2020 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 5,590 4,729 83.5 82.2-84.7 861 16.5 15.3-17.8
Medicaid Region 3 899 769 83.4 80.2-86.2 130 16.6 13.8-19.8
GENDER
Male 411 342 80.6 75.4-84.8 69 19.4 15.2-24.6
Female 488 427 86.1 82.0-89.3 61 13.9 10.7-18.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 600 509 82.3 78.3-85.6 91 17.7 14.4-21.7
Non-Hispanic Black 161 136 81.6 72.6-88.2 25 18.4 11.8-27.4
Other 138 124 90.8 84.5-94.7 14 9.2 5.3-15.5
AGE
18-44 327 286 85.7 80.5-89.8 41 14.3 10.2-19.5
45-64 311 248 76.3 70.3-81.4 63 23.7 18.6-29.7
65+ 238 215 90.2 85.0-93.7 23 9.8 6.3-15.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 304 241 77.5 71.3-82.7 63 22.5 17.3-28.7
Some Post-H.S. 244 202 81.8 75.9-86.6 42 18.2 13.4-24.1
College Graduate 349 324 93.3 90.0-95.6 25 6.7 4.4-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 310 242 73.6 66.9-79.3 68 26.4 20.7-33.1
$50,000+ 405 367 89.6 85.7-92.6 38 10.4 7.4-14.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 184 160 87.3 81.0-91.7 24 12.7 8.3-19.0

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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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