2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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
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
GENDER
Male 308 42 17.8 13.0-24.1 15 5.1 2.9- 9.0 115 31.0 25.3-37.4 136 46.0 39.3-52.9
Female 397 40 11.8 8.1-16.8 20 4.0 2.2- 7.3 105 27.3 22.0-33.3 232 56.9 50.5-63.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 397 52 16.4 12.3-21.6 17 4.1 2.4- 6.9 136 31.4 26.3-37.0 192 48.1 42.3-54.0
Non-Hispanic Black 137 13 11.7 6.2-21.0 *** *** *** 34 23.5 15.7-33.6 *** *** ***
Other 171 17 11.3 6.2-19.6 *** *** *** 50 25.9 18.3-35.3 94 58.9 48.6-68.6
AGE
18-44 225 37 16.9 11.8-23.4 11 4.0 2.1- 7.6 44 19.5 14.2-26.2 133 59.6 52.0-66.8
45-64 247 33 16.9 11.5-24.1 20 7.2 3.9-12.9 73 31.9 25.1-39.7 121 44.0 36.6-51.6
65+ 230 12 7.7 3.9-14.6 *** *** *** 103 45.5 37.4-53.9 111 44.7 36.5-53.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 303 45 20.0 14.5-26.8 21 5.7 3.2-10.0 89 28.4 22.4-35.3 148 45.9 38.9-53.2
Some College + 401 37 10.3 7.1-14.8 14 3.6 1.9- 6.6 131 29.8 24.7-35.5 219 56.3 50.2-62.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 370 53 18.9 14.0-25.0 25 5.7 3.5- 9.1 112 30.7 24.9-37.1 180 44.8 38.3-51.4
$50,000+ 203 17 9.9 5.8-16.2 *** *** *** 72 31.2 24.4-38.9 109 55.9 47.8-63.8

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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 somedays' 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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