2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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 7 700 632 89.4 86.5-91.8 68 10.6 8.2-13.5
GENDER
Male 345 303 85.8 80.8-89.6 42 14.2 10.4-19.2
Female 355 329 92.8 89.2-95.3 26 7.2 4.7-10.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 362 88.3 84.1-91.5 42 11.7 8.5-15.9
Non-Hispanic Black 149 134 90.2 83.7-94.3 15 9.8 5.7-16.3
Other 133 122 90.7 83.2-95.1 11 9.3 4.9-16.8
AGE
18-44 311 279 88.7 83.9-92.2 32 11.3 7.8-16.1
45-64 239 211 86.9 81.2-91.1 28 13.1 8.9-18.8
65+ 137 129 94.6 88.0-97.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 163 83.4 76.7-88.5 30 16.6 11.5-23.3
Some Post-H.S. 144 125 89.9 83.8-93.8 19 10.1 6.2-16.2
College Graduate 358 339 94.4 91.1-96.5 19 5.6 3.5- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 184 85.6 79.4-90.2 30 14.4 9.8-20.6
$50,000+ 350 325 91.7 87.6-94.5 25 8.3 5.5-12.4
Don't know/Not Sure 136 123 89.6 82.0-94.3 13 10.4 5.7-18.0

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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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