2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 691 578 82.6 78.5-86.1 113 17.4 13.9-21.5
GENDER
Male 300 241 79.9 73.2-85.2 59 20.1 14.8-26.8
Female 391 337 85.2 79.9-89.3 54 14.8 10.7-20.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 431 359 81.9 76.4-86.4 72 18.1 13.6-23.6
Non-Hispanic Black 200 164 81.7 74.2-87.4 36 18.3 12.6-25.8
Other 60 55 92.9 82.2-97.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 194 154 78.0 70.0-84.3 40 22.0 15.7-30.0
45-64 257 201 80.7 74.6-85.6 56 19.3 14.4-25.4
65+ 229 215 93.5 86.5-97.0 14 6.5 3.0-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 279 220 78.3 71.3-83.9 59 21.7 16.1-28.7
Some Post-H.S. 199 168 84.0 76.3-89.6 31 16.0 10.4-23.7
College Graduate 212 189 89.2 83.1-93.3 23 10.8 6.7-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 343 275 78.3 71.8-83.6 68 21.7 16.4-28.2
$50,000+ 224 197 86.6 79.1-91.7 27 13.4 8.3-20.9
Don't know/Not Sure 124 106 85.8 76.4-91.8 18 14.2 8.2-23.6

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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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