2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
-Eastern NC 1,630 314 25.4 22.5-28.4 1,316 74.6 71.6-77.5
GENDER
Male 699 163 28.4 24.2-33.1 536 71.6 66.9-75.8
Female 931 151 22.5 18.8-26.7 780 77.5 73.3-81.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 895 192 28.2 24.3-32.5 703 71.8 67.5-75.7
Non-Hispanic Black 415 56 16.6 12.3-22.0 359 83.4 78.0-87.7
Other 298 58 30.5 23.2-39.0 240 69.5 61.0-76.8
AGE
18-34 262 114 49.1 41.6-56.6 148 50.9 43.4-58.4
35-44 218 55 28.5 21.8-36.4 163 71.5 63.6-78.2
45-54 244 60 26.9 20.6-34.3 184 73.1 65.7-79.4
55-64 310 45 13.5 9.8-18.4 265 86.5 81.6-90.2
65-74 359 29 6.8 4.3-10.4 330 93.2 89.6-95.7
75+ 201 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 158 24 17.5 11.0-26.7 134 82.5 73.3-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 439 97 32.4 26.6-38.7 342 67.6 61.3-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 452 116 29.6 24.5-35.4 336 70.4 64.6-75.5
College Graduate 573 76 14.5 11.1-18.7 497 85.5 81.3-88.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 593 124 26.8 22.1-32.0 469 73.2 68.0-77.9
No 1,024 186 24.5 20.9-28.4 838 75.5 71.6-79.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 249 41 20.4 14.5-27.9 208 79.6 72.1-85.5
Non-Veteran 1,378 273 26.4 23.2-29.8 1,105 73.6 70.2-76.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 798 198 30.8 26.8-35.2 600 69.2 64.8-73.2
Unemployed 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 505 34 6.0 4.0- 8.8 471 94.0 91.2-96.0
Unable to Work 144 33 26.3 18.0-36.8 111 73.7 63.2-82.0
Other not in Labor Force 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 170 36 28.0 19.7-38.1 134 72.0 61.9-80.3
$35,000- 49,999 180 43 31.6 23.3-41.2 137 68.4 58.8-76.7
$50,000- 74,999 205 42 27.2 19.3-36.9 163 72.8 63.1-80.7
$75,000+ 412 80 23.8 19.0-29.3 332 76.2 70.7-81.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 397 63 21.2 15.9-27.7 334 78.8 72.3-84.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 141 28 24.8 16.2-36.0 113 75.2 64.0-83.8
More than 200% 768 152 24.3 20.6-28.4 616 75.7 71.6-79.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 397 63 21.2 15.9-27.7 334 78.8 72.3-84.1
HOUSING
Own 1,122 159 19.7 16.6-23.3 963 80.3 76.7-83.4
Rent 376 106 35.1 28.8-41.9 270 64.9 58.1-71.2
Other arrangement 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 134 33 29.0 20.8-38.8 101 71.0 61.2-79.2
Regional City or Suburban County 427 87 24.2 19.4-29.7 340 75.8 70.3-80.6
Rural 1,069 194 25.5 21.8-29.6 875 74.5 70.4-78.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 851 162 26.3 22.0-31.0 689 73.7 69.0-78.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 624 120 25.0 20.7-29.8 504 75.0 70.2-79.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 155 32 23.1 16.2-31.7 123 76.9 68.3-83.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 310 69 29.9 23.5-37.2 241 70.1 62.8-76.5
2nd Quartile 185 32 18.4 12.8-25.7 153 81.6 74.3-87.2
3rd Quartile 520 112 27.7 23.0-33.1 408 72.3 66.9-77.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 615 101 23.2 18.2-29.2 514 76.8 70.8-81.8

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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