2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 4,562 3,806 82.6 81.1-84.0 756 17.4 16.0-18.9
Medicaid Region 3 697 579 81.2 77.4-84.4 118 18.8 15.6-22.6
GENDER
Male 317 255 77.5 71.3-82.6 62 22.5 17.4-28.7
Female 380 324 84.4 79.7-88.2 56 15.6 11.8-20.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 459 374 78.5 73.5-82.8 85 21.5 17.2-26.5
Non-Hispanic Black 130 109 84.9 77.0-90.5 21 15.1 9.5-23.0
Other 108 96 88.3 79.9-93.5 12 11.7 6.5-20.1
AGE
18-44 276 225 79.9 73.9-84.8 51 20.1 15.2-26.1
45-64 232 182 77.6 70.9-83.1 50 22.4 16.9-29.1
65+ 174 159 90.7 81.4-95.6 15 9.3 4.4-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 235 179 74.4 67.3-80.5 56 25.6 19.5-32.7
Some Post-H.S. 213 168 80.7 74.3-85.8 45 19.3 14.2-25.7
College Graduate 245 228 92.1 87.3-95.2 17 7.9 4.8-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 276 209 74.9 68.6-80.2 67 25.1 19.8-31.4
$50,000+ 289 253 84.3 78.3-88.9 36 15.7 11.1-21.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 117 87.0 77.4-93.0 15 13.0 7.0-22.6

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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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