2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 457 358 76.0 70.7-80.6 99 24.0 19.4-29.3
GENDER
Male 216 158 69.1 60.4-76.6 58 30.9 23.4-39.6
Female 241 200 82.5 75.9-87.6 41 17.5 12.4-24.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 243 188 74.7 67.0-81.1 55 25.3 18.9-33.0
Non-Hispanic Black 136 113 81.8 72.5-88.5 23 18.2 11.5-27.5
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 114 69.9 60.4-77.9 42 30.1 22.1-39.6
45-64 146 112 77.9 69.3-84.6 34 22.1 15.4-30.7
65+ 149 126 84.8 76.6-90.5 23 15.2 9.5-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 118 67.6 58.1-75.9 51 32.4 24.1-41.9
Some Post-H.S. 150 117 78.4 69.9-85.0 33 21.6 15.0-30.1
College Graduate 137 122 88.5 80.0-93.7 15 11.5 6.3-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 126 71.9 62.6-79.6 45 28.1 20.4-37.4
$50,000+ 184 148 74.4 65.1-81.9 36 25.6 18.1-34.9
Don't know/Not Sure 102 84 84.6 73.8-91.5 18 15.4 8.5-26.2

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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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