2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 3,553 2,828 77.1 75.4-78.8 725 22.9 21.2-24.6
-Piedmont NC 1,869 1,524 79.3 77.0-81.4 345 20.7 18.6-23.0
GENDER
Male 856 675 75.3 71.6-78.7 181 24.7 21.3-28.4
Female 1,013 849 82.8 79.9-85.5 164 17.2 14.5-20.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,151 951 79.2 76.2-82.0 200 20.8 18.0-23.8
Non-Hispanic Black 415 316 76.0 71.0-80.4 99 24.0 19.6-29.0
Other 303 257 85.7 80.3-89.8 46 14.3 10.2-19.7
AGE
18-34 364 286 77.2 71.8-81.8 78 22.8 18.2-28.2
35-44 263 208 76.1 69.4-81.7 55 23.9 18.3-30.6
45-54 322 264 81.6 76.3-86.0 58 18.4 14.0-23.7
55-64 378 288 72.9 67.1-78.0 90 27.1 22.0-32.9
65-74 288 240 81.3 75.3-86.2 48 18.7 13.8-24.7
75+ 226 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 194 146 70.4 62.0-77.6 48 29.6 22.4-38.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 412 301 71.9 66.6-76.6 111 28.1 23.4-33.4
Some Post-H.S. 536 418 78.9 74.7-82.5 118 21.1 17.5-25.3
College Graduate 724 656 90.5 87.7-92.7 68 9.5 7.3-12.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 580 443 73.4 68.8-77.6 137 26.6 22.4-31.2
No 1,275 1,070 81.9 79.2-84.3 205 18.1 15.7-20.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 186 82.3 75.0-87.9 35 17.7 12.1-25.0
Non-Veteran 1,646 1,336 78.9 76.5-81.2 310 21.1 18.8-23.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,036 844 78.9 75.7-81.7 192 21.1 18.3-24.3
Unemployed 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 479 427 88.2 84.3-91.2 52 11.8 8.8-15.7
Unable to Work 149 85 54.1 44.8-63.0 64 45.9 37.0-55.2
Other not in Labor Force 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 78 62.9 52.1-72.6 40 37.1 27.4-47.9
$15,000- 24,999 222 151 66.7 59.0-73.6 71 33.3 26.4-41.0
$25,000- 34,999 161 120 71.4 62.3-79.1 41 28.6 20.9-37.7
$35,000- 49,999 191 158 82.4 75.2-87.8 33 17.6 12.2-24.8
$50,000- 74,999 206 173 80.6 72.6-86.7 33 19.4 13.3-27.4
$75,000+ 551 488 86.2 82.3-89.3 63 13.8 10.7-17.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 170 116 65.2 56.4-73.1 54 34.8 26.9-43.6
101% to 150% 184 122 65.0 56.3-72.8 62 35.0 27.2-43.7
151% to 200% 120 93 76.8 66.9-84.4 27 23.2 15.6-33.1
More than 200% 919 797 84.5 81.3-87.2 122 15.5 12.8-18.7
HOUSING
Own 1,200 1,036 83.5 80.8-86.0 164 16.5 14.0-19.2
Rent 521 377 69.4 64.4-73.9 144 30.6 26.1-35.6
Other arrangement 131 96 71.9 62.3-79.9 35 28.1 20.1-37.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 997 848 83.9 80.9-86.4 149 16.1 13.6-19.1
Regional City or Suburban County 470 373 76.8 71.9-81.1 97 23.2 18.9-28.1
Rural 402 303 70.9 65.2-76.1 99 29.1 23.9-34.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 121 83 64.2 53.5-73.6 38 35.8 26.4-46.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 731 578 75.8 71.7-79.4 153 24.2 20.6-28.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,017 863 83.7 80.8-86.2 154 16.3 13.8-19.2

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

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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