2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 4,299 1,711 39.5 37.6-41.6 2,588 60.5 58.4-62.4
Medicaid Region 3 631 225 37.5 32.5-42.7 406 62.5 57.3-67.5
GENDER
Male 303 119 39.7 33.1-46.7 184 60.3 53.3-66.9
Female 328 106 35.3 28.1-43.3 222 64.7 56.7-71.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 378 142 39.3 33.3-45.6 236 60.7 54.4-66.7
Non-Hispanic Black 127 40 34.1 24.8-44.9 87 65.9 55.1-75.2
Other 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 283 82 32.0 25.2-39.5 201 68.0 60.5-74.8
45-64 203 86 43.4 35.5-51.6 117 56.6 48.4-64.5
65+ 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 64 39.4 30.4-49.2 108 60.6 50.8-69.6
Some Post-H.S. 183 77 44.4 35.0-54.2 106 55.6 45.8-65.0
College Graduate 272 82 28.0 22.3-34.6 190 72.0 65.4-77.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 74 39.3 30.9-48.3 119 60.7 51.7-69.1
$50,000+ 295 107 37.8 31.1-45.0 188 62.2 55.0-68.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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