2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,686 2,937 78.4 76.5-80.2 749 21.6 19.8-23.5
Region 7 590 491 81.6 77.2-85.3 99 18.4 14.7-22.8
GENDER
Male 279 232 80.4 73.2-86.0 47 19.6 14.0-26.8
Female 311 259 82.7 77.0-87.2 52 17.3 12.8-23.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 340 286 82.5 77.0-87.0 54 17.5 13.0-23.0
Non-Hispanic Black 140 110 77.4 66.8-85.3 30 22.6 14.7-33.2
Other 98 85 85.6 74.4-92.4 13 14.4 7.6-25.6
AGE
18-44 235 185 74.0 66.2-80.5 50 26.0 19.5-33.8
45-64 216 178 84.8 78.5-89.5 38 15.2 10.5-21.5
65+ 127 117 92.6 83.6-96.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 126 72.1 62.8-79.8 45 27.9 20.2-37.2
Some Post-H.S. 141 112 79.9 71.7-86.2 29 20.1 13.8-28.3
College Graduate 277 252 92.4 88.1-95.2 25 7.6 4.8-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 122 73.2 62.9-81.4 37 26.8 18.6-37.1
$50,000+ 289 251 87.7 82.6-91.4 38 12.3 8.6-17.4
Don't know/Not Sure 142 118 79.5 69.7-86.8 24 20.5 13.2-30.3

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

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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