2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 411 336 81.3 76.3-85.5 75 18.7 14.5-23.7
GENDER
Male 170 137 79.0 70.2-85.7 33 21.0 14.3-29.8
Female 241 199 83.5 77.6-88.1 42 16.5 11.9-22.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 220 181 82.2 75.2-87.5 39 17.8 12.5-24.8
Non-Hispanic Black 124 100 79.2 68.8-86.8 24 20.8 13.2-31.2
Other 67 55 82.8 70.8-90.5 12 17.2 9.5-29.2
AGE
18-44 159 132 81.3 72.6-87.7 27 18.7 12.3-27.4
45-64 133 96 73.2 64.2-80.7 37 26.8 19.3-35.8
65+ 113 102 92.1 84.9-96.0 11 7.9 4.0-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 124 76.8 67.8-83.9 36 23.2 16.1-32.2
Some Post-H.S. 132 103 79.7 71.3-86.0 29 20.3 14.0-28.7
College Graduate 118 108 94.0 88.4-96.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 144 78.7 71.5-84.6 43 21.3 15.4-28.5
$50,000+ 138 121 83.4 72.3-90.7 17 16.6 9.3-27.7
Don't know/Not Sure 86 71 84.0 73.7-90.8 15 16.0 9.2-26.3

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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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