2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 4,824 1,924 39.7 38.0-41.5 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
Region 3 471 201 43.0 37.6-48.6 270 57.0 51.4-62.4
GENDER
Male 212 105 52.2 44.6-59.7 107 47.8 40.3-55.4
Female 259 96 34.7 27.9-42.3 163 65.3 57.7-72.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 160 45.5 39.5-51.7 202 54.5 48.3-60.5
Non-Hispanic Black 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 153 52 33.6 25.2-43.3 101 66.4 56.7-74.8
45-64 171 79 49.8 41.2-58.4 92 50.2 41.6-58.8
65+ 140 69 50.4 40.6-60.1 71 49.6 39.9-59.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 81 49.8 40.9-58.6 74 50.2 41.4-59.1
Some Post-H.S. 150 75 45.8 36.3-55.7 75 54.2 44.3-63.7
College Graduate 166 45 25.0 18.5-32.9 121 75.0 67.1-81.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 83 45.3 35.9-55.0 82 54.7 45.0-64.1
$50,000+ 198 77 40.7 33.2-48.6 121 59.3 51.4-66.8
Don't know/Not Sure 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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