2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 596 211 35.7 31.3-40.4 385 64.3 59.6-68.7
GENDER
Male 291 127 44.9 38.4-51.5 164 55.1 48.5-61.6
Female 305 84 27.6 22.0-33.9 221 72.4 66.1-78.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 358 145 39.8 34.2-45.8 213 60.2 54.2-65.8
Non-Hispanic Black 138 44 34.9 26.0-45.1 94 65.1 54.9-74.0
Other 100 22 18.8 11.9-28.4 78 81.2 71.6-88.1
AGE
18-44 235 65 29.7 23.3-36.9 170 70.3 63.1-76.7
45-64 211 83 38.9 31.8-46.6 128 61.1 53.4-68.2
65+ 139 *** *** *** 78 53.3 43.0-63.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 83 45.6 37.5-54.0 107 54.4 46.0-62.5
Some Post-H.S. 121 48 35.1 26.0-45.5 73 64.9 54.5-74.0
College Graduate 284 79 26.7 21.4-32.8 205 73.3 67.2-78.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 85 43.3 35.4-51.5 114 56.7 48.5-64.6
$50,000+ 271 87 34.3 28.1-41.1 184 65.7 58.9-71.9
Don't know/Not Sure 126 39 28.3 19.7-38.9 87 71.7 61.1-80.3

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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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