2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 564 455 79.3 74.0-83.7 109 20.7 16.3-26.0
Medicaid Region 1 483 432 86.4 78.3-91.8 51 13.6 8.2-21.7
GENDER
Male 202 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 281 252 90.1 83.8-94.1 29 9.9 5.9-16.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 394 355 85.1 75.7-91.3 39 14.9 8.7-24.3
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 59 52 94.9 84.1-98.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 115 105 91.3 83.7-95.5 *** *** ***
45-64 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 198 181 89.6 78.9-95.2 17 10.4 4.8-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 152 122 82.6 73.3-89.1 30 17.4 10.9-26.7
College Graduate 198 193 98.5 95.9-99.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 202 186 89.9 82.7-94.3 16 10.1 5.7-17.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 104 95.2 88.7-98.0 *** *** ***

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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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