2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 847 708 82.8 79.2-85.9 139 17.2 14.1-20.8
GENDER
Male 387 310 79.9 74.1-84.7 77 20.1 15.3-25.9
Female 460 398 85.7 81.1-89.3 62 14.3 10.7-18.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 538 450 82.6 78.0-86.4 88 17.4 13.6-22.0
Non-Hispanic Black 229 187 81.1 73.5-87.0 42 18.9 13.0-26.5
Other 80 71 90.4 80.3-95.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 260 206 79.8 73.4-84.9 54 20.2 15.1-26.6
45-64 308 246 81.1 74.7-86.2 62 18.9 13.8-25.3
65+ 268 248 91.3 85.3-95.0 20 8.7 5.0-14.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 341 270 79.4 73.5-84.2 71 20.6 15.8-26.5
Some Post-H.S. 253 212 83.4 76.6-88.5 41 16.6 11.5-23.4
College Graduate 252 225 89.6 84.0-93.4 27 10.4 6.6-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 419 337 78.8 73.1-83.7 82 21.2 16.3-26.9
$50,000+ 272 238 86.8 80.6-91.3 34 13.2 8.7-19.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 156 133 86.0 78.3-91.2 23 14.0 8.8-21.7

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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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