2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,824 454 9.7 8.7-10.8 198 4.7 3.9- 5.6 1,272 25.3 23.8-26.9 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
Region 8 785 78 11.7 8.9-15.2 37 6.8 4.4-10.1 228 27.3 23.5-31.5 442 54.3 49.7-58.8
GENDER
Male 329 38 13.5 9.3-19.3 21 9.2 5.4-15.3 104 30.1 24.5-36.4 166 47.1 40.6-53.8
Female 456 40 9.8 6.7-14.1 16 4.3 2.3- 8.0 124 24.5 19.8-30.0 276 61.3 55.2-67.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 452 50 13.0 9.4-17.6 16 6.1 3.5-10.5 150 31.6 26.6-37.0 236 49.4 43.7-55.1
Non-Hispanic Black 145 *** *** *** *** *** *** 30 15.4 9.8-23.4 *** *** ***
Other 182 18 6.8 3.7-11.9 12 8.3 3.5-18.3 46 22.2 14.3-32.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 221 28 12.9 8.5-19.3 16 9.8 5.6-16.7 38 17.1 12.2-23.5 139 60.1 52.1-67.5
45-64 240 32 13.1 8.7-19.1 14 5.8 2.9-11.6 58 29.7 22.6-37.8 136 51.4 43.6-59.2
65+ 305 17 6.8 3.5-12.5 *** *** *** 125 42.6 35.6-50.0 156 47.9 40.7-55.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 45 16.9 11.9-23.4 22 10.2 5.9-17.1 80 27.5 21.5-34.3 150 45.4 38.1-52.9
Some Post-H.S. 212 21 9.6 6.0-15.2 14 7.0 3.6-13.2 66 27.8 21.2-35.6 111 55.5 47.2-63.5
College Graduate 274 12 5.3 2.1-12.6 *** *** *** 82 26.7 20.8-33.4 179 67.9 60.6-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 41 15.5 10.9-21.7 20 6.5 3.5-11.8 94 26.0 20.3-32.7 166 52.0 44.7-59.2
$50,000+ 284 17 6.8 3.8-12.0 *** *** *** 93 31.1 24.8-38.2 164 54.1 46.6-61.5
Don't know/Not Sure 180 20 14.1 7.9-23.9 *** *** *** 41 22.2 15.4-30.7 112 59.0 49.0-68.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

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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