2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 647 550 83.2 79.2-86.5 97 16.8 13.5-20.8
GENDER
Male 289 237 80.0 73.6-85.1 52 20.0 14.9-26.4
Female 358 313 86.3 81.2-90.2 45 13.7 9.8-18.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 400 339 82.5 77.3-86.8 61 17.5 13.2-22.7
Non-Hispanic Black 145 121 81.9 72.9-88.3 24 18.1 11.7-27.1
Other 85 74 86.1 74.4-93.0 11 13.9 7.0-25.6
AGE
18-44 211 169 79.0 71.6-84.9 42 21.0 15.1-28.4
45-64 216 178 82.4 75.5-87.6 38 17.6 12.4-24.5
65+ 203 187 91.6 86.0-95.0 16 8.4 5.0-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 178 75.6 68.4-81.6 54 24.4 18.4-31.6
Some Post-H.S. 181 148 83.2 76.0-88.6 33 16.8 11.4-24.0
College Graduate 227 217 96.9 94.1-98.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 187 74.2 66.9-80.4 60 25.8 19.6-33.1
$50,000+ 246 224 90.1 84.1-94.0 22 9.9 6.0-15.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 154 139 87.2 78.5-92.7 15 12.8 7.3-21.5

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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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