2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Do you now use e-cigarettes or other electronic vaping products every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Every Day Some Days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,362 116 10.1 8.2-12.5 125 11.0 9.0-13.3 1,121 78.9 75.9-81.6
GENDER
Male 752 55 9.2 6.7-12.4 69 10.6 8.2-13.6 628 80.3 76.4-83.6
Female 610 61 11.4 8.5-15.0 56 11.5 8.4-15.5 493 77.2 72.5-81.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 932 92 12.0 9.5-15.1 91 11.8 9.3-14.8 749 76.2 72.4-79.6
Non-Hispanic Black 198 13 7.2 3.8-13.0 13 8.8 4.9-15.3 172 84.0 76.6-89.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 101 *** *** *** 12 13.1 7.0-23.2 86 83.8 73.3-90.7
AGE
18-34 530 59 13.3 10.0-17.4 60 12.8 9.6-16.8 411 74.0 69.0-78.4
35-44 239 15 7.0 4.0-12.0 28 10.6 7.0-15.8 196 82.4 76.2-87.3
45-54 199 19 9.6 5.8-15.5 22 13.8 8.8-21.2 158 76.5 68.6-83.0
55-64 176 14 8.2 4.6-14.4 *** *** *** 154 86.9 79.9-91.7
65-74 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** 131 89.4 78.2-95.2
75+ 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** 53 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 *** *** *** 19 17.6 10.6-27.7 84 75.2 64.0-83.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 40 12.7 9.0-17.8 39 13.0 9.2-18.1 268 74.3 68.2-79.5
Some Post-H.S. 423 40 11.1 7.8-15.4 41 10.4 7.3-14.6 342 78.6 73.3-83.0
College Graduate 481 30 6.9 4.7-10.1 26 6.1 4.0- 9.1 425 87.0 83.1-90.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 423 42 11.0 7.8-15.3 54 17.0 12.8-22.3 327 71.9 66.2-77.0
No 924 72 9.6 7.3-12.5 70 8.3 6.3-10.9 782 82.1 78.6-85.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 185 15 10.7 6.1-18.0 18 10.6 6.5-17.0 152 78.7 70.6-85.0
Non-Veteran 1,174 101 10.1 8.0-12.6 107 11.0 8.9-13.6 966 78.9 75.7-81.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 861 78 11.0 8.6-14.1 88 11.0 8.8-13.7 695 78.0 74.3-81.2
Unemployed 95 *** *** *** 11 12.5 6.0-24.0 *** *** ***
Retired 181 *** *** *** *** *** *** 175 95.8 88.2-98.5
Unable to Work 106 13 12.3 6.7-21.3 11 14.5 7.5-26.2 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 112 11 9.0 4.5-16.9 11 13.9 6.9-25.9 90 77.2 65.4-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 130 *** *** *** 16 19.4 11.2-31.3 105 75.1 63.7-83.9
$25,000- 34,999 166 16 12.9 7.5-21.3 22 13.5 8.5-20.7 128 73.6 64.6-81.0
$35,000- 49,999 173 14 7.8 4.2-14.1 12 7.3 3.8-13.7 147 84.9 77.2-90.3
$50,000-74,999 176 25 16.7 10.2-26.0 16 9.9 5.6-17.1 135 73.4 63.7-81.3
$75,000-100,000 144 *** *** *** 13 10.0 5.4-17.8 121 81.3 72.1-88.0
$100,000-150,000 141 *** *** *** *** *** *** 125 86.9 78.3-92.4
$150,000+ 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 103 83.2 74.1-89.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 238 17 9.2 5.3-15.4 21 13.1 8.2-20.3 200 77.7 69.7-84.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 116 12 12.8 6.6-23.4 13 13.0 7.0-22.9 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 121 *** *** *** 15 19.5 11.3-31.5 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 130 14 11.6 6.3-20.3 11 7.0 3.2-14.4 105 81.5 71.8-88.4
More than 200% 715 62 10.1 7.5-13.3 58 8.8 6.6-11.6 595 81.2 77.3-84.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 238 17 9.2 5.3-15.4 21 13.1 8.2-20.3 200 77.7 69.7-84.0
HOUSING
Own 675 53 9.6 7.0-12.9 50 9.1 6.6-12.3 572 81.3 77.2-84.9
Rent 545 44 10.0 7.2-13.7 48 10.4 7.6-14.0 453 79.6 75.1-83.5
Other arrangement 135 19 14.3 8.0-24.2 26 22.8 14.8-33.5 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 484 35 7.6 5.2-11.0 37 8.5 6.0-11.8 412 83.9 79.6-87.4
Regional City or Suburban County 365 33 11.2 7.6-16.3 39 11.5 8.1-16.1 293 77.3 71.5-82.2
Rural 513 48 12.1 8.7-16.6 49 13.4 9.6-18.4 416 74.5 68.8-79.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 319 24 8.8 5.5-13.6 40 16.7 11.4-23.8 255 74.5 67.1-80.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 536 52 12.7 9.2-17.2 51 11.8 8.7-15.6 433 75.6 70.5-80.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 507 40 8.5 6.0-12.1 34 7.5 5.1-10.7 433 84.0 79.7-87.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 446 40 11.9 8.2-16.9 29 7.2 4.7-10.9 377 80.9 75.5-85.4
2nd Quartile 390 38 11.0 7.8-15.5 36 10.4 7.3-14.5 316 78.6 73.3-83.0
3rd Quartile 391 29 7.7 5.1-11.5 44 13.1 9.4-17.8 318 79.2 73.8-83.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents who said they have used an e-cigarette at least once in their entire life.

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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