2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 705 337 48.5 43.8-53.2 368 51.5 46.8-56.2
GENDER
Male 308 172 54.0 47.1-60.7 136 46.0 39.3-52.9
Female 397 165 43.1 36.8-49.5 232 56.9 50.5-63.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 397 205 51.9 46.0-57.7 192 48.1 42.3-54.0
Non-Hispanic Black 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 171 77 41.1 31.4-51.4 94 58.9 48.6-68.6
AGE
18-44 225 92 40.4 33.2-48.0 133 59.6 52.0-66.8
45-64 247 126 56.0 48.4-63.4 121 44.0 36.6-51.6
65+ 230 119 55.3 46.9-63.5 111 44.7 36.5-53.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 303 155 54.1 46.8-61.1 148 45.9 38.9-53.2
Some College + 401 182 43.7 37.8-49.8 219 56.3 50.2-62.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 370 190 55.2 48.6-61.7 180 44.8 38.3-51.4
$50,000+ 203 94 44.1 36.2-52.2 109 55.9 47.8-63.8

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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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