2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 672 581 82.7 76.5-87.6 91 17.3 12.4-23.5
GENDER
Male 281 230 78.7 68.4-86.4 51 21.3 13.6-31.6
Female 391 351 86.8 79.3-91.8 40 13.2 8.2-20.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 281 247 85.9 79.4-90.6 34 14.1 9.4-20.6
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 301 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 177 82.9 71.4-90.4 28 17.1 9.6-28.6
45-64 245 203 79.5 68.2-87.5 42 20.5 12.5-31.8
65+ 215 194 84.9 74.2-91.6 21 15.1 8.4-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 204 177 85.2 76.1-91.3 27 14.8 8.7-23.9
College Graduate 227 212 93.8 87.0-97.2 15 6.2 2.8-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 211 74.6 64.1-82.9 51 25.4 17.1-35.9
$50,000+ 260 239 90.1 83.1-94.5 21 9.9 5.5-16.9
Don't know/Not Sure 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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