2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 729 617 84.1 80.3-87.3 112 15.9 12.7-19.7
GENDER
Male 342 281 81.1 75.8-85.5 61 18.9 14.5-24.2
Female 387 336 86.8 80.9-91.1 51 13.2 8.9-19.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 523 436 81.5 76.4-85.7 87 18.5 14.3-23.6
Non-Hispanic Black 113 100 90.0 81.9-94.7 13 10.0 5.3-18.1
Other 80 71 89.1 77.6-95.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 256 221 86.3 80.7-90.5 35 13.7 9.5-19.3
45-64 255 204 77.2 68.9-83.8 51 22.8 16.2-31.1
65+ 204 178 88.5 82.9-92.5 26 11.5 7.5-17.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 178 76.6 68.5-83.1 53 23.4 16.9-31.5
Some Post-H.S. 215 179 86.2 80.6-90.5 36 13.8 9.5-19.4
College Graduate 283 260 92.8 89.0-95.4 23 7.2 4.6-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 205 80.6 74.7-85.5 56 19.4 14.5-25.3
$50,000+ 307 275 89.0 84.4-92.4 32 11.0 7.6-15.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 137 82.1 70.1-90.0 24 17.9 10.0-29.9

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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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