2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,562 537 12.5 11.2-13.8 219 5.0 4.2- 5.8 1,225 25.5 23.9-27.1 2,581 57.1 55.3-58.9
Medicaid Region 4 850 63 7.9 5.9-10.7 43 5.1 3.7- 7.0 194 22.5 19.4-25.9 550 64.5 60.6-68.2
GENDER
Male 397 36 10.2 7.1-14.6 25 6.6 4.3-10.0 113 27.5 22.8-32.8 223 55.6 50.0-61.2
Female 453 27 5.9 3.5- 9.8 18 3.8 2.4- 6.1 81 18.1 14.3-22.7 327 72.1 66.8-76.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 519 39 7.7 5.1-11.3 23 4.8 3.1- 7.3 150 28.0 23.8-32.6 307 59.6 54.6-64.4
Non-Hispanic Black 194 18 10.1 6.0-16.5 *** *** *** 30 16.7 11.2-24.2 136 68.3 59.9-75.6
Other 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 7.8 4.4-13.7 107 79.8 71.0-86.5
AGE
18-44 342 20 6.2 3.8-10.0 24 6.6 4.4- 9.9 47 15.2 11.2-20.2 251 72.0 66.2-77.1
45-64 282 29 9.3 6.2-13.6 11 4.0 2.1- 7.3 73 27.0 21.5-33.2 169 59.8 53.2-66.1
65+ 210 13 10.2 4.6-20.9 *** *** *** 73 34.0 26.5-42.5 117 52.4 43.6-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 27 11.8 7.4-18.3 19 6.5 4.0-10.4 65 25.5 19.8-32.2 150 56.2 49.0-63.1
Some Post-H.S. 183 23 10.6 6.7-16.3 13 6.6 3.7-11.5 40 19.9 14.2-27.3 107 62.8 54.5-70.4
College Graduate 405 13 2.6 1.5- 4.7 11 2.9 1.5- 5.3 88 21.1 17.1-25.9 293 73.4 68.4-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 303 36 13.2 8.8-19.4 21 6.9 4.3-10.7 70 23.0 17.9-29.0 176 56.9 50.1-63.5
$50,000+ 383 18 5.5 3.3- 9.3 15 4.4 2.6- 7.4 91 24.1 19.6-29.2 259 66.0 60.3-71.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 164 *** *** *** *** *** *** 33 18.1 12.1-26.4 115 73.4 64.6-80.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

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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