2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,043 949 89.9 87.3-92.0 94 10.1 8.0-12.7
GENDER
Male 491 442 88.7 84.6-91.8 49 11.3 8.2-15.4
Female 552 507 91.0 87.4-93.6 45 9.0 6.4-12.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 615 568 91.1 87.8-93.6 47 8.9 6.4-12.2
Non-Hispanic Black 211 182 86.5 80.1-91.1 29 13.5 8.9-19.9
Other 195 181 93.2 88.3-96.2 14 6.8 3.8-11.7
AGE
18-44 472 426 87.8 83.4-91.1 46 12.2 8.9-16.6
45-64 349 312 88.8 84.0-92.3 37 11.2 7.7-16.0
65+ 204 193 96.2 92.0-98.2 11 3.8 1.8- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 267 227 84.7 78.7-89.2 40 15.3 10.8-21.3
Some Post-H.S. 249 213 86.8 81.2-90.9 36 13.2 9.1-18.8
College Graduate 523 506 96.9 94.8-98.2 17 3.1 1.8- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 247 85.0 79.0-89.5 39 15.0 10.5-21.0
$50,000+ 542 503 92.4 89.1-94.8 39 7.6 5.2-10.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 199 90.8 84.3-94.8 16 9.2 5.2-15.7

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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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