2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,507 344 24.2 21.1-27.6 141 11.4 8.8-14.5 1,022 64.4 60.6-68.1
Medicaid Region 5 392 107 29.8 23.1-37.5 38 14.2 8.1-23.5 247 56.0 47.6-64.1
GENDER
Male 200 59 28.3 19.9-38.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 192 *** *** *** 15 6.8 2.9-15.3 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 176 44 28.5 20.4-38.3 13 8.9 3.9-19.0 119 62.6 52.3-71.9
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 133 24 16.8 9.0-29.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 131 *** *** *** 13 10.5 5.2-20.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 145 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

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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