2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 542 208 39.7 35.0-44.7 334 60.3 55.3-65.0
GENDER
Male 232 106 46.0 38.9-53.2 126 54.0 46.8-61.1
Female 310 102 34.1 28.0-40.8 208 65.9 59.2-72.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 333 145 45.5 39.4-51.7 188 54.5 48.3-60.6
Non-Hispanic Black 141 45 31.8 23.6-41.3 96 68.2 58.7-76.4
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 201 55 29.7 23.1-37.3 146 70.3 62.7-76.9
45-64 179 79 46.2 38.1-54.5 100 53.8 45.5-61.9
65+ 152 72 51.9 41.7-61.9 80 48.1 38.1-58.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 82 44.3 35.9-53.0 95 55.7 47.0-64.1
Some Post-H.S. 147 71 48.8 39.8-57.8 76 51.2 42.2-60.2
College Graduate 216 55 25.6 19.7-32.5 161 74.4 67.5-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 103 47.2 39.6-55.0 122 52.8 45.0-60.4
$50,000+ 218 68 33.7 26.9-41.2 150 66.3 58.8-73.1
Don't know/Not Sure 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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