2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 416 341 80.1 74.6-84.7 75 19.9 15.3-25.4
GENDER
Male 200 161 78.7 70.2-85.3 39 21.3 14.7-29.8
Female 216 180 81.4 73.9-87.2 36 18.6 12.8-26.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 242 195 79.7 73.1-85.0 47 20.3 15.0-26.9
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 174 137 79.7 72.2-85.6 37 20.3 14.4-27.8
45-64 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 99 91 88.1 76.9-94.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 108 69.2 58.7-78.0 42 30.8 22.0-41.3
Some Post-H.S. 130 110 85.4 77.4-90.9 20 14.6 9.1-22.6
College Graduate 136 123 89.8 81.6-94.6 13 10.2 5.4-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 157 73.3 65.3-80.1 50 26.7 19.9-34.7
$50,000+ 135 122 90.5 82.7-95.0 13 9.5 5.0-17.3
Don't know/Not Sure 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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