2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,500 2,889 81.0 79.3-82.5 611 19.0 17.5-20.7
Region 5 511 431 82.6 78.2-86.3 80 17.4 13.7-21.8
GENDER
Male 214 180 82.8 76.1-87.9 34 17.2 12.1-23.9
Female 297 251 82.5 76.2-87.4 46 17.5 12.6-23.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 300 254 81.7 75.4-86.6 46 18.3 13.4-24.6
Non-Hispanic Black 104 86 83.8 74.6-90.0 18 16.2 10.0-25.4
Other 104 88 84.5 75.4-90.6 16 15.5 9.4-24.6
AGE
18-44 188 154 80.3 72.5-86.3 34 19.7 13.7-27.5
45-64 171 135 77.0 68.4-83.8 36 23.0 16.2-31.6
65+ 146 136 92.6 85.6-96.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 120 76.1 67.7-82.9 37 23.9 17.1-32.3
Some Post-H.S. 122 99 79.4 69.3-86.9 23 20.6 13.1-30.7
College Graduate 230 210 92.1 87.7-95.0 20 7.9 5.0-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 113 72.5 63.2-80.2 37 27.5 19.8-36.8
$50,000+ 226 196 84.9 78.0-90.0 30 15.1 10.0-22.0
Don't know/Not Sure 135 122 89.4 81.3-94.3 13 10.6 5.7-18.7

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

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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