2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,824 1,924 39.7 38.0-41.5 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
Medicaid Region 2 729 301 40.9 36.6-45.3 428 59.1 54.7-63.4
GENDER
Male 342 158 45.5 39.4-51.8 184 54.5 48.2-60.6
Female 387 143 36.6 30.6-43.1 244 63.4 56.9-69.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 523 234 46.8 41.7-52.0 289 53.2 48.0-58.3
Non-Hispanic Black 113 37 29.8 20.9-40.6 76 70.2 59.4-79.1
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 256 79 29.1 22.9-36.2 177 70.9 63.8-77.1
45-64 255 118 48.5 41.1-56.0 137 51.5 44.0-58.9
65+ 204 101 51.8 43.4-60.1 103 48.2 39.9-56.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 119 50.8 43.2-58.3 112 49.2 41.7-56.8
Some Post-H.S. 215 103 41.6 34.0-49.6 112 58.4 50.4-66.0
College Graduate 283 79 24.4 19.5-30.1 204 75.6 69.9-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 123 42.6 35.6-50.0 138 57.4 50.0-64.4
$50,000+ 307 115 37.7 31.7-44.1 192 62.3 55.9-68.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 63 43.0 33.1-53.6 98 57.0 46.4-66.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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