2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 597 467 70.7 63.2-77.3 130 29.3 22.7-36.8
GENDER
Male 235 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 362 300 79.7 71.0-86.2 62 20.3 13.8-29.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 227 181 72.1 63.2-79.5 46 27.9 20.5-36.8
Non-Hispanic Black 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 284 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 231 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 194 174 90.0 80.9-95.0 20 10.0 5.0-19.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 226 188 77.4 67.3-85.1 38 22.6 14.9-32.7
Don't know/Not Sure 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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