2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Tobacco Use

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 3,939 344 9.0 7.8-10.4 141 4.2 3.2- 5.5 1,022 24.0 22.2-25.9 2,432 62.8 60.6-65.0
Medicaid Region 5 945 107 12.1 9.2-15.7 38 5.7 3.2-10.1 247 22.7 18.9-27.0 553 59.5 54.3-64.4
GENDER
Male 398 59 14.0 9.8-19.5 23 9.5 4.8-18.1 118 25.9 19.9-32.9 198 50.7 42.6-58.8
Female 547 48 10.3 6.8-15.4 15 2.2 0.9- 5.1 129 19.7 15.3-25.0 355 67.7 61.5-73.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 44 12.7 8.9-17.8 13 3.9 1.7- 8.9 119 27.8 22.5-33.8 225 55.6 49.1-61.9
Non-Hispanic Black 161 20 10.2 5.6-17.9 *** *** *** 27 15.5 9.2-24.8 *** *** ***
Other 370 43 14.5 8.2-24.5 15 5.5 2.3-12.5 99 14.4 8.4-23.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 311 41 12.2 8.4-17.4 19 7.9 3.6-16.6 59 16.4 11.8-22.3 192 63.5 55.2-71.0
45-64 337 42 15.8 9.8-24.5 12 3.9 0.9-14.5 83 20.8 15.2-27.8 200 59.5 50.4-68.0
65+ 283 24 8.3 4.4-14.9 *** *** *** 102 36.7 27.6-47.0 150 50.6 40.9-60.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 49 12.8 8.2-19.5 16 8.9 3.6-20.2 93 24.8 17.9-33.2 149 53.5 43.8-63.0
Some Post-H.S. 296 37 15.6 10.4-22.7 13 4.6 2.3- 9.2 81 24.1 18.0-31.5 165 55.7 47.1-63.9
College Graduate 340 21 6.4 3.4-11.7 *** *** *** 73 17.9 13.1-24.0 237 73.1 66.1-79.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 355 57 16.9 11.5-24.3 20 6.8 3.1-14.2 88 23.8 16.9-32.4 190 52.5 43.7-61.0
$50,000+ 385 33 11.1 7.2-16.7 *** *** *** 102 24.5 19.2-30.8 240 61.1 54.2-67.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 205 17 6.7 3.1-13.6 *** *** *** 57 18.1 11.9-26.6 *** *** ***

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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 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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