2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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 4 687 572 81.7 77.9-84.9 115 18.3 15.1-22.1
GENDER
Male 314 253 77.8 71.6-82.9 61 22.2 17.1-28.4
Female 373 319 85.1 80.4-88.8 54 14.9 11.2-19.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 454 371 78.9 73.9-83.2 83 21.1 16.8-26.1
Non-Hispanic Black 127 107 85.5 77.5-90.9 20 14.5 9.1-22.5
Other 106 94 88.2 79.7-93.5 12 11.8 6.5-20.3
AGE
18-44 273 224 80.8 74.9-85.6 49 19.2 14.4-25.1
45-64 228 179 77.8 71.0-83.3 49 22.2 16.7-29.0
65+ 172 157 90.5 81.3-95.4 15 9.5 4.6-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 233 178 75.1 68.0-81.0 55 24.9 19.0-32.0
Some Post-H.S. 211 167 81.1 74.8-86.2 44 18.9 13.8-25.2
College Graduate 239 223 92.7 88.0-95.6 16 7.3 4.4-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 204 75.7 69.5-81.1 65 24.3 18.9-30.5
$50,000+ 287 251 84.3 78.3-88.9 36 15.7 11.1-21.7
Don't know/Not Sure 131 117 88.0 78.4-93.7 14 12.0 6.3-21.6

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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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