2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,291 3,730 85.5 83.9-87.0 561 14.5 13.0-16.1
Region 1 & 2 401 339 82.6 77.3-86.9 62 17.4 13.1-22.7
GENDER
Male 182 156 84.7 77.0-90.2 26 15.3 9.8-23.0
Female 219 183 80.6 72.8-86.5 36 19.4 13.5-27.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 344 291 81.7 75.8-86.4 53 18.3 13.6-24.2
Non-Hispanic Black 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 107 88 81.2 70.8-88.5 19 18.8 11.5-29.2
45-64 144 117 81.8 73.2-88.2 27 18.2 11.8-26.8
65+ 141 125 84.6 73.3-91.6 16 15.4 8.4-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 88 77.2 66.8-85.1 28 22.8 14.9-33.2
Some Post-H.S. 116 93 80.6 70.6-87.8 23 19.4 12.2-29.4
College Graduate 169 158 92.6 86.0-96.2 11 7.4 3.8-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 118 69.2 59.2-77.7 45 30.8 22.3-40.8
$50,000+ 172 163 94.5 89.5-97.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 66 58 89.8 79.8-95.1 *** *** ***

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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 2022 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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