2020 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 5,590 4,729 83.5 82.2-84.7 861 16.5 15.3-17.8
Medicaid Region 4 1,070 954 88.0 85.4-90.2 116 12.0 9.8-14.6
GENDER
Male 482 425 86.5 82.1-89.9 57 13.5 10.1-17.9
Female 588 529 89.4 86.1-91.9 59 10.6 8.1-13.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 658 596 88.4 85.0-91.2 62 11.6 8.8-15.0
Non-Hispanic Black 231 198 85.7 79.5-90.3 33 14.3 9.7-20.5
Other 181 160 89.7 83.3-93.9 21 10.3 6.1-16.7
AGE
18-44 431 379 87.0 82.9-90.2 52 13.0 9.8-17.1
45-64 358 318 88.1 83.1-91.8 40 11.9 8.2-16.9
65+ 266 242 89.5 84.0-93.3 24 10.5 6.7-16.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 279 220 80.2 74.1-85.1 59 19.8 14.9-25.9
Some Post-H.S. 243 209 86.4 81.2-90.3 34 13.6 9.7-18.8
College Graduate 546 523 95.5 92.8-97.2 23 4.5 2.8- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 343 284 81.5 76.2-85.8 59 18.5 14.2-23.8
$50,000+ 517 482 92.6 89.4-94.9 35 7.4 5.1-10.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 210 188 87.8 80.4-92.6 22 12.2 7.4-19.6

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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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