2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 4,299 1,711 39.5 37.6-41.6 2,588 60.5 58.4-62.4
Region 5 664 229 35.4 30.7-40.4 435 64.6 59.6-69.3
GENDER
Male 305 129 42.1 35.5-48.9 176 57.9 51.1-64.5
Female 359 100 29.7 23.2-37.0 259 70.3 63.0-76.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 408 145 37.6 31.4-44.2 263 62.4 55.8-68.6
Non-Hispanic Black 131 44 34.1 24.8-44.9 87 65.9 55.1-75.2
Other 111 36 27.7 19.4-37.9 75 72.3 62.1-80.6
AGE
18-44 271 76 29.2 22.9-36.5 195 70.8 63.5-77.1
45-64 227 82 35.3 28.1-43.3 145 64.7 56.7-71.9
65+ 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 76 45.3 35.5-55.5 94 54.7 44.5-64.5
Some Post-H.S. 171 71 38.3 30.1-47.2 100 61.7 52.8-69.9
College Graduate 318 78 22.4 17.7-28.0 240 77.6 72.0-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 84 44.4 35.1-54.2 120 55.6 45.8-64.9
$50,000+ 308 96 31.1 25.4-37.5 212 68.9 62.5-74.6
Don't know/Not Sure 152 49 30.2 22.0-39.8 103 69.8 60.2-78.0

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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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