2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,553 2,828 77.1 75.4-78.8 725 22.9 21.2-24.6
Region 8 445 350 75.9 70.4-80.7 95 24.1 19.3-29.6
GENDER
Male 187 139 68.2 59.4-75.9 48 31.8 24.1-40.6
Female 258 211 82.5 75.7-87.7 47 17.5 12.3-24.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 278 218 73.1 66.0-79.2 60 26.9 20.8-34.0
Non-Hispanic Black 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 94 73 81.6 71.4-88.7 21 18.4 11.3-28.6
AGE
18-44 128 91 68.4 58.1-77.2 37 31.6 22.8-41.9
45-64 166 125 76.5 68.3-83.1 41 23.5 16.9-31.7
65+ 149 132 87.4 78.2-93.1 17 12.6 6.9-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 138 71.9 63.3-79.2 55 28.1 20.8-36.7
Some Post-H.S. 140 108 75.0 65.1-82.8 32 25.0 17.2-34.9
College Graduate 111 103 89.4 79.8-94.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 142 72.0 63.3-79.3 52 28.0 20.7-36.7
$50,000+ 145 126 82.4 72.6-89.2 19 17.6 10.8-27.4
Don't know/Not Sure 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the state-added questions on other tobacco products.

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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