2023 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 564 455 79.3 74.0-83.7 109 20.7 16.3-26.0
Region 5 557 496 87.7 83.4-91.1 61 12.3 8.9-16.6
GENDER
Male 249 221 85.5 77.7-90.8 28 14.5 9.2-22.3
Female 308 275 89.8 84.9-93.3 33 10.2 6.7-15.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 349 317 89.6 84.0-93.4 32 10.4 6.6-16.0
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 94 83 88.5 78.8-94.1 11 11.5 5.9-21.2
AGE
18-44 204 187 91.0 85.2-94.6 17 9.0 5.4-14.8
45-64 187 157 84.3 77.2-89.5 30 15.7 10.5-22.8
65+ 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 123 80.5 71.6-87.2 30 19.5 12.8-28.4
Some Post-H.S. 124 105 85.4 74.7-92.0 19 14.6 8.0-25.3
College Graduate 276 264 96.8 94.0-98.3 12 3.2 1.7- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 125 76.8 66.3-84.7 31 23.2 15.3-33.7
$50,000+ 278 257 92.6 87.9-95.6 21 7.4 4.4-12.1
Don't know/Not Sure 123 114 90.5 77.6-96.3 *** *** ***

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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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