2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,824 454 9.7 8.7-10.8 198 4.7 3.9- 5.6 1,272 25.3 23.8-26.9 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 490 55 12.7 9.3-17.1 14 2.7 1.4- 5.1 132 26.0 21.0-31.8 289 58.6 52.4-64.5
Region 3 471 60 13.4 10.2-17.3 19 4.3 2.6- 7.1 122 25.3 20.9-30.3 270 57.0 51.4-62.4
Region 4 717 55 8.0 6.0-10.6 36 6.5 4.4- 9.5 187 24.2 20.9-27.9 439 61.3 57.1-65.3
Region 5 653 57 9.2 6.4-13.1 25 3.8 2.4- 5.9 159 24.2 20.5-28.3 412 62.8 58.2-67.2
Region 6 521 57 10.5 7.6-14.4 19 4.2 2.5- 7.0 156 29.0 24.7-33.7 289 56.2 51.1-61.2
Region 7 700 48 7.5 5.6-10.1 20 3.1 1.9- 5.0 162 24.3 20.5-28.6 470 65.1 60.7-69.3
Region 8 785 78 11.7 8.9-15.2 37 6.8 4.4-10.1 228 27.3 23.5-31.5 442 54.3 49.7-58.8
Region 9 & 10 487 44 10.5 7.6-14.5 28 6.8 4.5-10.2 126 24.2 20.1-29.0 289 58.4 53.1-63.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,810 184 11.1 9.4-13.1 83 5.7 4.4- 7.3 503 26.4 23.8-29.3 1,040 56.8 53.8-59.8
Piedmont 2,403 196 8.5 7.2-10.0 99 4.8 3.8- 6.1 609 24.4 22.5-26.5 1,499 62.3 59.9-64.6
Western NC 611 74 13.1 10.0-16.9 16 2.6 1.4- 4.7 160 25.3 20.9-30.2 361 59.0 53.6-64.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 405 41 12.2 8.6-17.1 14 3.2 1.7- 6.1 109 26.4 20.7-33.0 241 58.2 51.2-64.8
Northwest 709 87 11.8 9.3-14.8 30 5.1 3.2- 8.0 190 26.2 22.4-30.3 402 56.9 52.3-61.3
Charlotte 577 42 7.7 5.5-10.6 29 5.8 3.8- 8.9 144 23.8 20.1-28.0 362 62.7 58.0-67.1
Greensboro 505 45 9.4 6.2-14.0 19 4.0 2.4- 6.7 129 24.5 20.4-29.2 312 62.1 56.9-67.1
Southern Regional 770 88 12.5 9.5-16.2 33 4.6 2.9- 7.1 218 27.8 23.9-32.1 431 55.1 50.5-59.7
Southeast 365 34 12.5 8.6-17.9 11 4.3 2.2- 8.3 119 29.0 24.0-34.5 201 54.2 48.0-60.2
Wake 811 56 7.5 5.7- 9.9 22 2.7 1.7- 4.4 181 22.8 19.6-26.4 552 66.9 63.0-70.6
Area L & Eastern 682 61 9.6 7.2-12.7 40 7.1 5.1- 9.9 182 26.0 21.8-30.7 399 57.2 52.3-62.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 515 55 12.0 8.8-16.1 14 2.5 1.3- 4.8 136 25.4 20.6-30.8 310 60.1 54.2-65.8
Region 2 729 85 12.1 9.2-15.8 27 3.7 2.4- 5.7 189 25.0 21.4-29.1 428 59.1 54.7-63.4
Region 3 730 55 7.9 5.9-10.4 40 6.5 4.5- 9.3 189 24.4 21.0-28.0 446 61.3 57.1-65.2
Region 4 1,041 78 7.9 6.2-10.0 36 3.8 2.6- 5.4 241 23.7 20.8-26.8 686 64.7 61.2-68.0
Region 5 1,162 120 11.7 9.3-14.5 45 4.4 3.0- 6.3 348 28.7 25.6-32.0 649 55.2 51.6-58.8
Region 6 647 61 10.1 7.5-13.4 36 6.8 4.7- 9.7 169 25.1 20.9-29.9 381 58.0 53.0-62.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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