2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 933 843 88.7 85.4-91.3 90 11.3 8.7-14.6
GENDER
Male 430 383 85.7 79.9-90.1 47 14.3 9.9-20.1
Female 503 460 91.4 87.9-94.0 43 8.6 6.0-12.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 557 520 92.2 88.3-94.9 37 7.8 5.1-11.7
Non-Hispanic Black 181 152 79.4 69.6-86.7 29 20.6 13.3-30.4
Other 180 157 88.8 82.1-93.2 23 11.2 6.8-17.9
AGE
18-44 370 341 89.7 84.6-93.2 29 10.3 6.8-15.4
45-64 301 262 85.9 79.7-90.4 39 14.1 9.6-20.3
65+ 252 230 90.2 80.7-95.2 22 9.8 4.8-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 187 81.0 73.3-86.8 40 19.0 13.2-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 205 177 86.6 79.2-91.7 28 13.4 8.3-20.8
College Graduate 497 475 96.2 93.6-97.7 22 3.8 2.3- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 199 82.9 76.3-87.9 41 17.1 12.1-23.7
$50,000+ 522 486 91.0 86.5-94.1 36 9.0 5.9-13.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 158 89.4 78.6-95.1 13 10.6 4.9-21.4

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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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