2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,562 3,806 82.6 81.1-84.0 756 17.4 16.0-18.9
Medicaid Region 2 638 542 84.3 80.6-87.3 96 15.7 12.7-19.4
GENDER
Male 292 247 83.5 77.7-87.9 45 16.5 12.1-22.3
Female 346 295 85.0 80.0-88.9 51 15.0 11.1-20.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 466 393 83.2 78.7-86.9 73 16.8 13.1-21.3
Non-Hispanic Black 108 91 83.8 74.4-90.1 17 16.2 9.9-25.6
Other 64 58 92.8 83.5-97.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 173 83.3 76.5-88.4 32 16.7 11.6-23.5
45-64 227 186 80.9 74.5-86.0 41 19.1 14.0-25.5
65+ 196 173 90.6 85.0-94.2 23 9.4 5.8-15.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 186 80.5 73.6-86.0 43 19.5 14.0-26.4
Some Post-H.S. 187 151 83.2 76.7-88.2 36 16.8 11.8-23.3
College Graduate 219 202 91.1 85.2-94.8 17 8.9 5.2-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 208 76.9 70.4-82.3 58 23.1 17.7-29.6
$50,000+ 245 222 89.6 83.8-93.5 23 10.4 6.5-16.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 127 112 88.9 81.1-93.7 15 11.1 6.3-18.9

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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 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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