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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 355 290 81.5 76.1-85.9 65 18.5 14.1-23.9
GENDER
Male 168 139 84.1 76.9-89.4 29 15.9 10.6-23.1
Female 187 151 79.2 70.8-85.7 36 20.8 14.3-29.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 264 214 79.6 72.9-85.0 50 20.4 15.0-27.1
Non-Hispanic Black 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 117 98 84.6 76.2-90.4 19 15.4 9.6-23.8
45-64 117 87 71.6 60.3-80.7 30 28.4 19.3-39.7
65+ 117 101 88.1 78.5-93.8 16 11.9 6.2-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 92 77.2 66.9-85.0 27 22.8 15.0-33.1
Some Post-H.S. 113 84 78.2 68.7-85.4 29 21.8 14.6-31.3
College Graduate 123 114 94.4 89.1-97.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 112 74.6 66.0-81.6 40 25.4 18.4-34.0
$50,000+ 124 109 82.4 70.8-90.1 15 17.6 9.9-29.2
Don't know/Not Sure 79 69 92.6 85.6-96.3 *** *** ***

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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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