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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford County

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,720 5,185 73.8 72.0-75.4 1,535 26.2 24.6-28.0
Guilford County 423 338 79.0 73.6-83.6 85 21.0 16.4-26.4
GENDER
Male 154 116 74.4 65.2-81.8 38 25.6 18.2-34.8
Female 269 222 83.5 77.4-88.2 47 16.5 11.8-22.6
RACE
White 280 222 79.0 72.8-84.1 58 21.0 15.9-27.2
Other 139 112 78.8 67.9-86.7 27 21.2 13.3-32.1
AGE
18-44 180 133 73.6 64.6-80.9 47 26.4 19.1-35.4
45+ 237 199 84.5 78.4-89.1 38 15.5 10.9-21.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 122 67.6 58.1-75.9 51 32.4 24.1-41.9
Some College + 250 216 87.3 81.2-91.6 34 12.7 8.4-18.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 152 73.0 64.4-80.2 51 27.0 19.8-35.6
$50,000+ 126 107 85.0 75.9-91.1 19 15.0 8.9-24.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 324 76.4 71.0-81.0 88 23.6 19.0-29.0
Forsyth 464 348 74.3 69.0-79.0 116 25.7 21.0-31.0
Henderson/Transylvania 472 374 77.3 72.2-81.7 98 22.7 18.3-27.8
Mecklenburg 447 366 80.6 74.8-85.3 81 19.4 14.7-25.2
Orange 441 378 87.2 83.1-90.5 63 12.8 9.5-16.9
Pitt 418 321 75.6 70.7-80.0 97 24.4 20.0-29.3
Randolph 429 316 72.3 66.4-77.5 113 27.7 22.5-33.6
Robeson 444 329 69.8 63.8-75.2 115 30.2 24.8-36.2
Wake 431 354 79.2 73.9-83.7 77 20.8 16.3-26.1
Western NC 656 478 69.7 65.1-73.9 178 30.3 26.1-34.9
Piedmont NC 885 652 70.3 66.3-74.1 233 29.7 25.9-33.7
Eastern NC 798 607 73.1 69.1-76.7 191 26.9 23.3-30.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

#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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