2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 675 566 74.6 68.7-79.8 63 13.9 10.1-18.8 46 11.4 7.9-16.4
GENDER
Male 281 227 70.2 61.3-77.9 29 14.7 9.3-22.4 25 15.1 9.7-22.8
Female 394 339 79.1 71.0-85.4 34 13.2 8.5-19.9 21 7.7 3.8-15.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 284 229 73.4 65.9-79.8 34 13.7 9.3-19.8 21 12.9 8.2-19.7
Non-Hispanic Black 84 76 91.4 78.4-96.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 301 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 13.3 6.7-24.9
AGE
18-44 205 141 60.9 51.1-69.9 30 19.2 12.5-28.1 34 19.9 13.5-28.5
45-64 247 212 81.4 70.3-89.0 23 10.7 6.0-18.5 12 7.9 2.8-20.3
65+ 217 208 92.3 83.8-96.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 240 187 67.3 56.8-76.4 28 17.0 10.6-26.1 25 15.7 9.3-25.2
Some Post-H.S. 205 174 75.0 64.3-83.4 16 12.5 6.8-22.0 15 12.4 6.7-21.8
College Graduate 228 203 85.9 77.9-91.3 19 10.8 6.2-18.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 *** *** *** 26 19.6 12.5-29.5 24 17.7 10.3-28.7
$50,000+ 263 234 83.7 75.7-89.4 16 8.1 4.3-14.8 13 8.3 4.4-14.9
Don't know/Not Sure 149 *** *** *** 21 15.4 8.3-26.9 *** *** ***

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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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