2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 380 155 41.2 35.6-47.1 225 58.8 52.9-64.4
GENDER
Male 183 82 47.2 38.9-55.6 101 52.8 44.4-61.1
Female 197 73 35.3 28.0-43.4 124 64.7 56.6-72.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 252 110 43.9 37.0-51.1 142 56.1 48.9-63.0
Non-Hispanic Black 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 139 45 34.8 26.3-44.3 94 65.2 55.7-73.7
45-64 124 52 44.5 35.0-54.3 72 55.5 45.7-65.0
65+ 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 62 44.4 35.2-54.0 76 55.6 46.0-64.8
Some Post-H.S. 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 144 42 26.5 19.4-35.0 102 73.5 65.0-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 54 40.9 31.1-51.4 65 59.1 48.6-68.9
$50,000+ 174 67 42.9 34.8-51.4 107 57.1 48.6-65.2
Don't know/Not Sure 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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