2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,248 3,460 79.3 77.6-80.8 788 20.7 19.2-22.4
Region 3 453 354 74.8 69.6-79.5 99 25.2 20.5-30.4
GENDER
Male 209 156 71.4 63.9-77.8 53 28.6 22.2-36.1
Female 244 198 78.1 70.5-84.2 46 21.9 15.8-29.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 346 268 73.6 67.7-78.8 78 26.4 21.2-32.3
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 109 73.6 63.7-81.5 34 26.4 18.5-36.3
45-64 165 123 72.3 64.1-79.3 42 27.7 20.7-35.9
65+ 137 114 78.6 68.4-86.1 23 21.4 13.9-31.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 107 68.3 59.6-76.0 44 31.7 24.0-40.4
Some Post-H.S. 148 109 74.0 64.8-81.4 39 26.0 18.6-35.2
College Graduate 154 138 89.3 82.6-93.6 16 10.7 6.4-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 115 72.5 63.7-79.9 46 27.5 20.1-36.3
$50,000+ 190 161 79.3 71.3-85.4 29 20.7 14.6-28.7
Don't know/Not Sure 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

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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