2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 565 492 87.4 83.8-90.3 73 12.6 9.7-16.2
GENDER
Male 266 222 82.0 75.8-87.0 44 18.0 13.0-24.2
Female 299 270 92.4 88.5-95.0 29 7.6 5.0-11.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 356 311 87.3 82.6-90.9 45 12.7 9.1-17.4
Non-Hispanic Black 99 91 94.6 88.5-97.5 *** *** ***
Other 103 84 78.3 66.6-86.8 19 21.7 13.2-33.4
AGE
18-44 212 188 87.4 81.1-91.8 24 12.6 8.2-18.9
45-64 180 149 83.6 76.3-89.1 31 16.4 10.9-23.7
65+ 168 150 91.1 85.6-94.7 18 8.9 5.3-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 169 83.7 76.8-88.8 34 16.3 11.2-23.2
Some Post-H.S. 156 130 86.8 80.3-91.3 26 13.2 8.7-19.7
College Graduate 204 192 95.3 91.6-97.4 12 4.7 2.6- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 178 148 86.3 79.7-91.0 30 13.7 9.0-20.3
$50,000+ 263 236 87.5 81.7-91.7 27 12.5 8.3-18.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 108 88.9 81.0-93.7 16 11.1 6.3-19.0

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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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