2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,919 3,055 76.2 74.4-77.9 864 23.8 22.1-25.6
Region 6 355 269 71.8 65.1-77.6 86 28.2 22.4-34.9
GENDER
Male 159 115 71.0 61.2-79.2 44 29.0 20.8-38.8
Female 196 154 72.4 63.1-80.1 42 27.6 19.9-36.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 194 142 68.3 59.4-76.1 52 31.7 23.9-40.6
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 124 80 64.4 54.1-73.5 44 35.6 26.5-45.9
45-64 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 94 82 83.9 72.4-91.2 12 16.1 8.8-27.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 118 95 81.2 72.2-87.8 23 18.8 12.2-27.8
College Graduate 106 93 86.0 75.7-92.4 13 14.0 7.6-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 121 63.2 54.1-71.5 56 36.8 28.5-45.9
$50,000+ 113 98 87.6 78.8-93.0 15 12.4 7.0-21.2
Don't know/Not Sure 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Tobacco Use.

*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the state-added questions on other tobacco products.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 17SEP19.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts