2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 855 773 89.8 87.0-92.0 82 10.2 8.0-13.0
GENDER
Male 406 356 88.0 83.8-91.2 50 12.0 8.8-16.2
Female 449 417 91.5 87.4-94.3 32 8.5 5.7-12.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 489 444 90.4 86.9-93.0 45 9.6 7.0-13.1
Non-Hispanic Black 172 157 88.9 80.5-94.0 15 11.1 6.0-19.5
Other 187 166 88.8 82.3-93.1 21 11.2 6.9-17.7
AGE
18-44 347 310 89.2 84.8-92.4 37 10.8 7.6-15.2
45-64 280 246 87.1 81.1-91.4 34 12.9 8.6-18.9
65+ 207 197 94.6 89.6-97.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 246 204 84.4 78.6-88.8 42 15.6 11.2-21.4
Some Post-H.S. 215 197 90.0 83.4-94.1 18 10.0 5.9-16.6
College Graduate 390 368 94.8 91.9-96.7 22 5.2 3.3- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 243 214 88.2 82.6-92.2 29 11.8 7.8-17.4
$50,000+ 416 381 91.0 87.1-93.8 35 9.0 6.2-12.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 196 178 89.1 81.7-93.8 18 10.9 6.2-18.3

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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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