2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 595 517 86.9 83.5-89.7 78 13.1 10.3-16.5
GENDER
Male 290 246 83.5 77.7-88.0 44 16.5 12.0-22.3
Female 305 271 90.0 85.8-93.0 34 10.0 7.0-14.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 358 312 87.9 83.8-91.1 46 12.1 8.9-16.2
Non-Hispanic Black 137 115 83.2 74.5-89.4 22 16.8 10.6-25.5
Other 100 90 89.9 81.3-94.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 234 203 87.2 81.6-91.2 31 12.8 8.8-18.4
45-64 211 181 86.1 80.1-90.6 30 13.9 9.4-19.9
65+ 139 123 87.0 78.5-92.4 16 13.0 7.6-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 154 81.1 74.0-86.7 35 18.9 13.3-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 121 97 84.6 76.5-90.3 24 15.4 9.7-23.5
College Graduate 284 265 93.6 89.9-96.0 19 6.4 4.0-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 159 80.6 73.7-86.1 40 19.4 13.9-26.3
$50,000+ 271 245 89.3 84.1-92.9 26 10.7 7.1-15.9
Don't know/Not Sure 125 113 90.8 83.0-95.2 12 9.2 4.8-17.0

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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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