2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,046 352 34.6 31.1-38.2 694 65.4 61.8-68.9
GENDER
Male 493 190 40.0 34.7-45.5 303 60.0 54.5-65.3
Female 553 162 29.6 25.2-34.4 391 70.4 65.6-74.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 616 222 37.7 33.1-42.5 394 62.3 57.5-66.9
Non-Hispanic Black 211 71 32.4 25.2-40.5 140 67.6 59.5-74.8
Other 196 48 23.8 17.5-31.5 148 76.2 68.5-82.5
AGE
18-44 474 117 27.1 22.6-32.3 357 72.9 67.7-77.4
45-64 350 137 38.9 32.7-45.6 213 61.1 54.4-67.3
65+ 204 96 47.4 38.9-56.0 108 52.6 44.0-61.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 268 111 42.9 35.7-50.3 157 57.1 49.7-64.3
Some Post-H.S. 251 106 39.3 32.6-46.5 145 60.7 53.5-67.4
College Graduate 523 133 23.6 19.7-27.9 390 76.4 72.1-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 112 40.4 33.6-47.6 174 59.6 52.4-66.4
$50,000+ 542 163 29.9 25.3-34.9 379 70.1 65.1-74.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 218 77 37.1 29.6-45.2 141 62.9 54.8-70.4

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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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