2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,543 332 22.7 20.2-25.4 123 8.3 6.8-10.1 1,088 69.0 66.1-71.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 256 52 20.6 15.1-27.5 *** *** *** 194 75.3 68.3-81.3
Region 3 134 38 30.6 21.6-41.2 13 10.5 5.8-18.2 83 58.9 48.4-68.7
Region 4 297 56 20.7 15.4-27.1 26 8.0 5.3-12.1 215 71.3 64.7-77.1
Region 5 217 44 20.3 14.7-27.5 20 10.5 6.3-17.1 153 69.2 61.3-76.1
Region 6 108 *** *** *** 11 9.1 4.6-17.0 *** *** ***
Region 7 233 46 21.6 15.7-29.1 23 8.7 5.3-14.0 164 69.7 61.9-76.4
Region 8 154 33 21.6 14.9-30.3 11 6.7 3.6-12.3 110 71.6 62.7-79.2
Region 9 & 10 144 34 25.4 17.6-35.1 *** *** *** 101 65.8 55.7-74.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 454 101 23.5 19.1-28.7 37 8.7 6.1-12.4 316 67.7 62.3-72.7
Piedmont 777 164 22.5 19.1-26.3 74 9.2 7.1-11.9 539 68.3 64.2-72.1
Western NC 312 67 22.1 16.8-28.5 12 3.8 2.0- 6.8 233 74.1 67.6-79.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 215 40 19.2 13.6-26.4 *** *** *** 167 77.6 70.2-83.6
Northwest 240 62 24.4 18.3-31.7 18 8.4 5.1-13.4 160 67.2 59.6-74.1
Charlotte 232 44 22.3 16.3-29.8 23 9.0 5.8-13.7 165 68.7 61.1-75.4
Greensboro 176 40 23.1 16.6-31.3 17 10.6 5.8-18.4 119 66.3 57.4-74.2
Southern Regional 132 38 29.6 20.9-40.0 12 9.0 4.8-16.3 82 61.4 51.0-70.9
Southeast 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 244 45 18.9 13.7-25.4 20 7.8 4.6-13.0 179 73.3 66.2-79.3
Area L & Eastern 215 47 22.9 16.7-30.5 20 10.1 6.1-16.1 148 67.1 59.0-74.2
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 256 52 20.6 15.1-27.5 *** *** *** 194 75.3 68.3-81.3
Region 2 246 66 29.2 22.6-36.8 22 9.5 5.7-15.4 158 61.3 53.5-68.5
Region 3 297 56 20.7 15.5-27.0 26 8.0 5.2-11.9 215 71.4 64.8-77.1
Region 4 324 60 19.0 14.3-24.9 31 9.2 6.1-13.7 233 71.7 65.4-77.3
Region 5 226 55 25.4 19.1-32.9 18 7.6 4.6-12.3 153 67.1 59.4-73.9
Region 6 194 43 22.5 16.2-30.3 16 10.5 6.1-17.3 135 67.0 58.6-74.5

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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