2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,131 3,450 81.5 80.0-83.0 681 18.5 17.0-20.0
Region 1 & 2 412 334 76.7 70.9-81.7 78 23.3 18.3-29.1
GENDER
Male 212 174 80.6 73.4-86.2 38 19.4 13.8-26.6
Female 200 160 73.2 64.1-80.7 40 26.8 19.3-35.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 338 275 76.3 69.9-81.8 63 23.7 18.2-30.1
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 129 95 71.5 61.8-79.5 34 28.5 20.5-38.2
45-64 138 111 76.0 64.8-84.5 27 24.0 15.5-35.2
65+ 141 125 85.0 73.7-91.9 16 15.0 8.1-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 89 68.7 58.3-77.4 38 31.3 22.6-41.7
Some Post-H.S. 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 166 150 90.9 85.2-94.6 16 9.1 5.4-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 130 67.1 57.3-75.5 46 32.9 24.5-42.7
$50,000+ 152 134 87.4 79.9-92.4 18 12.6 7.6-20.1
Don't know/Not Sure 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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