2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 4,566 1,985 43.0 41.1-44.8 2,581 57.0 55.2-58.9
Medicaid Region 5 793 381 49.5 45.2-53.8 412 50.5 46.2-54.8
GENDER
Male 366 195 55.5 49.1-61.6 171 44.5 38.4-50.9
Female 427 186 44.2 38.4-50.1 241 55.8 49.9-61.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 492 246 51.5 46.2-56.8 246 48.5 43.2-53.8
Non-Hispanic Black 156 69 45.0 35.4-54.9 87 55.0 45.1-64.6
Other 145 66 48.3 38.0-58.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 282 123 45.7 39.0-52.5 159 54.3 47.5-61.0
45-64 253 128 53.1 45.2-60.8 125 46.9 39.2-54.8
65+ 242 121 52.0 44.3-59.7 121 48.0 40.3-55.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 178 65.3 58.8-71.3 119 34.7 28.7-41.2
Some Post-H.S. 242 121 46.2 38.8-53.8 121 53.8 46.2-61.2
College Graduate 253 81 26.8 21.3-33.0 172 73.2 67.0-78.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 403 226 58.4 52.5-64.0 177 41.6 36.0-47.5
$50,000+ 252 99 39.3 32.4-46.8 153 60.7 53.2-67.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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