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%)
TOTAL 4,238 828 22.9 21.3-24.6 3,410 77.1 75.4-78.7
GENDER
Male 1,922 451 26.9 24.5-29.5 1,471 73.1 70.5-75.5
Female 2,316 377 19.3 17.2-21.6 1,939 80.7 78.4-82.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,670 570 24.6 22.6-26.8 2,100 75.4 73.2-77.4
Non-Hispanic Black 814 129 18.8 15.5-22.5 685 81.2 77.5-84.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 80 13 17.3 9.5-29.3 67 82.7 70.7-90.5
Hispanic 408 51 16.0 11.5-22.0 357 84.0 78.0-88.5
AGE
18-34 752 292 40.4 36.2-44.7 460 59.6 55.3-63.8
35-44 648 170 29.1 24.9-33.6 478 70.9 66.4-75.1
45-54 698 150 22.1 18.6-26.1 548 77.9 73.9-81.4
55-64 744 117 16.3 13.0-20.1 627 83.7 79.9-87.0
65-74 798 71 8.1 6.1-10.8 727 91.9 89.2-93.9
75+ 502 15 4.6 2.4- 8.4 487 95.4 91.6-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 399 77 24.2 18.8-30.6 322 75.8 69.4-81.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 992 223 26.6 23.2-30.3 769 73.4 69.7-76.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,140 285 26.2 23.2-29.5 855 73.8 70.5-76.8
College Graduate 1,689 242 15.3 13.4-17.5 1,447 84.7 82.5-86.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,356 293 24.9 22.0-28.0 1,063 75.1 72.0-78.0
No 2,854 527 21.9 19.9-24.0 2,327 78.1 76.0-80.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 523 86 19.8 15.8-24.5 437 80.2 75.5-84.2
Non-Veteran 3,705 742 23.3 21.6-25.2 2,963 76.7 74.8-78.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,268 544 26.9 24.7-29.3 1,724 73.1 70.7-75.3
Unemployed 211 65 36.3 28.5-44.9 146 63.7 55.1-71.5
Retired 1,179 79 6.2 4.8- 8.2 1,100 93.8 91.8-95.2
Unable to Work 311 84 30.5 24.3-37.6 227 69.5 62.4-75.7
Other not in Labor Force 239 55 27.7 20.4-36.3 184 72.3 63.7-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 241 45 20.6 14.7-28.2 196 79.4 71.8-85.3
$15,000- 24,999 381 78 26.6 20.8-33.4 303 73.4 66.6-79.2
$25,000- 34,999 435 106 27.4 22.3-33.3 329 72.6 66.7-77.7
$35,000- 49,999 439 103 26.4 21.4-32.1 336 73.6 67.9-78.6
$50,000-74,999 534 113 25.3 20.8-30.5 421 74.7 69.5-79.2
$75,000-100,000 429 88 23.4 18.9-28.7 341 76.6 71.3-81.1
$100,000-150,000 455 78 19.6 15.5-24.5 377 80.4 75.5-84.5
$150,000+ 369 69 21.5 16.9-27.0 300 78.5 73.0-83.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 955 148 18.8 15.6-22.5 807 81.2 77.5-84.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 343 78 26.5 20.6-33.4 265 73.5 66.6-79.4
101% to 150% 365 88 28.4 22.6-35.1 277 71.6 64.9-77.4
151% to 200% 332 69 22.6 17.2-29.0 263 77.4 71.0-82.8
More than 200% 2,131 424 22.9 20.8-25.2 1,707 77.1 74.8-79.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 955 148 18.8 15.6-22.5 807 81.2 77.5-84.4
HOUSING
Own 2,870 428 18.4 16.5-20.3 2,442 81.6 79.7-83.5
Rent 1,034 299 34.8 31.1-38.7 735 65.2 61.3-68.9
Other arrangement 285 98 34.6 27.9-42.1 187 65.4 57.9-72.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,229 249 22.1 19.3-25.1 980 77.9 74.9-80.7
Regional City or Suburban County 1,129 218 22.6 19.7-25.9 911 77.4 74.1-80.3
Rural 1,880 361 23.7 21.1-26.5 1,519 76.3 73.5-78.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,221 237 23.5 20.2-27.1 984 76.5 72.9-79.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,717 359 25.3 22.7-28.1 1,358 74.7 71.9-77.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,300 232 19.8 17.2-22.5 1,068 80.2 77.5-82.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,256 235 21.4 18.6-24.3 1,021 78.6 75.7-81.4
2nd Quartile 1,060 209 21.9 19.0-25.1 851 78.1 74.9-81.0
3rd Quartile 1,239 274 26.4 23.2-29.7 965 73.6 70.3-76.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 683 110 21.2 16.8-26.5 573 78.8 73.5-83.2

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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