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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,181 1,212 21.3 19.6-23.0 302 4.5 3.8- 5.3 1,519 23.8 22.3-25.4 3,148 50.4 48.5-52.4
Western NC 616 133 23.3 19.6-27.5 21 3.2 2.0- 5.0 154 26.5 22.7-30.7 308 47.0 42.6-51.4
GENDER
Male 231 53 25.4 19.5-32.4 8 3.4 1.7- 6.8 86 35.2 28.7-42.2 84 36.0 29.5-43.1
Female 385 80 21.4 17.2-26.4 13 3.0 1.7- 5.3 68 18.6 14.7-23.3 224 57.0 51.5-62.3
RACE
White 577 123 23.0 19.2-27.2 19 3.2 2.0- 5.1 147 27.2 23.2-31.5 288 46.6 42.1-51.2
Other 36 9 29.7 15.0-50.3 2 3.4 0.8-14.1 7 19.1 8.5-37.6 18 47.7 30.1-65.9
AGE
18-44 222 67 31.2 24.6-38.6 8 3.1 1.5- 6.4 30 13.4 9.2-19.2 117 52.3 44.9-59.6
45+ 388 66 18.2 14.2-23.1 13 3.3 1.9- 5.8 124 35.6 30.3-41.3 185 42.8 37.4-48.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 337 89 29.1 23.7-35.1 15 4.3 2.5- 7.3 83 25.9 21.0-31.5 150 40.7 35.0-46.6
Some College + 275 43 15.9 11.5-21.5 6 1.8 0.8- 4.2 70 27.1 21.4-33.6 156 55.2 48.5-61.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 405 107 27.8 23.0-33.1 16 3.6 2.1- 6.1 100 26.5 21.9-31.7 182 42.1 36.8-47.5
$50,000+ 105 9 8.8 4.6-16.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 36 35.2 25.7-46.0 59 55.4 44.8-65.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 421 90 23.5 18.9-28.9 27 7.2 4.8-10.6 113 25.2 20.9-30.0 191 44.1 38.8-49.6
Cumberland 428 88 19.6 15.0-25.2 22 6.9 3.9-11.9 84 16.7 13.0-21.2 234 56.9 49.3-64.1
Durham 400 57 14.1 10.6-18.7 19 4.0 2.5- 6.5 82 18.7 14.7-23.6 242 63.1 57.1-68.8
Forsyth 455 93 20.0 16.2-24.6 21 4.0 2.4- 6.8 110 25.0 20.7-29.8 231 51.0 45.5-56.4
Gaston 466 104 22.0 18.0-26.6 21 5.4 3.3- 8.8 106 22.0 18.2-26.4 235 50.6 45.4-55.7
Guilford 415 71 15.7 12.2-19.9 23 5.4 3.4- 8.3 101 24.2 19.7-29.3 220 54.8 49.2-60.2
Mecklenburg 429 70 15.7 12.2-20.1 18 4.2 2.5- 6.9 105 22.8 18.8-27.4 236 57.3 51.8-62.7
New Hanover 405 80 18.6 14.5-23.4 24 6.0 3.8- 9.2 123 30.0 24.8-35.8 178 45.5 38.7-52.4
Onslow 435 90 23.3 16.9-31.1 31 11.1 6.1-19.4 113 25.4 20.6-31.0 201 40.2 34.2-46.6
Wake 425 62 16.5 12.4-21.5 23 5.4 3.4- 8.6 106 21.5 17.7-25.9 234 56.6 51.1-62.0
Western NC 616 133 23.3 19.6-27.5 21 3.2 2.0- 5.0 154 26.5 22.7-30.7 308 47.0 42.6-51.4
Piedmont NC 668 138 22.0 18.2-26.3 23 3.2 2.0- 5.1 181 27.1 23.3-31.4 326 47.7 42.9-52.4
Eastern NC 618 136 25.2 21.0-29.9 29 4.9 3.2- 7.3 141 20.6 17.2-24.5 312 49.3 44.6-54.1

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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