2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Use of Any Tobacco Product*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use at least 1 Product
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,686 2,937 78.4 76.5-80.2 749 21.6 19.8-23.5
GENDER
Male 1,705 1,298 75.5 72.7-78.1 407 24.5 21.9-27.3
Female 1,981 1,639 81.1 78.4-83.6 342 18.9 16.4-21.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,305 1,835 77.1 74.7-79.4 470 22.9 20.6-25.3
Non-Hispanic Black 670 533 79.3 75.1-83.0 137 20.7 17.0-24.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 72 66 90.3 77.2-96.2 *** *** ***
Hispanic 363 310 86.1 81.6-89.6 53 13.9 10.4-18.4
AGE
18-34 714 520 71.2 66.9-75.2 194 28.8 24.8-33.1
35-44 570 445 74.5 69.3-79.0 125 25.5 21.0-30.7
45-54 602 468 79.8 75.6-83.4 134 20.2 16.6-24.4
55-64 698 544 78.5 73.7-82.7 154 21.5 17.3-26.3
65-74 639 537 83.1 77.6-87.5 102 16.9 12.5-22.4
75+ 386 351 91.1 85.8-94.6 35 8.9 5.4-14.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 311 219 68.6 60.2-75.9 92 31.4 24.1-39.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 825 606 74.2 70.1-77.9 219 25.8 22.1-29.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,075 800 75.6 72.3-78.7 275 24.4 21.3-27.7
College Graduate 1,462 1,304 89.4 87.3-91.2 158 10.6 8.8-12.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,198 870 71.1 67.1-74.8 328 28.9 25.2-32.9
No 2,451 2,038 82.3 80.3-84.2 413 17.7 15.8-19.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 456 361 78.4 73.2-82.8 95 21.6 17.2-26.8
Non-Veteran 3,219 2,569 78.5 76.4-80.4 650 21.5 19.6-23.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,081 1,670 79.2 77.0-81.3 411 20.8 18.7-23.0
Unemployed 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 965 838 88.1 84.9-90.6 127 11.9 9.4-15.1
Unable to Work 274 161 56.4 46.6-65.8 113 43.6 34.2-53.4
Other not in Labor Force 203 168 81.6 74.0-87.3 35 18.4 12.7-26.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 187 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 319 227 67.4 59.0-74.9 92 32.6 25.1-41.0
$25,000- 34,999 369 284 78.3 72.5-83.3 85 21.7 16.7-27.5
$35,000- 49,999 372 277 73.4 66.9-79.1 95 26.6 20.9-33.1
$50,000-74,999 439 351 78.9 73.7-83.2 88 21.1 16.8-26.3
$75,000-100,000 400 326 82.4 77.4-86.5 74 17.6 13.5-22.6
$100,000-150,000 374 320 84.3 78.8-88.5 54 15.7 11.5-21.2
$150,000+ 392 348 89.0 85.0-92.0 44 11.0 8.0-15.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 834 686 81.0 77.2-84.4 148 19.0 15.6-22.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 325 220 66.7 58.7-73.9 105 33.3 26.1-41.3
101% to 150% 240 177 73.7 65.9-80.3 63 26.3 19.7-34.1
151% to 200% 285 212 73.4 66.2-79.5 73 26.6 20.5-33.8
More than 200% 1,893 1,562 82.4 80.1-84.4 331 17.6 15.6-19.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 834 686 81.0 77.2-84.4 148 19.0 15.6-22.8
HOUSING
Own 2,530 2,113 81.8 79.4-83.9 417 18.2 16.1-20.6
Rent 873 618 69.6 65.6-73.3 255 30.4 26.7-34.4
Other arrangement 245 174 70.5 62.0-77.7 71 29.5 22.3-38.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,162 959 81.7 78.8-84.3 203 18.3 15.7-21.2
Regional City or Suburban County 955 762 79.7 76.3-82.7 193 20.3 17.3-23.7
Rural 1,569 1,216 74.5 70.9-77.8 353 25.5 22.2-29.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 970 722 69.7 64.5-74.6 248 30.3 25.4-35.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,204 955 79.3 76.3-81.9 249 20.7 18.1-23.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,512 1,260 82.2 79.7-84.5 252 17.8 15.5-20.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,128 942 82.7 79.9-85.3 186 17.3 14.7-20.1
2nd Quartile 969 777 79.9 76.5-82.8 192 20.1 17.2-23.5
3rd Quartile 945 744 75.2 70.9-79.1 201 24.8 20.9-29.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 644 474 70.4 63.8-76.2 170 29.6 23.8-36.2

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*Current use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, or hookah.
This table only includes respondents who were asked the questions on other tobacco products.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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