2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,562 3,806 82.6 81.1-84.0 756 17.4 16.0-18.9
Region 3 384 329 85.2 80.4-89.0 55 14.8 11.0-19.6
GENDER
Male 183 154 82.5 74.4-88.5 29 17.5 11.5-25.6
Female 201 175 87.6 81.6-91.9 26 12.4 8.1-18.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 309 264 85.2 79.9-89.3 45 14.8 10.7-20.1
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 118 99 83.9 74.3-90.3 19 16.1 9.7-25.7
45-64 136 115 84.0 75.9-89.7 21 16.0 10.3-24.1
65+ 125 110 88.9 80.7-93.8 15 11.1 6.2-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 118 82.9 74.0-89.2 23 17.1 10.8-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 109 88 83.5 74.6-89.8 21 16.5 10.2-25.4
College Graduate 133 122 90.9 82.3-95.5 11 9.1 4.5-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 131 80.6 72.1-87.0 30 19.4 13.0-27.9
$50,000+ 148 131 88.2 80.0-93.3 17 11.8 6.7-20.0
Don't know/Not Sure 75 67 89.1 78.8-94.7 *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

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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