2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,050 401 22.1 20.0-24.5 1,649 77.9 75.5-80.0
GENDER
Male 962 231 27.1 23.8-30.7 731 72.9 69.3-76.2
Female 1,088 170 17.9 15.1-21.1 918 82.1 78.9-84.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,320 278 23.7 20.9-26.7 1,042 76.3 73.3-79.1
Non-Hispanic Black 377 72 21.1 16.6-26.6 305 78.9 73.4-83.4
Other 312 45 18.1 12.9-24.8 267 81.9 75.2-87.1
AGE
18-34 408 141 35.6 30.3-41.3 267 64.4 58.7-69.7
35-44 362 96 29.6 24.1-35.7 266 70.4 64.3-75.9
45-54 350 65 19.2 14.7-24.7 285 80.8 75.3-85.3
55-64 328 53 17.7 12.9-23.8 275 82.3 76.2-87.1
65-74 330 33 9.0 5.9-13.5 297 91.0 86.5-94.1
75+ 223 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 37 28.6 20.5-38.4 134 71.4 61.6-79.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 420 102 26.0 21.3-31.3 318 74.0 68.7-78.7
Some Post-H.S. 526 126 24.1 20.1-28.6 400 75.9 71.4-79.9
College Graduate 925 136 15.4 12.9-18.2 789 84.6 81.8-87.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 553 127 26.2 21.9-30.9 426 73.8 69.1-78.1
No 1,486 270 20.6 18.1-23.3 1,216 79.4 76.7-81.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 213 36 20.1 14.3-27.4 177 79.9 72.6-85.7
Non-Veteran 1,833 365 22.4 20.1-24.9 1,468 77.6 75.1-79.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,191 271 24.7 21.8-27.8 920 75.3 72.2-78.2
Unemployed 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 499 33 6.2 4.1- 9.1 466 93.8 90.9-95.9
Unable to Work 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 148 32 25.6 17.4-35.9 116 74.4 64.1-82.6
$25,000- 34,999 190 49 28.9 21.5-37.6 141 71.1 62.4-78.5
$35,000- 49,999 210 49 24.4 17.9-32.4 161 75.6 67.6-82.1
$50,000- 74,999 257 50 22.1 16.5-29.0 207 77.9 71.0-83.5
$75,000+ 706 131 20.4 17.1-24.1 575 79.6 75.9-82.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 434 67 19.1 14.5-24.7 367 80.9 75.3-85.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 148 38 30.2 21.3-41.0 110 69.8 59.0-78.7
101% to 150% 154 38 25.3 17.8-34.6 116 74.7 65.4-82.2
151% to 200% 153 33 22.4 15.3-31.7 120 77.6 68.3-84.7
More than 200% 1,105 214 21.5 18.7-24.5 891 78.5 75.5-81.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 434 67 19.1 14.5-24.7 367 80.9 75.3-85.5
HOUSING
Own 1,362 204 17.8 15.3-20.6 1,158 82.2 79.4-84.7
Rent 523 154 34.0 29.1-39.3 369 66.0 60.7-70.9
Other arrangement 136 42 31.9 23.4-41.8 94 68.1 58.2-76.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,095 216 21.6 18.8-24.8 879 78.4 75.2-81.2
Regional City or Suburban County 540 100 21.2 17.3-25.7 440 78.8 74.3-82.7
Rural 415 85 24.9 19.6-31.1 330 75.1 68.9-80.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 193 38 22.1 15.1-31.1 155 77.9 68.9-84.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 816 177 25.2 21.6-29.2 639 74.8 70.8-78.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,041 186 20.0 17.1-23.1 855 80.0 76.9-82.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 671 116 19.0 15.7-22.9 555 81.0 77.1-84.3
2nd Quartile 759 157 23.1 19.6-26.9 602 76.9 73.1-80.4
3rd Quartile 552 119 25.6 21.0-30.9 433 74.4 69.1-79.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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