2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 660 581 84.8 79.9-88.8 79 15.2 11.2-20.1
GENDER
Male 301 261 85.1 79.2-89.5 40 14.9 10.5-20.8
Female 359 320 84.7 76.4-90.4 39 15.3 9.6-23.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 405 360 84.8 77.7-90.0 45 15.2 10.0-22.3
Non-Hispanic Black 131 111 83.4 73.3-90.1 20 16.6 9.9-26.7
Other 110 98 90.3 82.7-94.8 12 9.7 5.2-17.3
AGE
18-44 269 230 82.7 75.7-88.0 39 17.3 12.0-24.3
45-64 226 197 85.1 77.9-90.3 29 14.9 9.7-22.1
65+ 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 170 140 84.3 76.6-89.7 30 15.7 10.3-23.4
College Graduate 317 304 96.0 92.8-97.8 13 4.0 2.2- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 162 74.7 63.5-83.4 41 25.3 16.6-36.5
$50,000+ 307 281 90.4 85.5-93.8 26 9.6 6.2-14.5
Don't know/Not Sure 150 138 89.6 80.6-94.7 12 10.4 5.3-19.4

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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 2022 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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