2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 363 301 83.0 77.2-87.6 62 17.0 12.4-22.8
GENDER
Male 151 121 81.3 72.2-88.0 30 18.7 12.0-27.8
Female 212 180 84.6 76.4-90.3 32 15.4 9.7-23.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 233 198 85.0 78.8-89.6 35 15.0 10.4-21.2
Non-Hispanic Black 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 100 79 79.5 67.5-87.9 21 20.5 12.1-32.5
45-64 127 101 82.6 74.2-88.7 26 17.4 11.3-25.8
65+ 135 121 88.9 80.6-94.0 14 11.1 6.0-19.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 127 101 82.0 72.1-89.0 26 18.0 11.0-27.9
College Graduate 136 124 90.4 82.8-94.9 12 9.6 5.1-17.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 165 147 87.9 80.8-92.6 18 12.1 7.4-19.2
Don't know/Not Sure 66 57 86.4 73.0-93.8 *** *** ***

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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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