2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 3,939 3,454 86.8 85.0-88.3 485 13.2 11.7-15.0
Medicaid Region 2 556 484 85.4 81.1-88.9 72 14.6 11.1-18.9
GENDER
Male 237 199 81.6 74.2-87.3 38 18.4 12.7-25.8
Female 319 285 88.8 83.6-92.5 34 11.2 7.5-16.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 395 346 84.5 78.8-88.8 49 15.5 11.2-21.2
Non-Hispanic Black 82 70 84.9 72.7-92.2 12 15.1 7.8-27.3
Other 72 62 90.4 81.5-95.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 152 85.7 79.1-90.5 27 14.3 9.5-20.9
45-64 200 168 83.0 75.0-88.8 32 17.0 11.2-25.0
65+ 168 155 87.3 75.3-93.9 13 12.7 6.1-24.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 138 79.4 71.6-85.5 41 20.6 14.5-28.4
Some Post-H.S. 133 113 83.9 74.0-90.5 20 16.1 9.5-26.0
College Graduate 241 230 95.5 90.7-97.9 11 4.5 2.1- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 145 74.8 65.4-82.4 38 25.2 17.6-34.6
$50,000+ 240 221 91.3 85.4-95.0 19 8.7 5.0-14.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 133 118 88.8 80.7-93.7 15 11.2 6.3-19.3

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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