2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 573 496 84.7 79.8-88.5 77 15.3 11.5-20.2
GENDER
Male 258 223 83.7 75.5-89.5 35 16.3 10.5-24.5
Female 315 273 85.6 79.5-90.2 42 14.4 9.8-20.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 367 314 84.4 78.7-88.8 53 15.6 11.2-21.3
Non-Hispanic Black 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 202 174 83.3 74.9-89.3 28 16.7 10.7-25.1
45-64 181 151 83.4 74.6-89.6 30 16.6 10.4-25.4
65+ 180 161 87.5 77.4-93.4 19 12.5 6.6-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 165 77.9 68.9-84.9 38 22.1 15.1-31.1
Some Post-H.S. 176 149 88.1 82.4-92.2 27 11.9 7.8-17.6
College Graduate 192 181 95.7 91.6-97.8 11 4.3 2.2- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 194 81.3 71.9-88.0 36 18.7 12.0-28.1
$50,000+ 223 200 89.9 83.9-93.8 23 10.1 6.2-16.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 102 83.1 72.4-90.3 18 16.9 9.7-27.6

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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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