2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 582 500 84.3 80.3-87.6 82 15.7 12.4-19.7
GENDER
Male 273 227 81.9 76.1-86.5 46 18.1 13.5-23.9
Female 309 273 86.3 80.3-90.7 36 13.7 9.3-19.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 331 279 80.9 74.7-85.8 52 19.1 14.2-25.3
Non-Hispanic Black 135 115 86.5 79.1-91.5 20 13.5 8.5-20.9
Other 106 96 91.2 83.8-95.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 237 195 79.0 71.5-84.9 42 21.0 15.1-28.5
45-64 213 182 84.8 78.5-89.5 31 15.2 10.5-21.5
65+ 122 113 93.1 85.7-96.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 164 132 77.8 69.2-84.6 32 22.2 15.4-30.8
Some Post-H.S. 116 98 86.0 76.9-91.8 18 14.0 8.2-23.1
College Graduate 298 266 88.7 84.2-92.1 32 11.3 7.9-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 142 79.2 70.3-86.0 31 20.8 14.0-29.7
$50,000+ 297 260 86.7 81.7-90.5 37 13.3 9.5-18.3
Don't know/Not Sure 112 98 85.6 74.5-92.3 14 14.4 7.7-25.5

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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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