2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,566 1,985 43.0 41.1-44.8 2,581 57.0 55.2-58.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 746 362 49.8 44.8-54.8 384 50.2 45.2-55.2
Region 3 384 163 41.7 36.0-47.7 221 58.3 52.3-64.0
Region 4 687 284 42.6 38.3-46.9 403 57.4 53.1-61.7
Region 5 542 208 39.7 35.0-44.7 334 60.3 55.3-65.0
Region 6 416 188 47.6 41.8-53.5 228 52.4 46.5-58.2
Region 7 596 211 35.8 31.4-40.4 385 64.2 59.6-68.6
Region 8 510 250 48.1 42.7-53.5 260 51.9 46.5-57.3
Region 9 & 10 691 323 46.5 41.7-51.3 368 53.5 48.7-58.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,656 765 46.1 43.0-49.2 891 53.9 50.8-57.0
Piedmont 2,052 808 40.2 37.8-42.8 1,244 59.8 57.2-62.2
Western NC 864 416 48.6 44.1-53.1 448 51.4 46.9-55.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 660 314 48.6 43.4-53.9 346 51.4 46.1-56.6
Northwest 623 284 45.5 40.6-50.4 339 54.5 49.6-59.4
Charlotte 544 216 41.8 37.2-46.7 328 58.2 53.3-62.8
Greensboro 435 181 41.7 36.5-47.2 254 58.3 52.8-63.5
Southern Regional 519 242 47.3 41.9-52.7 277 52.7 47.3-58.1
Southeast 255 127 53.0 45.3-60.5 128 47.0 39.5-54.7
Wake 655 223 34.6 30.5-39.0 432 65.4 61.0-69.5
Area L & Eastern 881 402 43.5 39.3-47.9 479 56.5 52.1-60.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 746 362 49.8 44.8-54.8 384 50.2 45.2-55.2
Region 2 638 264 41.6 37.2-46.1 374 58.4 53.9-62.8
Region 3 697 289 43.4 39.2-47.7 408 56.6 52.3-60.8
Region 4 851 301 35.7 31.9-39.6 550 64.3 60.4-68.1
Region 5 793 381 49.5 45.2-53.8 412 50.5 46.2-54.8
Region 6 847 392 44.6 40.3-48.9 455 55.4 51.1-59.7

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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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