2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,162 1,547 37.3 35.5-39.0 2,615 62.7 61.0-64.5
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 589 257 46.2 41.1-51.3 332 53.8 48.7-58.9
Region 3 332 134 38.2 32.1-44.7 198 61.8 55.3-67.9
Region 4 847 297 35.9 32.1-39.9 550 64.1 60.1-67.9
Region 5 611 217 37.2 32.7-41.9 394 62.8 58.1-67.3
Region 6 293 108 33.3 27.3-39.9 185 66.7 60.1-72.7
Region 7 777 235 31.4 27.6-35.4 542 68.6 64.6-72.4
Region 8 380 155 41.2 35.6-47.1 225 58.8 52.9-64.4
Region 9 & 10 333 144 42.4 36.0-48.9 189 57.6 51.1-64.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,132 455 40.0 36.7-43.5 677 60.0 56.5-63.3
Piedmont 2,311 779 34.3 32.1-36.7 1,532 65.7 63.3-67.9
Western NC 719 313 45.7 41.1-50.4 406 54.3 49.6-58.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 506 216 46.9 41.5-52.3 290 53.1 47.7-58.5
Northwest 586 240 39.3 34.5-44.3 346 60.7 55.7-65.5
Charlotte 684 232 35.0 30.9-39.4 452 65.0 60.6-69.1
Greensboro 463 176 38.3 33.1-43.7 287 61.7 56.3-66.9
Southern Regional 344 132 34.6 29.0-40.7 212 65.4 59.3-71.0
Southeast 213 90 44.4 36.7-52.4 123 55.6 47.6-63.3
Wake 844 246 29.4 25.9-33.1 598 70.6 66.9-74.1
Area L & Eastern 522 215 42.9 37.9-48.2 307 57.1 51.8-62.1
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 589 257 46.2 41.1-51.3 332 53.8 48.7-58.9
Region 2 592 246 40.6 35.9-45.5 346 59.4 54.5-64.1
Region 3 855 297 35.7 32.0-39.6 558 64.3 60.4-68.0
Region 4 1,098 326 30.9 27.7-34.3 772 69.1 65.7-72.3
Region 5 566 227 38.3 33.7-43.1 339 61.7 56.9-66.3
Region 6 462 194 42.1 36.8-47.6 268 57.9 52.4-63.2

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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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