2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 542 466 83.9 79.5-87.5 76 16.1 12.5-20.5
GENDER
Male 232 194 82.1 75.6-87.2 38 17.9 12.8-24.4
Female 310 272 85.5 79.2-90.1 38 14.5 9.9-20.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 333 286 82.9 77.0-87.5 47 17.1 12.5-23.0
Non-Hispanic Black 141 122 85.4 77.5-90.9 19 14.6 9.1-22.5
Other 68 58 86.5 73.2-93.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 201 173 84.2 77.5-89.3 28 15.8 10.7-22.5
45-64 179 145 80.7 73.2-86.5 34 19.3 13.5-26.8
65+ 152 139 87.8 74.0-94.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 142 78.8 69.8-85.6 35 21.2 14.4-30.2
Some Post-H.S. 147 117 79.2 71.0-85.5 30 20.8 14.5-29.0
College Graduate 216 205 94.6 90.0-97.1 11 5.4 2.9-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 175 73.5 65.5-80.2 50 26.5 19.8-34.5
$50,000+ 218 204 91.2 85.0-94.9 14 8.8 5.1-15.0
Don't know/Not Sure 99 87 90.7 82.2-95.4 12 9.3 4.6-17.8

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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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