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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford County

Risk Factors

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 6,720 1,236 21.2 19.6-22.8 299 5.1 4.2- 6.2 1,736 24.1 22.6-25.6 3,449 49.7 47.8-51.6
Guilford County 423 70 16.9 12.9-21.9 15 4.0 2.0- 7.9 113 26.2 21.6-31.5 225 52.8 46.9-58.6
GENDER
Male 154 33 21.1 14.6-29.5 5 4.5 1.4-13.5 56 32.9 25.1-41.8 60 41.4 32.7-50.7
Female 269 37 12.9 8.7-18.9 10 3.6 1.9- 6.7 57 19.9 15.1-25.8 165 63.6 56.5-70.2
RACE
White 280 48 17.9 13.1-24.0 10 3.1 1.6- 5.7 82 28.6 22.9-35.0 140 50.4 43.6-57.2
Other 139 22 15.5 9.2-25.0 5 5.7 1.7-16.9 30 22.2 14.8-31.9 82 56.6 45.7-66.9
AGE
18-44 180 38 20.5 14.2-28.7 9 5.9 2.5-13.5 21 13.2 8.3-20.4 112 60.4 51.2-68.9
45+ 237 32 13.4 9.0-19.4 6 2.1 0.9- 4.7 92 41.1 34.0-48.6 107 43.4 36.4-50.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 42 25.5 18.4-34.3 9 6.9 2.8-16.0 44 26.3 18.8-35.5 78 41.3 32.8-50.4
Some College + 250 28 10.7 6.7-16.7 6 2.0 0.9- 4.5 69 26.2 20.5-32.8 147 61.1 53.7-67.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 40 19.8 13.9-27.5 11 7.2 3.2-15.2 54 26.5 20.0-34.2 98 46.5 38.4-54.8
$50,000+ 126 18 14.3 8.3-23.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 33 25.3 17.6-34.9 74 59.7 49.1-69.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 68 19.4 15.0-24.7 20 4.2 2.6- 6.7 112 25.2 20.6-30.3 212 51.3 45.6-56.9
Forsyth 464 96 21.3 16.9-26.4 20 4.4 2.7- 7.2 123 24.6 20.5-29.3 225 49.7 44.3-55.0
Henderson/Transylvania 472 74 16.9 13.2-21.4 24 5.9 3.6- 9.4 146 30.9 25.2-37.2 228 46.3 40.5-52.2
Mecklenburg 447 58 15.4 11.1-21.1 23 4.0 2.5- 6.4 103 20.2 16.1-25.0 263 60.4 54.2-66.3
Orange 441 49 9.3 6.7-12.7 14 3.5 1.9- 6.4 113 20.1 16.1-24.8 265 67.1 61.1-72.6
Pitt 418 76 18.3 14.4-23.0 21 6.1 4.4- 8.4 97 23.0 17.6-29.4 224 52.6 46.6-58.6
Randolph 429 91 23.5 18.5-29.4 22 4.1 2.6- 6.6 100 26.0 20.9-32.0 216 46.3 40.5-52.2
Robeson 444 92 24.8 19.7-30.8 23 5.3 3.4- 8.3 104 19.4 15.7-23.8 225 50.4 44.4-56.4
Wake 431 62 16.3 12.4-21.1 15 4.5 2.4- 8.3 103 22.3 18.1-27.1 251 57.0 51.3-62.4
Western NC 656 150 25.2 21.3-29.6 28 5.1 3.2- 8.1 180 26.2 22.6-30.2 298 43.5 39.0-48.0
Piedmont NC 885 198 24.4 21.0-28.2 35 5.2 3.3- 8.3 221 23.3 20.1-26.9 431 47.0 42.8-51.3
Eastern NC 798 152 21.1 17.8-24.8 39 5.8 4.0- 8.4 221 25.3 22.0-29.0 386 47.7 43.5-52.0

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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, 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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