2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5,594 2,300 40.3 38.8-42.0 3,294 59.7 58.0-61.2
Region 5 675 245 35.8 31.7-40.1 430 64.2 59.9-68.3
GENDER
Male 305 130 41.6 35.4-48.1 175 58.4 51.9-64.6
Female 370 115 30.5 25.3-36.2 255 69.5 63.8-74.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 413 162 40.6 35.3-46.2 251 59.4 53.8-64.7
Non-Hispanic Black 164 51 27.6 20.2-36.5 113 72.4 63.5-79.8
Other 98 32 25.1 17.3-34.9 66 74.9 65.1-82.7
AGE
18-44 251 69 26.4 20.7-33.0 182 73.6 67.0-79.3
45-64 228 84 41.2 33.9-48.9 144 58.8 51.1-66.1
65+ 183 88 48.3 39.6-57.2 95 51.7 42.8-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 87 47.5 39.0-56.1 94 52.5 43.9-61.0
Some Post-H.S. 176 76 37.5 30.0-45.7 100 62.5 54.3-70.0
College Graduate 318 82 23.8 19.1-29.2 236 76.2 70.8-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 112 45.0 37.8-52.4 142 55.0 47.6-62.2
$50,000+ 290 88 29.5 23.7-35.9 202 70.5 64.1-76.3
Don't know/Not Sure 131 45 31.5 23.1-41.3 86 68.5 58.7-76.9

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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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