2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 725 590 77.5 72.9-81.5 135 22.5 18.5-27.1
GENDER
Male 295 227 72.9 65.6-79.2 68 27.1 20.8-34.4
Female 430 363 81.8 76.0-86.5 67 18.2 13.5-24.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 402 326 75.0 69.1-80.1 76 25.0 19.9-30.9
Non-Hispanic Black 142 123 83.5 71.5-91.1 19 16.5 8.9-28.5
Other 174 135 81.8 71.7-88.8 39 18.2 11.2-28.3
AGE
18-44 191 143 71.5 63.1-78.7 48 28.5 21.3-36.9
45-64 232 176 75.8 68.2-82.1 56 24.2 17.9-31.8
65+ 284 255 90.8 84.5-94.6 29 9.2 5.4-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 204 71.3 63.4-78.1 71 28.7 21.9-36.6
Some Post-H.S. 195 152 76.3 67.9-83.0 43 23.7 17.0-32.1
College Graduate 253 232 89.8 81.8-94.6 21 10.2 5.4-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 288 221 73.1 65.3-79.7 67 26.9 20.3-34.7
$50,000+ 260 223 80.3 72.8-86.1 37 19.7 13.9-27.2
Don't know/Not Sure 177 146 79.5 69.2-86.9 31 20.5 13.1-30.8

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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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