2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Tobacco Use

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 5 791 109 14.6 11.7-18.0 52 7.7 5.5-10.8 218 27.2 23.5-31.1 412 50.5 46.2-54.8
GENDER
Male 364 49 13.9 10.0-19.0 29 10.1 6.3-15.9 115 31.3 25.9-37.4 171 44.6 38.5-51.0
Female 427 60 15.2 11.3-20.1 23 5.6 3.5- 8.8 103 23.4 18.6-28.9 241 55.8 49.9-61.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 490 72 15.6 12.0-19.9 27 6.1 4.1- 9.2 145 29.7 25.0-35.0 246 48.5 43.3-53.8
Non-Hispanic Black 156 15 10.3 5.8-17.6 16 12.1 6.0-23.0 38 22.6 15.8-31.2 87 55.0 45.1-64.6
Other 145 22 17.5 9.8-29.4 *** *** *** 35 23.4 16.1-32.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 282 47 16.9 12.4-22.6 24 8.7 5.6-13.1 52 20.1 15.0-26.4 159 54.3 47.5-61.0
45-64 253 42 15.2 10.4-21.6 17 8.7 4.3-17.0 69 29.2 22.5-36.9 125 46.9 39.2-54.8
65+ 240 20 10.2 5.7-17.7 *** *** *** 89 36.7 29.6-44.4 121 48.2 40.5-55.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 57 19.9 14.6-26.5 30 12.7 8.1-19.4 91 32.7 26.4-39.6 119 34.7 28.7-41.2
Some Post-H.S. 242 35 14.0 9.8-19.8 15 5.3 2.9- 9.2 71 26.9 20.8-34.0 121 53.8 46.2-61.2
College Graduate 251 17 6.3 3.7-10.5 *** *** *** 55 17.5 13.2-22.9 172 73.5 67.3-79.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 403 80 21.1 16.4-26.7 31 8.4 5.7-12.4 115 28.8 23.8-34.5 177 41.6 36.0-47.5
$50,000+ 251 19 8.8 5.2-14.3 *** *** *** 71 27.4 21.3-34.5 153 60.8 53.3-67.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 22.4 14.2-33.5 *** *** ***

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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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