2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,562 537 12.5 11.2-13.8 219 5.0 4.2- 5.8 1,225 25.5 23.9-27.1 2,581 57.1 55.3-58.9
Region 8 508 73 14.8 11.3-19.0 35 7.8 5.4-11.3 140 25.4 21.2-30.2 260 52.0 46.6-57.4
GENDER
Male 238 34 14.1 9.4-20.7 19 9.3 5.6-15.2 78 30.9 24.3-38.5 107 45.6 37.6-53.9
Female 270 39 15.3 10.9-21.3 16 6.5 3.8-11.0 62 20.4 15.4-26.3 153 57.8 50.7-64.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 345 46 13.9 10.0-18.9 21 7.2 4.6-11.2 109 30.6 25.2-36.6 169 48.3 42.2-54.4
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 15.3 8.1-27.1 *** *** ***
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 14.0 8.3-22.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 171 30 16.8 11.3-24.2 18 10.7 6.5-17.3 29 15.8 10.6-23.0 94 56.7 47.7-65.2
45-64 157 25 15.0 9.8-22.5 *** *** *** 44 29.4 21.6-38.7 80 50.2 41.2-59.1
65+ 172 18 11.3 5.9-20.3 *** *** *** 62 36.4 28.4-45.1 83 46.6 37.8-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 37 18.9 12.9-26.8 17 10.8 6.4-17.6 56 29.3 22.2-37.5 84 41.0 33.1-49.4
Some Post-H.S. 161 24 13.9 8.9-21.0 14 8.1 4.5-14.1 45 23.0 16.6-31.0 78 55.0 45.5-64.2
College Graduate 152 12 8.4 4.4-15.2 *** *** *** 38 20.9 14.8-28.8 98 69.0 60.2-76.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 52 19.3 14.1-25.9 20 8.6 5.2-14.0 72 24.7 19.3-31.1 119 47.3 40.1-54.7
$50,000+ 157 13 8.7 4.6-15.7 *** *** *** 47 27.8 19.9-37.3 90 58.0 47.9-67.6
Don't know/Not Sure 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

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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