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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Tobacco Indicators

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  Total
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
Forsyth County 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
GENDER
Male 175 112 63.2 54.2-71.4 21 10.7 6.6-16.8 12 9.5 4.5-18.9 30 16.6 11.1-24.1
Female 284 174 60.2 53.4-66.7 32 13.2 9.0-18.8 16 4.9 2.9- 8.2 62 21.7 16.5-28.0
RACE
White 341 214 60.8 54.2-67.0 40 11.2 8.0-15.5 22 8.7 4.9-14.9 65 19.3 14.6-25.1
Other 114 68 62.6 51.9-72.2 13 14.6 8.1-25.1 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 27 19.8 13.0-28.9
AGE
18-44 196 131 64.2 55.4-72.1 23 12.6 8.1-19.3 10 8.0 3.5-17.4 32 15.2 10.2-22.1
45+ 258 151 58.4 51.3-65.2 30 11.6 7.9-16.7 17 6.3 3.7-10.5 60 23.8 18.1-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 93 44.9 36.6-53.5 31 16.6 11.3-23.6 16 10.7 5.4-20.2 51 27.8 20.6-36.4
Some College + 267 192 75.5 69.4-80.7 22 8.2 5.1-13.0 12 4.1 2.1- 7.8 41 12.2 8.8-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 122 54.6 46.2-62.7 27 12.0 7.9-18.0 22 13.7 7.8-22.9 47 19.7 14.1-26.8
$50,000+ 140 96 67.9 58.2-76.3 17 12.5 7.5-20.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 25 18.4 11.6-27.9
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
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
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

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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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