2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 663 252 40.4 36.1-44.9 411 59.6 55.1-63.9
GENDER
Male 295 130 46.6 39.9-53.5 165 53.4 46.5-60.1
Female 368 122 34.8 29.5-40.7 246 65.2 59.3-70.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 382 160 43.0 37.4-48.9 222 57.0 51.1-62.6
Non-Hispanic Black 165 65 44.0 35.4-53.0 100 56.0 47.0-64.6
Other 116 27 22.0 14.2-32.5 89 78.0 67.5-85.8
AGE
18-44 269 79 33.6 27.1-40.8 190 66.4 59.2-72.9
45-64 246 102 47.1 40.0-54.4 144 52.9 45.6-60.0
65+ 137 68 47.3 38.4-56.3 69 52.7 43.7-61.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 88 51.3 42.8-59.8 95 48.7 40.2-57.2
Some Post-H.S. 187 86 46.0 38.1-54.0 101 54.0 46.0-61.9
College Graduate 292 78 24.1 19.3-29.5 214 75.9 70.5-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 102 47.8 40.2-55.5 120 52.2 44.5-59.8
$50,000+ 303 100 37.1 30.9-43.8 203 62.9 56.2-69.1
Don't know/Not Sure 138 50 35.2 26.4-45.2 88 64.8 54.8-73.6

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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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