2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 3,942 1,510 37.2 35.1-39.4 2,432 62.8 60.6-64.9
Medicaid Region 2 556 218 39.4 34.1-44.9 338 60.6 55.1-65.9
GENDER
Male 237 104 41.0 33.5-48.9 133 59.0 51.1-66.5
Female 319 114 38.0 30.8-45.7 205 62.0 54.3-69.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 395 169 45.4 39.0-52.0 226 54.6 48.0-61.0
Non-Hispanic Black 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 61 33.6 25.6-42.6 118 66.4 57.4-74.4
45-64 200 77 40.7 32.3-49.7 123 59.3 50.3-67.7
65+ 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 88 47.1 37.9-56.5 91 52.9 43.5-62.1
Some Post-H.S. 133 *** *** *** 72 56.4 46.0-66.3
College Graduate 241 68 24.1 18.4-30.9 173 75.9 69.1-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 87 48.0 38.7-57.4 96 52.0 42.6-61.3
$50,000+ 240 89 34.4 27.3-42.4 151 65.6 57.6-72.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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