2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,041 355 35.3 32.0-38.8 686 64.7 61.2-68.0
GENDER
Male 511 201 40.2 35.3-45.2 310 59.8 54.8-64.7
Female 530 154 30.9 26.5-35.6 376 69.1 64.4-73.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 613 227 40.2 35.8-44.7 386 59.8 55.3-64.2
Non-Hispanic Black 214 76 34.9 28.0-42.5 138 65.1 57.5-72.0
Other 196 48 20.0 14.7-26.7 148 80.0 73.3-85.3
AGE
18-44 459 128 29.1 24.6-34.1 331 70.9 65.9-75.4
45-64 337 118 37.6 31.8-43.7 219 62.4 56.3-68.2
65+ 224 106 49.4 41.7-57.1 118 50.6 42.9-58.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 116 42.0 35.5-48.8 161 58.0 51.2-64.5
Some Post-H.S. 215 97 42.7 35.6-50.1 118 57.3 49.9-64.4
College Graduate 543 141 24.9 21.2-29.0 402 75.1 71.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 129 40.9 34.8-47.3 198 59.1 52.7-65.2
$50,000+ 506 157 32.4 27.9-37.3 349 67.6 62.7-72.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 208 69 33.6 26.6-41.4 139 66.4 58.6-73.4

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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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