2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 558 113 22.5 18.5-27.2 445 77.5 72.8-81.5
GENDER
Male 261 57 24.7 18.9-31.6 204 75.3 68.4-81.1
Female 297 56 20.6 15.2-27.4 241 79.4 72.6-84.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 455 100 24.2 19.7-29.4 355 75.8 70.6-80.3
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 104 25 26.2 17.7-36.9 79 73.8 63.1-82.3
55-64 106 19 16.6 10.2-26.1 87 83.4 73.9-89.8
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 133 24 17.5 11.1-26.5 109 82.5 73.5-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 162 43 29.6 21.7-38.9 119 70.4 61.1-78.3
College Graduate 191 30 18.2 12.7-25.4 161 81.8 74.6-87.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 210 42 20.2 14.3-27.7 168 79.8 72.3-85.7
No 344 71 24.4 19.0-30.8 273 75.6 69.2-81.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 494 104 23.1 18.8-28.1 390 76.9 71.9-81.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 279 75 30.6 24.4-37.7 204 69.4 62.3-75.6
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 135 24 24.2 16.1-34.7 111 75.8 65.3-83.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 18 15.4 9.3-24.4 106 84.6 75.6-90.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 258 58 29.4 22.7-37.2 200 70.6 62.8-77.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 18 15.4 9.3-24.4 106 84.6 75.6-90.7
HOUSING
Own 386 65 19.4 14.9-24.8 321 80.6 75.2-85.1
Rent 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 162 31 27.1 18.7-37.7 131 72.9 62.3-81.3
Rural 396 82 20.9 16.6-26.1 314 79.1 73.9-83.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 177 37 19.6 13.7-27.2 140 80.4 72.8-86.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 277 62 27.5 20.9-35.3 215 72.5 64.7-79.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 104 14 13.8 8.1-22.6 90 86.2 77.4-91.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 275 50 21.8 16.1-28.8 225 78.2 71.2-83.9
2nd Quartile 116 20 17.8 10.4-28.9 96 82.2 71.1-89.6
3rd Quartile 167 43 27.2 19.9-36.0 124 72.8 64.0-80.1

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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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