2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Tobacco Use

Adults who are current smokers*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,158 3,703 88.5 87.2-89.6 455 11.5 10.4-12.8
Region 5 611 547 88.5 85.0-91.3 64 11.5 8.7-15.0
GENDER
Male 263 234 87.8 82.1-91.9 29 12.2 8.1-17.9
Female 348 313 89.2 84.3-92.7 35 10.8 7.3-15.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 359 322 87.7 82.5-91.5 37 12.3 8.5-17.5
Non-Hispanic Black 115 103 89.4 81.4-94.2 12 10.6 5.8-18.6
Other 130 115 89.8 83.2-94.1 15 10.2 5.9-16.8
AGE
18-44 255 230 88.5 82.4-92.7 25 11.5 7.3-17.6
45-64 192 162 84.7 77.7-89.8 30 15.3 10.2-22.3
65+ 157 148 93.2 86.3-96.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 148 82.2 74.8-87.7 31 17.8 12.3-25.2
Some Post-H.S. 151 130 87.1 79.0-92.4 21 12.9 7.6-21.0
College Graduate 278 267 96.6 93.7-98.1 11 3.4 1.9- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 159 83.3 76.5-88.5 32 16.7 11.5-23.5
$50,000+ 271 251 90.7 84.6-94.6 20 9.3 5.4-15.4
Don't know/Not Sure 149 137 90.7 83.2-95.1 12 9.3 4.9-16.8

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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 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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