2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 456 314 65.4 58.7-71.5 142 34.6 28.5-41.3
Region 7 557 465 81.7 76.9-85.7 92 18.3 14.3-23.1
GENDER
Male 238 183 74.9 66.5-81.8 55 25.1 18.2-33.5
Female 319 282 87.6 82.3-91.5 37 12.4 8.5-17.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 309 270 85.8 79.3-90.5 39 14.2 9.5-20.7
Non-Hispanic Black 130 100 70.5 59.0-79.8 *** *** ***
Other 108 88 86.6 76.8-92.7 20 13.4 7.3-23.2
AGE
18-44 199 163 79.6 71.0-86.1 36 20.4 13.9-29.0
45-64 195 158 78.5 69.5-85.4 37 21.5 14.6-30.5
65+ 159 140 90.6 84.7-94.3 19 9.4 5.7-15.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 115 74.3 64.0-82.4 35 25.7 17.6-36.0
Some Post-H.S. 129 106 80.3 69.2-88.1 23 19.7 11.9-30.8
College Graduate 276 243 89.3 84.5-92.7 33 10.7 7.3-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 144 107 72.0 61.0-80.8 37 28.0 19.2-39.0
$50,000+ 304 263 84.2 77.2-89.3 41 15.8 10.7-22.8
Don't know/Not Sure 109 95 86.4 76.3-92.6 14 13.6 7.4-23.7

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

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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