2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,824 1,924 39.7 38.0-41.5 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 490 201 41.4 35.5-47.6 289 58.6 52.4-64.5
Region 3 471 201 43.0 37.6-48.6 270 57.0 51.4-62.4
Region 4 717 278 38.7 34.7-42.9 439 61.3 57.1-65.3
Region 5 653 241 37.2 32.8-41.8 412 62.8 58.2-67.2
Region 6 521 232 43.8 38.8-48.9 289 56.2 51.1-61.2
Region 7 700 230 34.9 30.7-39.3 470 65.1 60.7-69.3
Region 8 785 343 45.7 41.2-50.3 442 54.3 49.7-58.8
Region 9 & 10 487 198 41.6 36.4-46.9 289 58.4 53.1-63.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,810 770 43.2 40.2-46.2 1,040 56.8 53.8-59.8
Piedmont 2,403 904 37.7 35.4-40.1 1,499 62.3 59.9-64.6
Western NC 611 250 41.0 35.8-46.4 361 59.0 53.6-64.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 405 164 41.8 35.2-48.8 241 58.2 51.2-64.8
Northwest 709 307 43.1 38.7-47.7 402 56.9 52.3-61.3
Charlotte 577 215 37.3 32.9-42.0 362 62.7 58.0-67.1
Greensboro 505 193 37.9 32.9-43.1 312 62.1 56.9-67.1
Southern Regional 770 339 44.9 40.3-49.5 431 55.1 50.5-59.7
Southeast 365 164 45.8 39.8-52.0 201 54.2 48.0-60.2
Wake 811 259 33.1 29.4-37.0 552 66.9 63.0-70.6
Area L & Eastern 682 283 42.8 38.0-47.7 399 57.2 52.3-62.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 515 205 39.9 34.2-45.8 310 60.1 54.2-65.8
Region 2 729 301 40.9 36.6-45.3 428 59.1 54.7-63.4
Region 3 730 284 38.7 34.8-42.9 446 61.3 57.1-65.2
Region 4 1,041 355 35.3 32.0-38.8 686 64.7 61.2-68.0
Region 5 1,162 513 44.8 41.2-48.4 649 55.2 51.6-58.8
Region 6 647 266 42.0 37.1-47.0 381 58.0 53.0-62.9

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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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