2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 850 744 86.9 83.9-89.5 106 13.1 10.5-16.1
GENDER
Male 397 336 83.2 78.3-87.1 61 16.8 12.9-21.7
Female 453 408 90.2 86.1-93.2 45 9.8 6.8-13.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 519 457 87.6 83.6-90.7 62 12.4 9.3-16.4
Non-Hispanic Black 194 166 85.0 78.1-90.0 28 15.0 10.0-21.9
Other 137 121 87.6 79.2-93.0 16 12.4 7.0-20.8
AGE
18-44 342 298 87.2 82.7-90.6 44 12.8 9.4-17.3
45-64 282 242 86.8 81.9-90.5 40 13.2 9.5-18.1
65+ 210 190 86.4 76.4-92.6 20 13.6 7.4-23.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 215 81.7 75.0-86.9 46 18.3 13.1-25.0
Some Post-H.S. 183 147 82.8 76.1-87.8 36 17.2 12.2-23.9
College Graduate 405 381 94.5 91.7-96.4 24 5.5 3.6- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 303 246 79.9 73.5-85.0 57 20.1 15.0-26.5
$50,000+ 383 350 90.1 85.8-93.1 33 9.9 6.9-14.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 164 148 91.5 85.5-95.2 16 8.5 4.8-14.5

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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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