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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

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Respond.#
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,584 4,377 66.1 64.3-67.9 608 8.9 7.9-10.0 433 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,166 16.9 15.6-18.3
Eastern NC 780 511 65.1 61.0-69.1 65 7.6 5.7-10.0 63 9.0 6.8-11.7 141 18.3 15.2-21.8
GENDER
Male 281 176 63.8 57.0-70.1 19 5.4 3.1- 9.3 31 10.6 7.2-15.4 55 20.1 15.2-26.1
Female 499 335 66.3 61.1-71.1 46 9.5 6.9-13.0 32 7.6 5.1-11.0 86 16.6 13.0-21.0
RACE
White 538 343 62.3 57.4-67.0 46 7.7 5.6-10.6 46 10.1 7.4-13.6 103 19.9 16.2-24.2
Other 238 168 71.9 64.0-78.6 18 7.3 4.2-12.5 17 6.8 3.7-12.1 35 13.9 9.1-20.8
AGE
18-44 345 241 68.7 62.6-74.3 33 8.1 5.5-11.9 21 7.2 4.6-11.3 50 15.9 11.7-21.3
45+ 429 266 60.9 55.4-66.1 30 6.6 4.3- 9.9 42 11.2 8.0-15.4 91 21.3 17.2-26.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 414 250 59.2 53.3-64.9 35 7.6 5.2-11.0 43 12.3 8.9-16.8 86 20.9 16.5-26.1
Some College + 364 260 72.3 66.5-77.4 30 7.7 5.0-11.5 19 4.9 2.9- 8.0 55 15.2 11.3-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 443 279 62.4 56.7-67.7 40 8.1 5.6-11.6 39 10.4 7.3-14.4 85 19.1 15.0-24.0
$50,000+ 136 95 72.5 63.5-80.0 11 6.2 3.0-12.3 10 6.9 3.5-13.2 20 14.3 9.0-22.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 276 64.0 58.0-69.6 44 12.5 8.7-17.7 20 4.5 2.8- 7.2 67 19.0 14.5-24.4
Forsyth 459 286 61.7 56.1-67.0 53 12.0 8.9-15.9 28 7.1 4.2-11.7 92 19.2 15.3-23.9
Guilford 413 282 70.3 64.7-75.3 33 9.1 6.0-13.5 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 71 15.5 11.9-20.0
Henderson/Transylvania 462 315 68.1 62.5-73.2 32 9.2 6.0-13.7 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 89 17.3 13.6-21.7
Mecklenburg 438 338 77.4 72.2-81.9 29 6.6 4.2-10.2 16 5.0 2.9- 8.8 55 10.9 8.1-14.7
Orange 431 336 72.2 62.9-79.9 28 11.7 5.2-24.2 13 2.8 1.4- 5.5 54 13.3 9.5-18.4
Pitt 411 283 69.7 64.4-74.6 40 11.6 8.8-15.3 29 6.0 3.9- 9.3 59 12.6 9.4-16.7
Randolph 420 258 62.3 55.1-69.0 47 10.1 7.2-13.9 35 8.1 5.6-11.5 80 19.5 13.6-27.1
Robeson 428 252 57.3 51.0-63.4 59 17.7 12.7-24.1 32 7.2 4.8-10.6 85 17.9 13.8-22.8
Wake 423 332 78.5 73.3-82.8 26 5.8 3.8- 8.9 20 5.4 3.2- 9.0 45 10.3 7.3-14.4
Western NC 643 383 58.6 54.0-63.1 60 9.0 6.6-12.1 50 8.6 6.4-11.6 150 23.8 20.0-28.1
Piedmont NC 869 525 62.7 58.4-66.7 92 10.1 8.0-12.8 74 10.3 7.4-14.0 178 16.9 14.3-19.9

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#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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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