2023 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 3,942 1,510 37.2 35.1-39.4 2,432 62.8 60.6-64.9
Region 5 557 197 36.4 31.2-41.9 360 63.6 58.1-68.8
GENDER
Male 249 95 37.8 30.4-45.7 154 62.2 54.3-69.6
Female 308 102 35.1 28.2-42.8 206 64.9 57.2-71.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 349 134 40.7 34.1-47.5 215 59.3 52.5-65.9
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 204 48 25.3 18.4-33.7 156 74.7 66.3-81.6
45-64 187 77 43.9 35.2-53.0 110 56.1 47.0-64.8
65+ 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 64 41.8 32.1-52.3 89 58.2 47.7-67.9
Some Post-H.S. 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 276 76 24.6 19.1-31.0 200 75.4 69.0-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 68 46.3 36.8-56.0 88 53.7 44.0-63.2
$50,000+ 278 94 30.0 23.8-37.1 184 70.0 62.9-76.2
Don't know/Not Sure 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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