2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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During the past 30 days, did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,475 136 4.6 3.7- 5.7 3,339 95.4 94.3-96.3
GENDER
Male 1,604 108 7.7 6.1- 9.8 1,496 92.3 90.2-93.9
Female 1,871 28 1.7 1.1- 2.7 1,843 98.3 97.3-98.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,193 63 3.0 2.2- 4.1 2,130 97.0 95.9-97.8
Non-Hispanic Black 624 44 9.7 6.7-13.6 580 90.3 86.4-93.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 135 *** *** *** 129 94.5 83.2-98.4
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 68 *** *** *** 67 99.5 96.6-99.9
Hispanic 340 16 4.5 2.6- 7.8 324 95.5 92.2-97.4
AGE
18-34 665 44 7.6 5.2-10.9 621 92.4 89.1-94.8
35-44 529 25 6.4 4.0- 9.9 504 93.6 90.1-96.0
45-54 567 25 4.4 2.8- 7.1 542 95.6 92.9-97.2
55-64 673 25 3.3 2.0- 5.4 648 96.7 94.6-98.0
65-74 606 15 2.7 1.3- 5.5 591 97.3 94.5-98.7
75+ 365 *** *** *** 363 99.7 98.6-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 283 17 6.6 3.7-11.7 266 93.4 88.3-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 771 39 6.2 4.2- 9.1 732 93.8 90.9-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,023 42 4.6 3.1- 6.8 981 95.4 93.2-96.9
College Graduate 1,386 36 2.2 1.6- 3.2 1,350 97.8 96.8-98.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,138 57 5.8 4.2- 7.9 1,081 94.2 92.1-95.8
No 2,301 78 4.0 3.0- 5.4 2,223 96.0 94.6-97.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 428 23 5.3 3.2- 8.7 405 94.7 91.3-96.8
Non-Veteran 3,038 111 4.4 3.5- 5.6 2,927 95.6 94.4-96.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,958 85 5.0 3.8- 6.5 1,873 95.0 93.5-96.2
Unemployed 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 925 16 1.7 0.9- 3.4 909 98.3 96.6-99.1
Unable to Work 255 13 4.9 2.5- 9.3 242 95.1 90.7-97.5
Other not in Labor Force 187 *** *** *** 183 97.0 91.7-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 174 14 11.5 5.6-22.1 160 88.5 77.9-94.4
$15,000- 24,999 294 *** *** *** 284 95.7 91.2-97.9
$25,000- 34,999 348 17 4.2 2.5- 7.2 331 95.8 92.8-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 350 16 5.1 2.9- 8.8 334 94.9 91.2-97.1
$50,000-74,999 422 13 4.4 2.1- 9.3 409 95.6 90.7-97.9
$75,000-100,000 385 12 2.4 1.3- 4.6 373 97.6 95.4-98.7
$100,000-150,000 359 *** *** *** 350 98.1 95.1-99.2
$150,000+ 375 17 6.4 3.6-11.2 358 93.6 88.8-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 768 28 4.4 2.8- 7.0 740 95.6 93.0-97.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 299 15 5.9 3.3-10.6 284 94.1 89.4-96.7
101% to 150% 223 11 5.7 3.0-10.6 212 94.3 89.4-97.0
151% to 200% 267 11 4.2 2.1- 8.4 256 95.8 91.6-97.9
More than 200% 1,819 64 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,755 96.1 94.6-97.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 768 28 4.4 2.8- 7.0 740 95.6 93.0-97.2
HOUSING
Own 2,398 68 3.1 2.3- 4.2 2,330 96.9 95.8-97.7
Rent 810 50 7.7 5.5-10.6 760 92.3 89.4-94.5
Other arrangement 233 15 9.6 4.9-17.9 218 90.4 82.1-95.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,104 45 4.3 3.0- 6.0 1,059 95.7 94.0-97.0
Regional City or Suburban County 904 38 5.2 3.5- 7.7 866 94.8 92.3-96.5
Rural 1,467 53 4.4 3.0- 6.4 1,414 95.6 93.6-97.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 903 46 6.3 4.0- 9.6 857 93.7 90.4-96.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,133 40 4.3 2.9- 6.1 1,093 95.7 93.9-97.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,439 50 4.0 2.9- 5.6 1,389 96.0 94.4-97.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,071 34 3.6 2.4- 5.3 1,037 96.4 94.7-97.6
2nd Quartile 911 31 4.3 2.9- 6.5 880 95.7 93.5-97.1
3rd Quartile 897 45 5.2 3.5- 7.7 852 94.8 92.3-96.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 596 26 6.5 3.6-11.5 570 93.5 88.5-96.4

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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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