2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,590 4,729 83.5 82.2-84.7 861 16.5 15.3-17.8
Medicaid Region 1 663 536 76.2 71.8-80.2 127 23.8 19.8-28.2
GENDER
Male 290 231 75.6 69.2-81.1 59 24.4 18.9-30.8
Female 373 305 76.8 70.4-82.1 68 23.2 17.9-29.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 547 434 76.2 71.4-80.4 113 23.8 19.6-28.6
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 161 73.8 66.0-80.4 44 26.2 19.6-34.0
45-64 212 157 69.8 61.3-77.2 55 30.2 22.8-38.7
65+ 231 204 85.8 78.7-90.9 27 14.2 9.1-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 188 69.4 61.5-76.2 66 30.6 23.8-38.5
Some Post-H.S. 183 135 73.6 66.0-80.0 48 26.4 20.0-34.0
College Graduate 224 211 93.7 88.7-96.5 13 6.3 3.5-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 313 235 69.7 62.5-76.1 78 30.3 23.9-37.5
$50,000+ 230 205 87.5 81.4-91.9 25 12.5 8.1-18.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 96 72.4 61.3-81.3 24 27.6 18.7-38.7

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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 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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