2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,096 1,005 91.3 89.0-93.2 91 8.7 6.8-11.0
GENDER
Male 488 446 90.5 86.6-93.4 42 9.5 6.6-13.4
Female 608 559 92.0 89.2-94.2 49 8.0 5.8-10.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 634 583 90.8 87.5-93.3 51 9.2 6.7-12.5
Non-Hispanic Black 197 178 91.4 86.0-94.8 19 8.6 5.2-14.0
Other 251 231 92.5 86.8-95.9 20 7.5 4.1-13.2
AGE
18-44 469 433 91.4 87.6-94.2 36 8.6 5.8-12.4
45-64 357 323 90.2 85.9-93.3 34 9.8 6.7-14.1
65+ 250 230 92.2 87.0-95.4 20 7.8 4.6-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 261 87.3 81.9-91.3 38 12.7 8.7-18.1
Some Post-H.S. 267 238 89.7 84.8-93.2 29 10.3 6.8-15.2
College Graduate 527 503 96.1 94.1-97.5 24 3.9 2.5- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 295 254 85.3 79.3-89.8 41 14.7 10.2-20.7
$50,000+ 531 501 93.7 90.6-95.8 30 6.3 4.2- 9.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 270 250 92.9 88.0-95.8 20 7.1 4.2-12.0

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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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