2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,939 3,454 86.8 85.0-88.3 485 13.2 11.7-15.0
Region 4 555 495 86.9 81.6-90.9 60 13.1 9.1-18.4
GENDER
Male 258 224 83.6 74.4-90.0 34 16.4 10.0-25.6
Female 297 271 90.0 83.8-94.0 26 10.0 6.0-16.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 333 297 84.9 77.0-90.5 36 15.1 9.5-23.0
Non-Hispanic Black 117 104 90.2 81.3-95.1 13 9.8 4.9-18.7
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 215 200 91.4 84.5-95.4 15 8.6 4.6-15.5
45-64 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 151 133 88.6 79.7-93.9 18 11.4 6.1-20.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 150 129 90.1 83.9-94.0 21 9.9 6.0-16.1
College Graduate 240 232 97.1 93.4-98.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 258 235 89.6 82.7-94.0 23 10.4 6.0-17.3
Don't know/Not Sure 128 115 90.2 82.0-95.0 13 9.8 5.0-18.0

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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 2023 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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