2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 524 437 81.6 77.1-85.3 87 18.4 14.7-22.9
GENDER
Male 243 198 78.8 71.7-84.4 45 21.2 15.6-28.3
Female 281 239 84.3 78.4-88.8 42 15.7 11.2-21.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 354 291 78.9 73.3-83.6 63 21.1 16.4-26.7
Non-Hispanic Black 116 99 86.1 76.1-92.3 17 13.9 7.7-23.9
Other 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 139 113 80.3 71.6-86.8 26 19.7 13.2-28.4
45-64 205 163 77.5 70.3-83.3 42 22.5 16.7-29.7
65+ 175 157 88.5 80.5-93.5 18 11.5 6.5-19.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 158 77.4 69.3-83.9 39 22.6 16.1-30.7
Some Post-H.S. 156 127 82.4 75.1-87.9 29 17.6 12.1-24.9
College Graduate 168 149 87.8 80.5-92.7 19 12.2 7.3-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 154 74.8 66.6-81.6 46 25.2 18.4-33.4
$50,000+ 200 179 88.6 82.7-92.7 21 11.4 7.3-17.3
Don't know/Not Sure 124 104 81.5 71.9-88.4 20 18.5 11.6-28.1

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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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