2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 4,136 1,753 42.7 40.9-44.5 2,383 57.3 55.5-59.1
Region 5 600 242 40.6 36.1-45.1 358 59.4 54.9-63.9
GENDER
Male 270 133 49.7 42.8-56.6 137 50.3 43.4-57.2
Female 330 109 32.5 27.0-38.4 221 67.5 61.6-73.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 370 170 46.9 41.2-52.8 200 53.1 47.2-58.8
Non-Hispanic Black 138 49 31.8 24.1-40.7 89 68.2 59.3-75.9
Other 92 23 21.6 13.6-32.6 69 78.4 67.4-86.4
AGE
18-44 246 84 35.1 28.7-42.0 162 64.9 58.0-71.3
45-64 188 81 43.3 35.3-51.8 107 56.7 48.2-64.7
65+ 158 74 48.0 38.8-57.3 84 52.0 42.7-61.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 79 45.1 36.7-53.7 94 54.9 46.3-63.3
Some Post-H.S. 148 72 45.1 36.6-53.9 76 54.9 46.1-63.4
College Graduate 276 90 32.3 26.7-38.5 186 67.7 61.5-73.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 100 48.4 40.8-56.2 106 51.6 43.8-59.2
$50,000+ 264 102 40.1 33.5-47.0 162 59.9 53.0-66.5
Don't know/Not Sure 130 40 28.8 20.5-38.9 90 71.2 61.1-79.5

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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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