2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 700 230 34.9 30.7-39.3 470 65.1 60.7-69.3
GENDER
Male 345 128 38.4 32.6-44.5 217 61.6 55.5-67.4
Female 355 102 31.6 25.8-38.1 253 68.4 61.9-74.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 153 41.7 35.9-47.7 251 58.3 52.3-64.1
Non-Hispanic Black 149 47 31.7 23.9-40.7 102 68.3 59.3-76.1
Other 133 27 18.7 12.4-27.0 106 81.3 73.0-87.6
AGE
18-44 311 82 29.6 23.4-36.6 229 70.4 63.4-76.6
45-64 239 85 36.6 29.8-43.8 154 63.4 56.2-70.2
65+ 137 61 47.3 37.6-57.2 76 52.7 42.8-62.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 79 42.0 34.4-50.0 114 58.0 50.0-65.6
Some Post-H.S. 144 58 40.9 31.6-50.8 86 59.1 49.2-68.4
College Graduate 358 93 24.3 19.9-29.3 265 75.7 70.7-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 79 38.5 31.2-46.4 135 61.5 53.6-68.8
$50,000+ 350 109 34.8 28.7-41.3 241 65.2 58.7-71.3
Don't know/Not Sure 136 42 29.9 21.8-39.4 94 70.1 60.6-78.2

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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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