2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 665 222 35.2 30.5-40.2 443 64.8 59.8-69.5
GENDER
Male 301 119 42.0 35.0-49.4 182 58.0 50.6-65.0
Female 364 103 28.7 23.1-35.1 261 71.3 64.9-76.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 373 127 36.9 30.8-43.6 246 63.1 56.4-69.2
Non-Hispanic Black 142 49 36.6 27.2-47.1 93 63.4 52.9-72.8
Other 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 258 65 31.4 24.3-39.5 193 68.6 60.5-75.7
45-64 221 80 38.0 30.1-46.5 141 62.0 53.5-69.9
65+ 181 77 40.9 32.2-50.2 104 59.1 49.8-67.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 74 43.1 34.0-52.7 100 56.9 47.3-66.0
Some Post-H.S. 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 344 89 23.1 18.4-28.6 255 76.9 71.4-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 75 42.4 33.1-52.3 99 57.6 47.7-66.9
$50,000+ 365 109 34.0 27.7-40.9 256 66.0 59.1-72.3
Don't know/Not Sure 126 38 29.6 20.9-40.0 88 70.4 60.0-79.1

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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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