2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,162 513 44.8 41.2-48.4 649 55.2 51.6-58.8
GENDER
Male 516 257 51.0 45.6-56.4 259 49.0 43.6-54.4
Female 646 256 38.9 34.3-43.8 390 61.1 56.2-65.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 648 309 49.1 44.5-53.7 339 50.9 46.3-55.5
Non-Hispanic Black 264 105 38.3 31.3-45.9 159 61.7 54.1-68.7
Other 238 96 39.5 30.5-49.2 142 60.5 50.8-69.5
AGE
18-44 367 128 37.3 31.5-43.5 239 62.7 56.5-68.5
45-64 351 159 48.6 42.2-55.0 192 51.4 45.0-57.8
65+ 421 219 54.5 48.7-60.2 202 45.5 39.8-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 425 221 53.6 47.5-59.6 204 46.4 40.4-52.5
Some Post-H.S. 339 161 42.4 36.4-48.8 178 57.6 51.2-63.6
College Graduate 396 131 32.7 27.5-38.4 265 67.3 61.6-72.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 464 235 48.2 42.5-53.9 229 51.8 46.1-57.5
$50,000+ 436 177 44.7 39.0-50.7 259 55.3 49.3-61.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 262 101 38.7 31.4-46.6 161 61.3 53.4-68.6

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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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