2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 5,590 4,729 83.5 82.2-84.7 861 16.5 15.3-17.8
Region 1 & 2 663 536 75.9 71.4-80.0 127 24.1 20.0-28.6
GENDER
Male 290 231 75.5 69.0-81.0 59 24.5 19.0-31.0
Female 373 305 76.3 69.9-81.8 68 23.7 18.2-30.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 547 434 76.1 71.3-80.3 113 23.9 19.7-28.7
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 161 73.4 65.4-80.0 44 26.6 20.0-34.6
45-64 212 157 69.7 61.1-77.2 55 30.3 22.8-38.9
65+ 231 204 85.6 78.2-90.7 27 14.4 9.3-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 188 68.8 60.9-75.8 66 31.2 24.2-39.1
Some Post-H.S. 183 135 73.4 65.8-79.8 48 26.6 20.2-34.2
College Graduate 224 211 93.6 88.7-96.5 13 6.4 3.5-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 313 235 69.1 61.8-75.6 78 30.9 24.4-38.2
$50,000+ 230 205 87.5 81.3-91.8 25 12.5 8.2-18.7
Don't know/Not Sure 120 96 72.2 61.0-81.1 *** *** ***

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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 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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