2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 515 205 39.9 34.2-45.8 310 60.1 54.2-65.8
GENDER
Male 238 104 46.8 38.9-54.8 134 53.2 45.2-61.1
Female 277 101 33.6 26.5-41.5 176 66.4 58.5-73.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 414 177 43.0 36.6-49.7 237 57.0 50.3-63.4
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 145 51 32.7 24.4-42.3 94 67.3 57.7-75.6
45-64 183 74 45.6 36.5-55.1 109 54.4 44.9-63.5
65+ 178 80 45.3 35.2-55.9 98 54.7 44.1-64.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 75 43.1 33.0-53.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 139 66 43.8 34.1-54.1 73 56.2 45.9-65.9
College Graduate 198 64 29.8 23.3-37.3 134 70.2 62.7-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 87 45.2 35.3-55.6 119 54.8 44.4-64.7
$50,000+ 195 80 41.1 33.2-49.5 115 58.9 50.5-66.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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