2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Tobacco Use

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 7 660 562 81.9 77.8-85.3 98 18.1 14.7-22.2
GENDER
Male 294 244 78.3 71.5-83.8 50 21.7 16.2-28.5
Female 366 318 85.1 80.1-89.0 48 14.9 11.0-19.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 379 328 82.7 77.2-87.1 51 17.3 12.9-22.8
Non-Hispanic Black 165 132 76.7 68.1-83.6 33 23.3 16.4-31.9
Other 116 102 88.0 78.3-93.7 14 12.0 6.3-21.7
AGE
18-44 269 226 80.0 73.1-85.5 43 20.0 14.5-26.9
45-64 244 200 78.3 71.6-83.8 44 21.7 16.2-28.4
65+ 136 126 92.1 85.3-95.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 134 68.7 60.0-76.3 47 31.3 23.7-40.0
Some Post-H.S. 186 149 80.2 72.7-86.0 37 19.8 14.0-27.3
College Graduate 292 278 96.6 94.1-98.1 14 3.4 1.9- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 170 74.7 67.1-81.0 50 25.3 19.0-32.9
$50,000+ 303 274 86.2 79.8-90.8 29 13.8 9.2-20.2
Don't know/Not Sure 137 118 84.4 75.5-90.4 19 15.6 9.6-24.5

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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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