2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 487 415 82.7 78.1-86.5 72 17.3 13.5-21.9
GENDER
Male 216 177 80.6 73.3-86.2 39 19.4 13.8-26.7
Female 271 238 84.6 78.2-89.4 33 15.4 10.6-21.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 310 265 82.1 76.0-86.9 45 17.9 13.1-24.0
Non-Hispanic Black 110 90 81.7 71.5-88.8 20 18.3 11.2-28.5
Other 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 123 79.0 70.2-85.7 29 21.0 14.3-29.8
45-64 162 133 81.0 72.8-87.1 29 19.0 12.9-27.2
65+ 160 147 90.6 83.8-94.7 13 9.4 5.3-16.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 128 77.2 69.1-83.7 39 22.8 16.3-30.9
Some Post-H.S. 133 108 79.2 69.8-86.2 25 20.8 13.8-30.2
College Graduate 182 174 96.6 93.0-98.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 134 73.6 65.0-80.7 45 26.4 19.3-35.0
$50,000+ 182 166 89.7 82.6-94.1 16 10.3 5.9-17.4
Don't know/Not Sure 126 115 87.9 78.4-93.6 11 12.1 6.4-21.6

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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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