2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Tobacco Use

Would you say you have never used e-cigarettes or other electronic vaping products in your entire life or now use them every day, use them some days, or used them in the past but do not currently use them at all?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Used Every Day Some Days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,165 3,403 79.0 77.5-80.6 132 3.5 2.9- 4.3 136 3.8 3.1- 4.6 494 13.6 12.4-15.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 589 487 76.4 71.4-80.8 24 4.3 2.8- 6.6 19 5.6 3.4- 9.1 59 13.7 10.2-18.2
Region 3 331 272 79.9 73.9-84.8 14 5.4 3.0- 9.7 13 4.0 2.2- 7.2 32 10.7 7.1-15.8
Region 4 846 698 80.2 76.7-83.3 18 2.2 1.3- 3.8 36 5.1 3.5- 7.3 94 12.5 10.0-15.5
Region 5 615 512 80.0 75.6-83.8 17 3.5 2.0- 6.0 19 3.3 1.9- 5.4 67 13.3 10.1-17.2
Region 6 290 231 78.3 72.1-83.4 18 5.3 3.2- 8.6 *** *** *** 34 13.9 9.6-19.7
Region 7 780 634 80.4 76.8-83.5 11 1.6 0.8- 3.1 22 2.8 1.7- 4.5 113 15.3 12.5-18.6
Region 8 381 294 71.9 65.9-77.1 15 5.6 3.2- 9.8 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3 60 19.1 14.7-24.6
Region 9 & 10 333 275 79.9 73.9-84.7 15 5.2 2.8- 9.5 *** *** *** 35 11.7 8.1-16.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,131 915 77.2 74.0-80.1 44 4.6 3.2- 6.4 29 3.1 2.1- 4.6 143 15.1 12.7-18.0
Piedmont 2,316 1,891 79.7 77.6-81.6 60 3.0 2.2- 4.0 83 3.9 3.0- 4.9 282 13.4 11.8-15.3
Western NC 718 597 76.9 72.3-80.9 28 4.4 2.9- 6.7 24 5.4 3.4- 8.5 69 13.3 10.1-17.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 505 418 76.7 71.4-81.3 20 4.3 2.7- 6.8 18 6.4 3.9-10.5 49 12.5 9.0-17.2
Northwest 586 480 79.2 74.7-83.0 23 5.0 3.1- 8.0 25 4.9 3.2- 7.6 58 10.9 8.1-14.5
Charlotte 683 567 80.5 76.6-83.9 13 1.9 1.0- 3.5 25 4.4 2.8- 6.8 78 13.2 10.4-16.7
Greensboro 467 378 76.2 70.7-80.9 15 4.2 2.3- 7.6 17 3.8 2.2- 6.7 57 15.8 11.8-20.9
Southern Regional 340 273 78.3 72.5-83.2 18 5.1 3.0- 8.5 *** *** *** 40 13.6 9.6-18.9
Southeast 215 174 75.9 67.9-82.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 30 17.7 12.2-25.0
Wake 847 697 82.6 79.5-85.3 16 1.9 1.1- 3.2 21 2.2 1.4- 3.5 113 13.3 10.9-16.2
Area L & Eastern 522 416 75.8 70.9-80.1 22 5.5 3.4- 8.8 15 3.4 1.9- 6.1 69 15.3 11.9-19.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 589 487 76.4 71.4-80.8 24 4.3 2.8- 6.6 19 5.6 3.4- 9.1 59 13.7 10.2-18.2
Region 2 593 477 77.0 72.3-81.2 22 4.7 2.8- 7.8 23 3.8 2.4- 5.9 71 14.5 11.0-18.8
Region 3 854 706 80.2 76.7-83.3 18 2.2 1.3- 3.7 36 5.1 3.5- 7.3 94 12.5 10.1-15.5
Region 4 1,103 918 81.8 78.9-84.4 20 2.2 1.4- 3.5 29 2.6 1.7- 4.0 136 13.4 11.1-16.0
Region 5 564 452 77.4 72.9-81.3 26 4.6 2.9- 7.0 15 2.9 1.7- 5.1 71 15.1 11.8-19.2
Region 6 462 363 75.1 69.9-79.6 22 6.0 3.7- 9.6 14 3.6 2.0- 6.5 63 15.3 11.7-19.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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