2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,291 3,730 85.5 83.9-87.0 561 14.5 13.0-16.1
Medicaid Region 1 480 409 82.6 77.1-86.9 71 17.4 13.1-22.9
GENDER
Male 221 190 83.0 74.3-89.2 31 17.0 10.8-25.7
Female 259 219 82.1 75.1-87.5 40 17.9 12.5-24.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 411 352 82.1 76.2-86.9 59 17.9 13.1-23.8
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 125 104 82.2 72.7-88.9 21 17.8 11.1-27.3
45-64 175 143 80.9 70.7-88.1 32 19.1 11.9-29.3
65+ 169 151 84.1 72.5-91.4 18 15.9 8.6-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 109 74.2 63.2-82.8 34 25.8 17.2-36.8
Some Post-H.S. 137 111 82.4 73.4-88.9 26 17.6 11.1-26.6
College Graduate 200 189 94.3 88.9-97.1 11 5.7 2.9-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 135 68.0 57.8-76.7 52 32.0 23.3-42.2
$50,000+ 207 198 95.9 92.0-98.0 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 76 88.6 77.6-94.6 *** *** ***

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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 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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