2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,131 3,450 81.5 80.0-83.0 681 18.5 17.0-20.0
Medicaid Region 1 510 410 76.1 70.8-80.7 100 23.9 19.3-29.2
GENDER
Male 260 212 79.2 72.4-84.7 48 20.8 15.3-27.6
Female 250 198 73.3 65.2-80.0 52 26.7 20.0-34.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 331 75.9 70.0-80.9 79 24.1 19.1-30.0
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 153 116 72.3 63.1-79.8 37 27.7 20.2-36.9
45-64 177 138 73.7 64.1-81.5 39 26.3 18.5-35.9
65+ 173 151 84.0 74.0-90.6 22 16.0 9.4-26.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 115 66.8 57.6-74.8 52 33.2 25.2-42.4
Some Post-H.S. 148 118 74.8 64.3-83.0 30 25.2 17.0-35.7
College Graduate 195 177 91.6 86.5-94.9 18 8.4 5.1-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 167 67.8 59.3-75.3 59 32.2 24.7-40.7
$50,000+ 172 151 86.0 78.2-91.3 21 14.0 8.7-21.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 112 92 78.5 67.2-86.6 20 21.5 13.4-32.8

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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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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