2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 487 400 80.9 76.1-84.9 87 19.1 15.1-23.9
GENDER
Male 236 196 83.4 77.0-88.4 40 16.6 11.6-23.0
Female 251 204 78.6 71.3-84.5 47 21.4 15.5-28.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 369 303 80.5 75.0-85.0 66 19.5 15.0-25.0
Non-Hispanic Black 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 151 122 78.6 69.8-85.3 29 21.4 14.7-30.2
45-64 186 146 77.0 68.9-83.5 40 23.0 16.5-31.1
65+ 145 127 89.6 82.1-94.2 18 10.4 5.8-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 126 75.5 66.8-82.6 39 24.5 17.4-33.2
Some Post-H.S. 156 118 77.2 68.6-84.0 38 22.8 16.0-31.4
College Graduate 166 156 96.2 93.0-98.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 149 74.8 66.8-81.4 50 25.2 18.6-33.2
$50,000+ 184 163 84.0 75.1-90.1 21 16.0 9.9-24.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 88 86.7 77.3-92.6 16 13.3 7.4-22.7

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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 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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