2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Tobacco Use

E-Cigarette/Vaping Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Never Used No Longer Used Use Some Days/Use Every Day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,949 3,232 78.2 76.3-80.1 458 13.4 11.9-15.0 259 8.4 7.1- 9.9
Medicaid Region 5 946 774 73.1 68.1-77.6 103 16.7 12.9-21.4 69 10.2 7.5-13.6
GENDER
Male 398 304 66.1 58.0-73.3 58 22.9 16.3-31.2 36 11.0 7.5-15.9
Female 548 470 79.8 73.8-84.7 45 10.8 7.5-15.3 33 9.4 5.8-14.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 319 71.0 64.7-76.7 55 18.0 13.4-23.7 30 11.0 7.4-16.1
Non-Hispanic Black 159 137 87.9 80.0-93.0 16 8.7 4.5-16.1 *** *** ***
Other 370 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 16.0 9.3-26.0
AGE
18-44 310 207 59.8 51.7-67.3 56 23.8 17.1-32.2 47 16.4 11.8-22.5
45-64 338 283 75.5 66.0-83.1 35 16.1 10.1-24.8 20 8.3 4.0-16.6
65+ 285 272 94.1 88.8-97.0 11 4.6 2.2- 9.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 241 69.9 61.0-77.5 35 16.9 11.0-25.1 31 13.2 8.4-20.1
Some Post-H.S. 297 235 67.1 57.7-75.3 38 21.7 14.3-31.5 24 11.2 6.8-17.8
College Graduate 340 297 86.8 81.3-90.9 30 9.7 6.2-15.0 13 3.4 1.8- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 281 66.6 57.7-74.5 39 19.1 12.8-27.5 36 14.3 9.2-21.6
$50,000+ 386 326 78.3 71.9-83.5 38 13.4 9.5-18.7 22 8.3 5.0-13.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 204 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 7.4 3.7-14.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the E-Cigarettes question 4.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more 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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