2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 505 454 88.4 83.7-91.8 51 11.6 8.2-16.3
GENDER
Male 241 211 87.1 79.7-92.0 30 12.9 8.0-20.3
Female 264 243 89.6 82.8-93.8 21 10.4 6.2-17.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 289 261 87.3 80.7-91.9 28 12.7 8.1-19.3
Non-Hispanic Black 110 98 90.2 81.2-95.2 12 9.8 4.8-18.8
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 191 91.1 83.9-95.3 14 8.9 4.7-16.1
45-64 161 138 82.6 72.3-89.7 23 17.4 10.3-27.7
65+ 129 115 90.0 80.5-95.1 14 10.0 4.9-19.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 118 78.4 67.5-86.4 27 21.6 13.6-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 138 122 90.8 84.3-94.8 16 9.2 5.2-15.7
College Graduate 218 210 96.9 93.1-98.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 133 84.4 73.2-91.5 19 15.6 8.5-26.8
$50,000+ 239 218 89.7 82.7-94.1 21 10.3 5.9-17.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 103 90.5 81.6-95.4 11 9.5 4.6-18.4

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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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