2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 391 325 85.2 80.2-89.1 66 14.8 10.9-19.8
GENDER
Male 180 142 81.3 72.9-87.6 38 18.7 12.4-27.1
Female 211 183 88.9 82.3-93.2 28 11.1 6.8-17.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 195 163 83.1 75.1-88.9 32 16.9 11.1-24.9
Non-Hispanic Black 94 78 87.9 78.9-93.3 16 12.1 6.7-21.1
Other 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 165 130 83.5 76.4-88.8 35 16.5 11.2-23.6
45-64 126 107 84.0 71.2-91.7 19 16.0 8.3-28.8
65+ 93 81 89.9 79.9-95.2 12 10.1 4.8-20.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 96 88.4 79.4-93.8 22 11.6 6.2-20.6
Some Post-H.S. 125 98 78.9 68.9-86.4 27 21.1 13.6-31.1
College Graduate 147 130 89.0 81.2-93.8 17 11.0 6.2-18.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 99 79.4 69.0-87.0 34 20.6 13.0-31.0
$50,000+ 177 153 85.8 78.4-91.0 24 14.2 9.0-21.6
Don't know/Not Sure 81 73 93.4 83.7-97.5 *** *** ***

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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 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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