2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Use of Multiple Tobacco Products*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Use Use single product Use multiple products
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,500 2,889 81.0 79.3-82.5 522 16.4 15.0-18.0 89 2.6 2.0- 3.3
Piedmont NC 1,886 1,587 82.6 80.4-84.6 261 15.4 13.5-17.5 38 2.0 1.4- 3.0
GENDER
Male 851 696 80.3 76.9-83.3 135 17.3 14.4-20.6 20 2.4 1.5- 3.9
Female 1,035 891 84.6 81.7-87.2 126 13.7 11.3-16.5 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,100 923 82.0 79.1-84.6 152 15.8 13.3-18.5 25 2.3 1.4- 3.6
Non-Hispanic Black 370 309 82.5 77.3-86.7 56 15.7 11.7-20.7 *** *** ***
Other 409 349 85.2 80.7-88.8 52 13.2 9.8-17.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 391 310 77.2 71.8-81.7 70 19.6 15.4-24.6 *** *** ***
35-44 325 261 79.2 73.5-84.0 53 17.5 13.1-23.0 *** *** ***
45-54 329 267 78.6 72.8-83.4 54 19.3 14.7-25.0 *** *** ***
55-64 312 266 85.6 80.2-89.7 40 13.3 9.3-18.6 *** *** ***
65-74 274 245 88.4 83.1-92.2 27 10.7 7.1-15.7 *** *** ***
75+ 220 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 146 75.8 67.5-82.5 35 22.2 15.7-30.4 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 370 290 79.3 74.1-83.6 71 18.9 14.6-23.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 491 396 79.4 74.8-83.3 79 17.5 13.8-21.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 835 751 90.0 87.5-92.1 76 9.0 7.1-11.4 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 523 416 77.1 72.2-81.3 89 19.3 15.4-23.9 18 3.7 2.0- 6.5
No 1,339 1,155 85.2 82.8-87.4 166 13.5 11.5-15.9 18 1.2 0.7- 2.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 134 74.5 65.3-81.9 29 23.3 16.2-32.4 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,719 1,452 83.4 81.2-85.4 232 14.6 12.7-16.7 35 2.0 1.3- 3.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,104 918 81.6 78.7-84.3 165 16.7 14.1-19.5 21 1.7 1.0- 2.7
Unemployed 83 *** *** *** 17 21.4 13.2-32.6 *** *** ***
Retired 456 408 88.9 84.7-92.0 44 10.1 7.1-14.1 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 134 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 129 108 80.6 70.3-88.0 17 16.0 9.4-26.0 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 222 184 81.8 75.0-87.1 36 17.4 12.2-24.3 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 203 165 81.3 74.1-86.9 33 16.8 11.5-24.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 689 596 84.8 81.3-87.7 87 14.0 11.3-17.4 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 479 409 84.2 79.7-87.9 56 12.7 9.3-16.9 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 117 88 72.0 61.1-80.8 25 24.9 16.4-35.7 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 162 132 76.3 66.6-83.8 24 20.6 13.4-30.2 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 985 843 84.7 81.9-87.1 130 14.0 11.7-16.7 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 479 409 84.2 79.7-87.9 56 12.7 9.3-16.9 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,171 1,034 86.4 83.7-88.6 126 12.4 10.3-14.9 *** *** ***
Rent 563 442 73.2 68.5-77.4 103 23.6 19.5-28.3 18 3.2 1.9- 5.2
Other arrangement 137 96 69.2 59.4-77.5 32 23.6 16.2-33.1 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,052 905 85.0 82.2-87.4 128 12.8 10.6-15.4 19 2.2 1.2- 3.8
Regional City or Suburban County 521 428 80.7 76.2-84.5 81 17.5 13.8-21.9 *** *** ***
Rural 313 254 79.4 73.4-84.3 52 18.7 14.0-24.6 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 698 564 78.7 74.8-82.2 115 18.5 15.2-22.4 19 2.7 1.6- 4.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,118 963 85.2 82.6-87.5 137 13.3 11.1-15.9 18 1.5 0.8- 2.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 648 555 84.5 80.9-87.6 83 14.1 11.2-17.7 *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 803 664 80.7 77.1-83.9 119 16.8 13.8-20.2 20 2.5 1.5- 4.3
3rd Quartile 393 331 83.3 78.4-87.2 55 15.1 11.3-19.8 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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