2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 592 504 84.3 80.2-87.6 88 15.7 12.4-19.8
GENDER
Male 268 222 82.4 76.4-87.1 46 17.6 12.9-23.6
Female 324 282 86.0 80.0-90.4 42 14.0 9.6-20.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 385 329 83.6 78.2-87.9 56 16.4 12.1-21.8
Non-Hispanic Black 98 84 86.4 76.8-92.4 14 13.6 7.6-23.2
Other 107 90 84.7 75.7-90.7 17 15.3 9.3-24.3
AGE
18-44 205 168 81.0 73.4-86.8 37 19.0 13.2-26.6
45-64 197 162 82.0 74.9-87.4 35 18.0 12.6-25.1
65+ 181 165 92.4 86.4-95.9 16 7.6 4.1-13.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 160 80.7 73.3-86.5 36 19.3 13.5-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 163 136 83.1 74.6-89.2 27 16.9 10.8-25.4
College Graduate 230 207 91.0 86.2-94.2 23 9.0 5.8-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 158 78.4 70.8-84.5 42 21.6 15.5-29.2
$50,000+ 241 219 89.8 83.2-94.0 22 10.2 6.0-16.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 151 127 82.3 73.4-88.7 24 17.7 11.3-26.6

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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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