2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 4,824 4,172 85.6 84.3-86.8 652 14.4 13.2-15.7
Medicaid Region 5 1,162 997 84.0 80.9-86.6 165 16.0 13.4-19.1
GENDER
Male 516 422 78.4 73.1-82.9 94 21.6 17.1-26.9
Female 646 575 89.1 85.8-91.8 71 10.9 8.2-14.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 648 557 83.1 78.9-86.6 91 16.9 13.4-21.1
Non-Hispanic Black 264 231 86.2 79.6-90.9 33 13.8 9.1-20.4
Other 238 199 84.7 77.3-90.0 39 15.3 10.0-22.7
AGE
18-44 367 304 81.6 76.1-86.1 63 18.4 13.9-23.9
45-64 351 288 82.4 77.0-86.8 63 17.6 13.2-23.0
65+ 421 383 90.4 86.0-93.5 38 9.6 6.5-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 425 334 77.7 71.8-82.6 91 22.3 17.4-28.2
Some Post-H.S. 339 284 84.2 79.2-88.2 55 15.8 11.8-20.8
College Graduate 396 377 94.7 90.5-97.1 19 5.3 2.9- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 464 382 83.2 78.7-86.9 82 16.8 13.1-21.3
$50,000+ 436 388 83.3 77.6-87.8 48 16.7 12.2-22.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 262 227 86.4 79.5-91.3 35 13.6 8.7-20.5

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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 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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