2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Tobacco Use

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 8 508 400 77.4 72.5-81.6 108 22.6 18.4-27.5
GENDER
Male 238 185 76.6 69.0-82.7 53 23.4 17.3-31.0
Female 270 215 78.1 71.7-83.5 55 21.9 16.5-28.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 345 278 78.9 73.3-83.6 67 21.1 16.4-26.7
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 171 123 72.5 64.1-79.5 48 27.5 20.5-35.9
45-64 157 124 79.6 71.5-85.8 33 20.4 14.2-28.5
65+ 172 145 83.0 73.6-89.5 27 17.0 10.5-26.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 140 70.3 61.7-77.6 54 29.7 22.4-38.3
Some Post-H.S. 161 123 78.1 69.9-84.5 38 21.9 15.5-30.1
College Graduate 152 136 89.9 83.0-94.2 16 10.1 5.8-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 191 72.1 64.9-78.3 72 27.9 21.7-35.1
$50,000+ 157 137 85.8 77.9-91.2 20 14.2 8.8-22.1
Don't know/Not Sure 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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