2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

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 4,562 537 12.5 11.2-13.8 219 5.0 4.2- 5.8 1,225 25.5 23.9-27.1 2,581 57.1 55.3-58.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 745 102 15.7 12.2-20.0 34 4.8 2.8- 7.9 225 29.3 25.0-33.9 384 50.2 45.2-55.3
Region 3 384 42 11.7 8.3-16.4 13 3.0 1.7- 5.5 108 26.9 22.0-32.5 221 58.3 52.3-64.0
Region 4 687 87 14.4 11.4-17.9 28 4.0 2.7- 5.9 169 24.2 20.7-28.2 403 57.4 53.1-61.7
Region 5 542 51 11.3 8.2-15.4 25 4.8 3.1- 7.3 132 23.6 19.8-27.9 334 60.3 55.3-65.0
Region 6 416 52 13.6 10.0-18.3 23 6.3 3.6-10.7 113 27.7 22.7-33.3 228 52.4 46.5-58.2
Region 7 595 47 7.3 5.3-10.1 31 5.7 3.9- 8.1 132 22.6 18.8-26.8 385 64.4 59.8-68.8
Region 8 508 73 14.8 11.3-19.0 35 7.8 5.4-11.3 140 25.4 21.2-30.2 260 52.0 46.6-57.4
Region 9 & 10 691 83 12.4 9.5-16.2 30 4.9 3.2- 7.6 210 29.1 25.0-33.6 368 53.5 48.7-58.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,654 206 12.6 10.7-14.8 87 6.3 4.8- 8.2 470 27.1 24.5-29.9 891 53.9 50.8-57.0
Piedmont 2,051 211 11.8 10.1-13.7 95 4.6 3.7- 5.7 501 23.8 21.7-26.0 1,244 59.8 57.3-62.3
Western NC 863 120 15.4 12.3-19.1 37 4.0 2.5- 6.5 258 29.2 25.3-33.4 448 51.4 46.9-55.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 659 84 13.4 10.3-17.2 30 5.3 3.0- 9.2 199 29.9 25.3-34.9 346 51.4 46.1-56.7
Northwest 623 79 15.0 11.6-19.3 23 3.7 2.2- 5.9 182 26.8 22.8-31.2 339 54.5 49.6-59.4
Charlotte 544 71 13.9 10.8-17.7 22 3.6 2.3- 5.5 123 24.4 20.3-28.9 328 58.2 53.3-62.8
Greensboro 435 49 12.5 9.1-17.0 21 5.2 3.3- 8.2 111 24.0 19.8-28.8 254 58.3 52.8-63.5
Southern Regional 518 66 13.2 9.9-17.4 32 6.7 4.1-10.7 143 27.4 22.9-32.5 277 52.7 47.3-58.1
Southeast 254 40 18.0 12.6-24.9 19 10.9 6.5-17.8 67 24.1 18.3-30.9 128 47.1 39.5-54.7
Wake 654 46 7.0 5.0- 9.7 34 5.5 3.8- 7.7 142 22.0 18.5-25.9 432 65.6 61.2-69.7
Area L & Eastern 881 102 11.1 8.7-14.1 38 4.8 3.2- 7.0 262 27.6 24.0-31.6 479 56.5 52.1-60.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 745 102 15.7 12.2-20.0 34 4.8 2.8- 7.9 225 29.3 25.0-33.9 384 50.2 45.2-55.3
Region 2 638 71 11.5 8.9-14.9 25 4.2 2.7- 6.5 168 25.9 22.1-30.0 374 58.4 53.9-62.8
Region 3 697 90 14.9 12.0-18.5 28 3.9 2.6- 5.8 171 24.5 21.0-28.5 408 56.6 52.3-60.8
Region 4 850 63 7.9 5.9-10.7 43 5.1 3.7- 7.0 194 22.5 19.4-25.9 550 64.5 60.6-68.2
Region 5 791 109 14.6 11.7-18.0 52 7.7 5.5-10.8 218 27.2 23.5-31.1 412 50.5 46.2-54.8
Region 6 847 102 12.2 9.6-15.5 37 4.9 3.3- 7.2 253 27.4 23.8-31.3 455 55.4 51.1-59.7

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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 some days' rates.

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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