2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 600 514 84.2 80.4-87.4 86 15.8 12.6-19.6
GENDER
Male 270 224 80.3 73.9-85.5 46 19.7 14.5-26.1
Female 330 290 87.6 82.9-91.2 40 12.4 8.8-17.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 370 316 82.6 77.5-86.8 54 17.4 13.2-22.5
Non-Hispanic Black 138 115 84.8 77.3-90.1 23 15.2 9.9-22.7
Other 92 83 91.5 83.5-95.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 246 208 84.1 78.2-88.6 38 15.9 11.4-21.8
45-64 188 155 79.8 71.7-86.1 33 20.2 13.9-28.3
65+ 158 145 92.5 86.9-95.8 13 7.5 4.2-13.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 137 78.5 70.5-84.8 36 21.5 15.2-29.5
Some Post-H.S. 148 120 82.1 74.1-88.0 28 17.9 12.0-25.9
College Graduate 276 254 91.5 87.2-94.5 22 8.5 5.5-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 162 78.1 70.9-83.9 44 21.9 16.1-29.1
$50,000+ 264 235 87.3 81.5-91.4 29 12.7 8.6-18.5
Don't know/Not Sure 130 117 87.4 77.2-93.4 13 12.6 6.6-22.8

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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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