2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Tobacco Use

Adults who are current smokers*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,158 3,703 88.5 87.2-89.6 455 11.5 10.4-12.8
Medicaid Region 1 588 526 88.6 85.0-91.5 62 11.4 8.5-15.0
GENDER
Male 266 238 87.8 82.0-91.9 28 12.2 8.1-18.0
Female 322 288 89.4 84.3-93.0 34 10.6 7.0-15.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 483 437 90.1 86.3-92.9 46 9.9 7.1-13.7
Non-Hispanic Black 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 136 88.7 81.5-93.3 18 11.3 6.7-18.5
45-64 182 155 83.5 75.9-89.0 27 16.5 11.0-24.1
65+ 245 228 93.6 89.1-96.3 17 6.4 3.7-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 159 88.4 81.2-93.1 19 11.6 6.9-18.8
Some Post-H.S. 169 140 83.9 76.5-89.3 29 16.1 10.7-23.5
College Graduate 240 226 94.4 90.0-96.9 14 5.6 3.1-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 172 83.3 76.3-88.6 36 16.7 11.4-23.7
$50,000+ 237 219 90.0 83.8-94.1 18 10.0 5.9-16.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 135 93.6 86.1-97.2 *** *** ***

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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 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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