2023 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 564 455 79.3 74.0-83.7 109 20.7 16.3-26.0
Region 1 & 2 427 385 89.4 84.6-92.8 42 10.6 7.2-15.4
GENDER
Male 182 164 89.5 82.6-93.9 18 10.5 6.1-17.4
Female 245 221 89.3 81.7-94.0 24 10.7 6.0-18.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 350 319 88.6 83.1-92.5 31 11.4 7.5-16.9
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 51 94.7 83.8-98.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 103 94 90.9 82.4-95.5 *** *** ***
45-64 141 122 84.5 74.6-91.0 19 15.5 9.0-25.4
65+ 175 162 92.5 82.3-97.0 13 7.5 3.0-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 100 89.7 80.6-94.8 12 10.3 5.2-19.4
Some Post-H.S. 137 112 82.8 72.6-89.8 25 17.2 10.2-27.4
College Graduate 176 171 97.9 94.5-99.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 129 86.0 76.4-92.1 21 14.0 7.9-23.6
$50,000+ 181 167 89.5 81.5-94.3 14 10.5 5.7-18.5
Don't know/Not Sure 96 89 95.6 88.0-98.5 *** *** ***

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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 2023 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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