2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 785 343 45.7 41.2-50.3 442 54.3 49.7-58.8
GENDER
Male 329 163 52.9 46.2-59.4 166 47.1 40.6-53.8
Female 456 180 38.7 32.8-44.8 276 61.3 55.2-67.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 452 216 50.6 44.9-56.3 236 49.4 43.7-55.1
Non-Hispanic Black 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 221 82 39.9 32.5-47.9 139 60.1 52.1-67.5
45-64 240 104 48.6 40.8-56.4 136 51.4 43.6-59.2
65+ 305 149 52.1 44.9-59.3 156 47.9 40.7-55.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 147 54.6 47.1-61.9 150 45.4 38.1-52.9
Some Post-H.S. 212 101 44.5 36.5-52.8 111 55.5 47.2-63.5
College Graduate 274 95 32.1 25.5-39.4 179 67.9 60.6-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 155 48.0 40.8-55.3 166 52.0 44.7-59.2
$50,000+ 284 120 45.9 38.5-53.4 164 54.1 46.6-61.5
Don't know/Not Sure 180 68 41.0 31.7-51.0 112 59.0 49.0-68.3

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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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