2021 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 814 129 18.8 15.5-22.5 685 81.2 77.5-84.5
GENDER
Male 325 73 22.7 17.7-28.7 252 77.3 71.3-82.3
Female 489 56 15.8 11.8-20.8 433 84.2 79.2-88.2
AGE
18-34 127 39 31.0 22.6-40.9 88 69.0 59.1-77.4
35-44 133 28 25.0 17.0-35.1 105 75.0 64.9-83.0
45-54 144 26 17.1 10.8-26.0 118 82.9 74.0-89.2
55-64 159 19 11.7 7.0-18.8 140 88.3 81.2-93.0
65-74 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 227 40 24.1 17.4-32.2 187 75.9 67.8-82.6
Some Post-H.S. 246 44 19.5 14.1-26.4 202 80.5 73.6-85.9
College Graduate 268 35 14.4 10.0-20.3 233 85.6 79.7-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 142 16 13.3 8.0-21.4 126 86.7 78.6-92.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 311 56 20.8 15.3-27.8 255 79.2 72.2-84.7
No 499 73 18.0 14.1-22.6 426 82.0 77.4-85.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 119 13 13.6 7.6-23.3 106 86.4 76.7-92.4
Non-Veteran 694 116 19.5 16.0-23.6 578 80.5 76.4-84.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 268 47 19.4 14.3-25.8 221 80.6 74.2-85.7
Regional City or Suburban County 220 33 16.9 11.4-24.3 187 83.1 75.7-88.6
Rural 326 49 19.7 14.3-26.4 277 80.3 73.6-85.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 399 77 22.6 18.0-28.1 322 77.4 71.9-82.0
Unemployed 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 94 14 16.1 9.1-27.0 80 83.9 73.0-90.9
151% to 200% 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 328 47 15.9 11.7-21.3 281 84.1 78.7-88.3
HOUSING
Own 460 47 12.6 9.2-17.1 413 87.4 82.9-90.8
Rent 284 64 27.9 21.5-35.3 220 72.1 64.7-78.5
Other arrangement 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 327 52 18.4 13.5-24.5 275 81.6 75.5-86.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 270 38 19.4 13.8-26.5 232 80.6 73.5-86.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 217 39 18.6 13.2-25.5 178 81.4 74.5-86.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 131 17 14.3 8.1-23.8 114 85.7 76.2-91.9
2nd Quartile 182 31 19.3 13.4-26.9 151 80.7 73.1-86.6
3rd Quartile 301 58 23.9 18.2-30.8 243 76.1 69.2-81.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 200 23 12.9 7.9-20.5 177 87.1 79.5-92.1

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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.

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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