2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,291 408 10.1 8.8-11.5 153 4.4 3.5- 5.4 1,142 25.0 23.3-26.8 2,588 60.5 58.5-62.5
Medicaid Region 5 948 113 11.2 8.7-14.4 31 2.9 1.9- 4.6 272 28.9 25.1-33.1 532 56.9 52.5-61.2
GENDER
Male 449 63 14.3 10.3-19.6 18 3.8 2.2- 6.7 142 31.1 25.5-37.3 226 50.8 44.4-57.1
Female 499 50 8.4 5.6-12.3 13 2.1 1.0- 4.2 130 26.8 21.8-32.5 306 62.7 56.7-68.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 496 56 10.6 7.7-14.6 16 3.1 1.7- 5.6 174 33.9 28.9-39.3 250 52.4 46.9-57.9
Non-Hispanic Black 179 25 16.8 10.2-26.6 *** *** *** 45 26.6 18.2-37.2 106 54.7 44.2-64.8
Other 250 28 5.8 3.2-10.5 11 4.1 1.9- 8.7 49 15.8 10.1-23.9 162 74.2 65.4-81.5
AGE
18-44 342 30 10.2 6.6-15.5 16 4.3 2.5- 7.2 64 19.4 14.5-25.5 232 66.1 59.2-72.4
45-64 314 53 15.2 10.3-21.8 *** *** *** 98 37.0 29.5-45.2 153 45.1 37.4-53.1
65+ 279 30 8.8 5.4-14.0 *** *** *** 109 38.7 31.3-46.7 136 52.1 44.3-59.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 328 51 14.5 10.0-20.7 14 3.1 1.5- 5.9 93 29.2 22.5-36.9 170 53.2 45.5-60.8
Some Post-H.S. 312 45 13.0 8.8-18.9 *** *** *** 99 30.1 23.9-37.1 158 53.9 46.4-61.2
College Graduate 307 17 3.3 1.7- 6.3 *** *** *** 79 26.2 20.7-32.7 204 67.8 61.1-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 362 54 14.1 9.3-20.8 15 3.4 1.8- 6.4 111 30.4 23.8-37.9 182 52.1 44.5-59.6
$50,000+ 375 40 10.3 7.1-14.7 *** *** *** 112 31.9 25.9-38.5 214 55.0 48.3-61.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 211 19 8.4 4.6-14.9 *** *** *** 49 20.9 14.8-28.6 136 68.4 59.7-75.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.

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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