2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 653 241 37.2 32.8-41.8 412 62.8 58.2-67.2
GENDER
Male 317 132 40.0 33.8-46.5 185 60.0 53.5-66.2
Female 336 109 34.6 28.4-41.4 227 65.4 58.6-71.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 157 42.0 36.2-48.0 247 58.0 52.0-63.8
Non-Hispanic Black 135 50 34.1 25.7-43.7 85 65.9 56.3-74.3
Other 102 31 22.7 14.6-33.6 71 77.3 66.4-85.4
AGE
18-44 262 75 26.9 21.1-33.5 187 73.1 66.5-78.9
45-64 209 80 42.2 34.0-50.8 129 57.8 49.2-66.0
65+ 165 82 52.3 42.9-61.5 83 47.7 38.5-57.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 81 47.5 38.7-56.4 92 52.5 43.6-61.3
Some Post-H.S. 156 74 40.9 32.6-49.8 82 59.1 50.2-67.4
College Graduate 322 85 24.0 19.5-29.3 237 76.0 70.7-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 99 42.2 34.9-49.8 132 57.8 50.2-65.1
$50,000+ 288 91 31.0 25.2-37.4 197 69.0 62.6-74.8
Don't know/Not Sure 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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