2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 581 494 83.9 80.0-87.1 87 16.1 12.9-20.0
GENDER
Male 280 231 80.1 73.9-85.1 49 19.9 14.9-26.1
Female 301 263 87.2 82.1-91.0 38 12.8 9.0-17.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 352 304 85.1 80.3-89.0 48 14.9 11.0-19.7
Non-Hispanic Black 119 98 82.5 73.8-88.8 21 17.5 11.2-26.2
Other 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 220 178 79.7 73.1-85.0 42 20.3 15.0-26.9
45-64 204 170 84.6 78.2-89.3 34 15.4 10.7-21.8
65+ 146 135 91.7 84.4-95.7 11 8.3 4.3-15.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 138 76.9 68.7-83.4 36 23.1 16.6-31.3
Some Post-H.S. 166 138 83.9 76.8-89.2 28 16.1 10.8-23.2
College Graduate 241 218 91.1 86.4-94.3 23 8.9 5.7-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 169 78.5 70.9-84.5 40 21.5 15.5-29.1
$50,000+ 250 220 86.5 80.8-90.7 30 13.5 9.3-19.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 122 105 87.2 78.9-92.5 17 12.8 7.5-21.1

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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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