2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,686 2,937 78.4 76.5-80.2 749 21.6 19.8-23.5
Medicaid Region 5 844 659 78.0 73.8-81.8 185 22.0 18.2-26.2
GENDER
Male 389 287 73.7 67.0-79.5 102 26.3 20.5-33.0
Female 455 372 82.0 76.4-86.5 83 18.0 13.5-23.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 430 339 79.4 74.1-83.9 91 20.6 16.1-25.9
Non-Hispanic Black 164 *** *** *** 35 28.1 19.0-39.4
Other 229 178 83.3 74.2-89.7 51 16.7 10.3-25.8
AGE
18-44 287 229 77.0 69.7-83.0 58 23.0 17.0-30.3
45-64 282 203 73.1 65.1-79.9 79 26.9 20.1-34.9
65+ 262 215 85.0 78.3-89.9 47 15.0 10.1-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 294 217 76.4 68.7-82.6 77 23.6 17.4-31.3
Some Post-H.S. 285 211 73.6 66.1-80.0 74 26.4 20.0-33.9
College Graduate 264 230 88.4 82.8-92.3 34 11.6 7.7-17.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 323 235 72.3 64.1-79.2 88 27.7 20.8-35.9
$50,000+ 326 263 80.4 74.3-85.3 63 19.6 14.7-25.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 195 161 82.9 74.3-89.1 34 17.1 10.9-25.7

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

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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