2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Tobacco Use

Have you ever used an e-cigarette or other electronic vaping product, even just one time, in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,238 828 22.9 21.3-24.6 3,410 77.1 75.4-78.7
Medicaid Region 5 1,060 212 27.2 23.6-31.1 848 72.8 68.9-76.4
GENDER
Male 456 118 33.8 28.1-39.9 338 66.2 60.1-71.9
Female 604 94 21.2 17.0-26.1 510 78.8 73.9-83.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 569 128 28.8 24.1-33.9 441 71.2 66.1-75.9
Non-Hispanic Black 255 37 17.5 12.1-24.7 218 82.5 75.3-87.9
Other 224 42 33.8 24.3-44.9 182 66.2 55.1-75.7
AGE
18-44 306 109 42.7 36.0-49.7 197 57.3 50.3-64.0
45-64 335 70 22.5 17.5-28.5 265 77.5 71.5-82.5
65+ 396 28 6.9 4.4-10.6 368 93.1 89.4-95.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 394 88 33.0 26.8-39.8 306 67.0 60.2-73.2
Some Post-H.S. 309 76 28.2 22.4-34.9 233 71.8 65.1-77.6
College Graduate 355 48 15.0 10.6-20.7 307 85.0 79.3-89.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 415 85 27.9 22.3-34.2 330 72.1 65.8-77.7
$50,000+ 391 85 30.2 24.3-36.9 306 69.8 63.1-75.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 254 42 21.0 14.9-28.7 212 79.0 71.3-85.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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