2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,824 454 9.7 8.7-10.8 198 4.7 3.9- 5.6 1,272 25.3 23.8-26.9 2,900 60.3 58.5-62.0
Medicaid Region 4 1,041 78 7.9 6.2-10.0 36 3.8 2.6- 5.4 241 23.7 20.8-26.8 686 64.7 61.2-68.0
GENDER
Male 511 48 10.8 7.9-14.6 25 4.8 3.1- 7.4 128 24.5 20.4-29.1 310 59.8 54.8-64.7
Female 530 30 5.2 3.6- 7.6 11 2.8 1.5- 5.3 113 22.9 18.9-27.3 376 69.1 64.4-73.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 613 49 8.7 6.4-11.7 14 2.7 1.5- 4.9 164 28.7 24.7-33.1 386 59.8 55.3-64.2
Non-Hispanic Black 214 22 9.9 6.3-15.4 *** *** *** 44 19.9 14.4-26.7 138 65.1 57.5-72.0
Other 196 *** *** *** 12 6.0 3.2-11.0 30 11.4 7.7-16.8 148 80.0 73.3-85.3
AGE
18-44 459 35 8.2 5.7-11.5 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3 70 15.7 12.3-19.9 331 70.9 65.9-75.4
45-64 337 28 9.5 6.4-13.8 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 79 24.6 19.6-30.4 219 62.4 56.3-68.2
65+ 224 14 5.4 2.9-10.0 *** *** *** 90 43.0 35.5-50.9 118 50.6 42.9-58.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 35 12.2 8.4-17.2 13 4.4 2.4- 8.0 68 25.4 20.0-31.7 161 58.0 51.2-64.5
Some Post-H.S. 215 22 8.7 5.6-13.3 14 5.7 3.1-10.1 61 28.3 22.1-35.4 118 57.3 49.9-64.4
College Graduate 543 21 3.9 2.5- 6.1 *** *** *** 111 19.0 15.7-22.7 402 75.1 71.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 36 10.6 7.4-14.9 21 6.4 4.0-10.2 72 23.9 18.8-29.9 198 59.1 52.7-65.2
$50,000+ 506 27 6.7 4.4- 9.9 *** *** *** 121 24.0 20.0-28.5 349 67.6 62.7-72.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 208 15 6.8 3.9-11.4 *** *** *** 48 22.5 16.6-29.7 139 66.4 58.6-73.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

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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