2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 672 273 41.6 35.6-47.9 399 58.4 52.1-64.4
GENDER
Male 281 137 50.3 41.2-59.4 144 49.7 40.6-58.8
Female 391 136 32.9 25.8-40.9 255 67.1 59.1-74.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 281 121 45.4 38.1-52.9 160 54.6 47.1-61.9
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 301 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 74 38.0 28.6-48.4 131 62.0 51.6-71.4
45-64 245 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 215 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 *** *** *** 116 50.3 40.0-60.7
Some Post-H.S. 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 227 67 27.2 19.7-36.4 160 72.8 63.6-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 117 44.3 34.5-54.5 145 55.7 45.5-65.5
$50,000+ 260 94 38.8 30.3-48.0 166 61.2 52.0-69.7
Don't know/Not Sure 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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