2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

How long has it been since you last smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than 1 year ago 1 to 5 years ago 5 to 10 years ago 10 or more years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,210 115 12.4 10.0-15.3 199 18.4 15.8-21.4 129 11.6 9.4-14.2 767 57.6 53.9-61.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 223 14 5.9 3.1-10.7 38 20.3 13.6-29.0 23 12.2 7.2-19.9 148 61.7 52.5-70.2
Region 3 105 *** *** *** 22 23.0 14.7-34.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 168 23 16.2 10.4-24.6 26 14.5 9.7-21.2 17 10.6 6.2-17.5 102 58.7 49.7-67.2
Region 5 132 13 11.0 6.1-19.1 19 16.8 10.6-25.4 11 7.9 4.1-14.4 89 64.4 54.6-73.1
Region 6 111 *** *** *** 16 15.0 8.9-24.2 18 19.1 11.4-30.2 *** *** ***
Region 7 131 15 14.3 8.1-24.0 24 17.1 10.9-25.8 *** *** *** 82 62.2 51.9-71.4
Region 8 136 *** *** *** 23 24.2 15.9-35.0 22 19.3 12.3-28.9 81 49.0 39.2-58.9
Region 9 & 10 208 18 13.6 7.8-22.7 31 23.4 15.9-33.0 15 5.5 3.0-10.0 144 57.5 48.5-66.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 462 46 14.8 10.5-20.6 72 21.0 16.4-26.5 54 12.2 9.0-16.4 290 51.9 46.1-57.8
Piedmont 497 56 13.8 10.3-18.1 82 16.9 13.4-21.0 48 10.8 7.9-14.7 311 58.6 53.3-63.7
Western NC 255 15 5.0 2.7- 8.9 45 20.1 14.2-27.6 27 12.9 8.1-19.9 168 62.1 53.8-69.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 197 13 6.7 3.5-12.6 35 23.5 15.6-33.9 20 10.6 6.0-18.1 129 59.1 49.1-68.5
Northwest 178 12 9.1 3.9-19.7 34 19.0 13.1-26.6 17 13.4 7.8-22.0 115 58.5 48.8-67.6
Charlotte 123 20 16.2 10.2-24.9 18 14.3 8.9-22.3 16 13.2 7.5-22.1 69 56.2 46.0-65.9
Greensboro 111 *** *** *** 16 18.0 10.9-28.1 11 10.1 5.3-18.5 74 61.0 50.2-70.9
Southern Regional 139 *** *** *** 19 13.8 8.5-21.7 24 18.5 12.1-27.4 76 45.2 35.2-55.5
Southeast 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 141 15 14.6 8.4-24.3 26 16.0 10.4-23.8 *** *** *** 91 62.9 53.0-71.7
Area L & Eastern 258 24 12.1 7.6-18.8 41 24.4 17.6-32.8 23 8.1 4.9-13.2 170 55.4 47.3-63.2
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 223 14 5.9 3.1-10.7 38 20.3 13.6-29.0 23 12.2 7.2-19.9 148 61.7 52.5-70.2
Region 2 165 13 8.3 4.5-14.9 34 23.6 16.7-32.2 19 13.7 8.2-22.0 99 54.4 45.2-63.2
Region 3 170 24 16.3 10.5-24.3 27 15.1 10.2-21.9 17 10.6 6.2-17.5 102 58.0 49.1-66.4
Region 4 193 20 13.1 8.1-20.5 31 15.6 10.6-22.4 13 6.6 3.6-11.8 129 64.7 56.4-72.2
Region 5 214 23 16.4 10.1-25.5 30 16.2 11.0-23.2 35 19.2 13.4-26.8 126 48.1 39.9-56.5
Region 6 249 23 12.8 7.9-20.1 39 23.6 16.9-31.9 22 8.9 5.4-14.4 165 54.7 46.7-62.5

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*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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