2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,824 4,172 85.6 84.3-86.8 652 14.4 13.2-15.7
Region 6 521 445 85.2 80.9-88.7 76 14.8 11.3-19.1
GENDER
Male 255 206 79.0 71.6-84.8 49 21.0 15.2-28.4
Female 266 239 91.3 86.8-94.3 27 8.7 5.7-13.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 285 243 84.5 78.1-89.3 42 15.5 10.7-21.9
Non-Hispanic Black 144 125 86.9 78.8-92.1 19 13.1 7.9-21.2
Other 84 70 84.6 73.8-91.4 14 15.4 8.6-26.2
AGE
18-44 203 169 82.6 75.2-88.2 34 17.4 11.8-24.8
45-64 155 130 85.5 78.1-90.7 25 14.5 9.3-21.9
65+ 157 140 90.6 84.6-94.4 17 9.4 5.6-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 149 79.0 70.7-85.5 41 21.0 14.5-29.3
Some Post-H.S. 168 141 86.3 79.9-91.0 27 13.7 9.0-20.1
College Graduate 162 154 95.3 90.5-97.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 167 86.2 80.6-90.4 35 13.8 9.6-19.4
$50,000+ 210 182 81.4 72.9-87.7 28 18.6 12.3-27.1
Don't know/Not Sure 109 96 90.2 80.9-95.2 13 9.8 4.8-19.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

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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