2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 4,158 3,703 88.5 87.2-89.6 455 11.5 10.4-12.8
Region 7 775 706 90.5 87.5-92.8 69 9.5 7.2-12.5
GENDER
Male 354 322 89.9 84.8-93.4 32 10.1 6.6-15.2
Female 421 384 91.1 87.4-93.9 37 8.9 6.1-12.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 438 401 89.9 85.5-93.0 37 10.1 7.0-14.5
Non-Hispanic Black 149 132 90.5 84.1-94.4 17 9.5 5.6-15.9
Other 180 166 92.6 84.7-96.5 14 7.4 3.5-15.3
AGE
18-44 324 298 90.3 84.9-93.9 26 9.7 6.1-15.1
45-64 261 239 91.6 86.8-94.8 22 8.4 5.2-13.2
65+ 172 152 88.6 81.6-93.2 20 11.4 6.8-18.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 189 85.6 78.5-90.6 30 14.4 9.4-21.5
Some Post-H.S. 194 172 89.2 83.1-93.3 22 10.8 6.7-16.9
College Graduate 360 343 96.0 93.4-97.6 17 4.0 2.4- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 173 85.8 77.9-91.1 27 14.2 8.9-22.1
$50,000+ 382 360 93.1 89.2-95.7 22 6.9 4.3-10.8
Don't know/Not Sure 193 173 90.0 83.5-94.1 20 10.0 5.9-16.5

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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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