2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 631 553 84.9 80.4-88.5 78 15.1 11.5-19.6
GENDER
Male 303 266 84.9 78.5-89.6 37 15.1 10.4-21.5
Female 328 287 85.0 78.0-90.0 41 15.0 10.0-22.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 378 328 83.3 77.2-88.0 50 16.7 12.0-22.8
Non-Hispanic Black 127 111 85.5 75.4-91.9 16 14.5 8.1-24.6
Other 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 283 246 82.1 74.2-88.0 37 17.9 12.0-25.8
45-64 203 175 84.8 77.5-90.0 28 15.2 10.0-22.5
65+ 130 118 89.9 81.4-94.8 12 10.1 5.2-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 146 81.3 71.4-88.3 26 18.7 11.7-28.6
Some Post-H.S. 183 152 81.1 72.3-87.6 31 18.9 12.4-27.7
College Graduate 272 251 92.2 87.6-95.2 21 7.8 4.8-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 157 78.1 69.0-85.2 36 21.9 14.8-31.0
$50,000+ 295 267 87.5 80.3-92.3 28 12.5 7.7-19.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 129 88.2 79.2-93.6 14 11.8 6.4-20.8

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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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