2019 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 4,131 3,450 81.5 80.0-83.0 681 18.5 17.0-20.0
Medicaid Region 4 557 476 84.3 80.4-87.5 81 15.7 12.5-19.6
GENDER
Male 253 209 80.7 74.2-85.9 44 19.3 14.1-25.8
Female 304 267 87.5 82.5-91.2 37 12.5 8.8-17.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 336 285 82.3 76.8-86.7 51 17.7 13.3-23.2
Non-Hispanic Black 133 111 84.5 76.9-90.0 22 15.5 10.0-23.1
Other 88 80 92.8 85.3-96.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 233 199 85.8 80.2-90.0 34 14.2 10.0-19.8
45-64 174 142 78.8 70.4-85.3 32 21.2 14.7-29.6
65+ 142 129 91.4 85.1-95.2 13 8.6 4.8-14.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 127 79.4 71.4-85.7 33 20.6 14.3-28.6
Some Post-H.S. 143 116 81.9 73.7-87.9 27 18.1 12.1-26.3
College Graduate 251 230 91.2 86.6-94.3 21 8.8 5.7-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 150 77.2 69.7-83.3 43 22.8 16.7-30.3
$50,000+ 237 212 88.2 82.4-92.2 25 11.8 7.8-17.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 127 114 87.4 77.2-93.4 13 12.6 6.6-22.8

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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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