2023 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 3,939 3,454 86.8 85.0-88.3 485 13.2 11.7-15.0
Medicaid Region 6 517 441 85.7 81.4-89.1 76 14.3 10.9-18.6
GENDER
Male 230 192 84.7 78.2-89.6 38 15.3 10.4-21.8
Female 287 249 86.6 80.4-91.1 38 13.4 8.9-19.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 321 277 86.8 81.9-90.5 44 13.2 9.5-18.1
Non-Hispanic Black 119 98 82.3 70.6-90.0 21 17.7 10.0-29.4
Other 70 61 88.7 77.3-94.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 173 147 85.2 77.1-90.8 26 14.8 9.2-22.9
45-64 171 138 83.2 76.2-88.5 33 16.8 11.5-23.8
65+ 172 156 89.4 82.0-94.0 16 10.6 6.0-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 137 83.0 74.8-88.9 32 17.0 11.1-25.2
Some Post-H.S. 164 134 84.2 76.2-89.9 30 15.8 10.1-23.8
College Graduate 182 168 92.1 86.2-95.6 14 7.9 4.4-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 141 77.1 68.0-84.3 45 22.9 15.7-32.0
$50,000+ 233 213 90.6 85.4-94.1 20 9.4 5.9-14.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 98 87 90.2 81.2-95.2 11 9.8 4.8-18.8

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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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