2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 606 515 84.3 80.5-87.4 91 15.7 12.6-19.5
GENDER
Male 278 233 84.2 79.0-88.4 45 15.8 11.6-21.0
Female 328 282 84.3 78.7-88.6 46 15.7 11.4-21.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 462 392 83.5 79.0-87.2 70 16.5 12.8-21.0
Non-Hispanic Black 67 56 84.0 71.4-91.6 11 16.0 8.4-28.6
Other 77 67 90.9 80.7-96.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 183 152 81.7 74.2-87.4 31 18.3 12.6-25.8
45-64 208 169 81.9 75.4-87.0 39 18.1 13.0-24.6
65+ 204 183 91.0 85.9-94.4 21 9.0 5.6-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 216 173 80.3 73.5-85.7 43 19.7 14.3-26.5
Some Post-H.S. 188 154 82.1 74.9-87.6 34 17.9 12.4-25.1
College Graduate 201 187 93.8 88.7-96.7 14 6.2 3.3-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 206 78.9 72.4-84.2 57 21.1 15.8-27.6
$50,000+ 221 197 87.6 81.1-92.1 24 12.4 7.9-18.9
Don't know/Not Sure 122 112 89.8 81.5-94.6 *** *** ***

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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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