0-52.5 218 53.8 47.5-60.0
65+ 211 110 56.2 47.7-64.3 101 43.8 35.7-52.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 323 174 53.2 46.1-60.3 149 46.8 39.7-53.9
Some College + 652 227 36.7 32.1-41.6 425 63.3 58.4-67.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 435 214 52.2 46.0-58.5 221 47.8 41.5-54.0
$50,000+ 374 131 36.8 31.1-43.0 243 63.2 57.0-68.9

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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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