2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 4,158 3,703 88.5 87.2-89.6 455 11.5 10.4-12.8
Medicaid Region 6 462 403 86.1 81.8-89.6 59 13.9 10.4-18.2
GENDER
Male 210 178 83.9 77.0-89.1 32 16.1 10.9-23.0
Female 252 225 88.3 82.5-92.4 27 11.7 7.6-17.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 304 268 87.4 82.2-91.3 36 12.6 8.7-17.8
Non-Hispanic Black 97 81 81.7 70.7-89.2 16 18.3 10.8-29.3
Other 58 51 88.7 76.5-95.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 161 151 93.9 88.1-97.0 *** *** ***
45-64 152 125 78.0 68.4-85.3 27 22.0 14.7-31.6
65+ 145 124 81.7 71.9-88.7 21 18.3 11.3-28.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 122 78.4 70.0-84.9 35 21.6 15.1-30.0
Some Post-H.S. 131 112 87.1 79.3-92.2 19 12.9 7.8-20.7
College Graduate 171 167 98.4 95.9-99.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 147 119 81.5 73.1-87.7 28 18.5 12.3-26.9
$50,000+ 205 186 88.5 82.0-92.9 19 11.5 7.1-18.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 98 87.6 76.8-93.8 12 12.4 6.2-23.2

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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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