2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 945 800 82.2 77.4-86.1 145 17.8 13.9-22.6
GENDER
Male 398 316 76.5 68.4-83.1 82 23.5 16.9-31.6
Female 547 484 87.5 82.2-91.4 63 12.5 8.6-17.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 344 83.4 77.5-88.0 57 16.6 12.0-22.5
Non-Hispanic Black 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 370 312 80.0 69.4-87.6 58 20.0 12.4-30.6
AGE
18-44 311 251 79.9 71.8-86.0 60 20.1 14.0-28.2
45-64 337 283 80.3 70.6-87.4 54 19.7 12.6-29.4
65+ 283 252 87.4 79.8-92.4 31 12.6 7.6-20.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 242 78.3 68.3-85.9 65 21.7 14.1-31.7
Some Post-H.S. 296 246 79.7 72.3-85.6 50 20.3 14.4-27.7
College Graduate 340 310 91.0 85.6-94.5 30 9.0 5.5-14.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 355 278 76.2 67.8-83.0 77 23.8 17.0-32.2
$50,000+ 385 342 85.7 79.9-90.0 43 14.3 10.0-20.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 205 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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