2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 379 335 88.3 84.0-91.6 44 11.7 8.4-16.0
GENDER
Male 182 160 85.6 78.0-90.8 22 14.4 9.2-22.0
Female 197 175 91.1 86.3-94.3 22 8.9 5.7-13.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 252 227 89.9 84.6-93.5 25 10.1 6.5-15.4
Non-Hispanic Black 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 139 123 87.7 79.7-92.8 16 12.3 7.2-20.3
45-64 123 105 85.5 77.2-91.1 18 14.5 8.9-22.8
65+ 111 102 93.0 86.0-96.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 111 82.8 74.7-88.7 26 17.2 11.3-25.3
Some Post-H.S. 97 85 90.6 82.9-95.0 12 9.4 5.0-17.1
College Graduate 144 139 96.8 92.5-98.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 118 96 85.3 77.7-90.7 22 14.7 9.3-22.3
$50,000+ 174 164 91.4 84.0-95.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 87 75 86.2 75.3-92.8 12 13.8 7.2-24.7

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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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