2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 510 250 48.1 42.7-53.5 260 51.9 46.5-57.3
GENDER
Male 240 133 54.5 46.3-62.5 107 45.5 37.5-53.7
Female 270 117 42.2 35.4-49.3 153 57.8 50.7-64.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 347 178 51.8 45.7-57.9 169 48.2 42.1-54.3
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 171 77 43.3 34.8-52.3 94 56.7 47.7-65.2
45-64 157 77 49.8 40.9-58.8 80 50.2 41.2-59.1
65+ 174 91 53.7 44.7-62.4 83 46.3 37.6-55.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 110 59.0 50.6-66.9 84 41.0 33.1-49.4
Some Post-H.S. 161 83 45.0 35.8-54.5 78 55.0 45.5-64.2
College Graduate 154 56 31.5 23.8-40.2 98 68.5 59.8-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 144 52.7 45.3-59.9 119 47.3 40.1-54.7
$50,000+ 158 68 42.1 32.6-52.3 90 57.9 47.7-67.4
Don't know/Not Sure 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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