2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,553 2,828 77.1 75.4-78.8 725 22.9 21.2-24.6
GENDER
Male 1,631 1,247 73.3 70.6-75.8 384 26.7 24.2-29.4
Female 1,922 1,581 80.6 78.2-82.7 341 19.4 17.3-21.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,179 1,740 76.0 73.7-78.1 439 24.0 21.9-26.3
Non-Hispanic Black 761 590 76.5 72.7-79.9 171 23.5 20.1-27.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 118 93 75.6 64.7-84.0 25 24.4 16.0-35.3
Hispanic 345 300 88.7 84.6-91.7 45 11.3 8.3-15.4
AGE
18-34 658 502 75.1 71.1-78.7 156 24.9 21.3-28.9
35-44 483 354 71.4 66.4-75.9 129 28.6 24.1-33.6
45-54 596 464 76.5 72.3-80.3 132 23.5 19.7-27.7
55-64 700 530 73.1 68.8-77.0 170 26.9 23.0-31.2
65-74 617 518 81.3 77.0-85.0 99 18.7 15.0-23.0
75+ 449 417 92.9 89.5-95.2 32 7.1 4.8-10.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 372 257 66.8 60.8-72.2 115 33.2 27.8-39.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 875 640 71.8 68.1-75.2 235 28.2 24.8-31.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,081 830 76.1 72.9-79.0 251 23.9 21.0-27.1
College Graduate 1,219 1,095 90.1 88.0-91.8 124 9.9 8.2-12.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,232 908 70.8 67.5-73.9 324 29.2 26.1-32.5
No 2,294 1,898 80.3 78.2-82.2 396 19.7 17.8-21.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 468 378 79.5 74.6-83.7 90 20.5 16.3-25.4
Non-Veteran 3,083 2,448 76.8 74.9-78.6 635 23.2 21.4-25.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,852 1,474 77.1 74.7-79.3 378 22.9 20.7-25.3
Unemployed 135 82 59.8 49.5-69.3 53 40.2 30.7-50.5
Retired 975 856 86.3 83.3-88.8 119 13.7 11.2-16.7
Unable to Work 348 206 56.9 50.5-63.1 142 43.1 36.9-49.5
Other not in Labor Force 215 186 86.0 79.5-90.7 29 14.0 9.3-20.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 176 62.5 55.5-69.1 95 37.5 30.9-44.5
$15,000- 24,999 477 324 65.4 60.0-70.4 153 34.6 29.6-40.0
$25,000- 34,999 294 220 72.1 65.4-78.0 74 27.9 22.0-34.6
$35,000- 49,999 395 313 77.6 72.1-82.2 82 22.4 17.8-27.9
$50,000-74,999 398 333 80.0 74.5-84.6 65 20.0 15.4-25.5
$75,000+ 910 797 84.6 81.4-87.3 113 15.4 12.7-18.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 808 665 81.0 77.4-84.1 143 19.0 15.9-22.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 71 64.2 53.5-73.6 41 35.8 26.4-46.5
50% to 100% 349 236 65.4 59.3-71.1 113 34.6 28.9-40.7
101% to 150% 369 249 65.9 59.7-71.5 120 34.1 28.5-40.3
151% to 200% 272 210 71.9 64.7-78.1 62 28.1 21.9-35.3
More than 200% 1,626 1,384 82.6 80.2-84.8 242 17.4 15.2-19.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 808 665 81.0 77.4-84.1 143 19.0 15.9-22.6
HOUSING
Own 2,330 1,963 80.8 78.7-82.7 367 19.2 17.3-21.3
Rent 940 660 67.8 64.1-71.3 280 32.2 28.7-35.9
Other arrangement 256 181 69.6 62.6-75.8 75 30.4 24.2-37.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,089 929 83.9 81.1-86.4 160 16.1 13.6-18.9
Regional City or Suburban County 957 765 77.7 74.4-80.8 192 22.3 19.2-25.6
Rural 1,507 1,134 71.3 68.3-74.1 373 28.7 25.9-31.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 898 662 70.8 66.9-74.4 236 29.2 25.6-33.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,215 950 74.5 71.3-77.5 265 25.5 22.5-28.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,440 1,216 82.5 80.0-84.8 224 17.5 15.2-20.0

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the state-added questions on other tobacco products.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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