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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,056 827 77.4 73.1-81.1 229 22.6 18.9-26.9
GENDER
Male 369 248 63.2 55.5-70.3 121 36.8 29.7-44.5
Female 687 579 87.8 84.1-90.7 108 12.2 9.3-15.9
AGE
18-24 92 74 74.9 58.9-86.1 18 25.1 13.9-41.1
25-34 193 150 74.8 63.9-83.3 43 25.2 16.7-36.1
35-44 238 167 74.3 65.3-81.7 71 25.7 18.3-34.7
45-54 220 166 77.9 69.4-84.6 54 22.1 15.4-30.6
55-64 128 99 72.9 60.8-82.4 29 27.1 17.6-39.2
65-74 95 88 89.7 74.6-96.3 7 10.3 3.7-25.4
75+ 69 65 94.5 83.3-98.4 4 5.5 1.6-16.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 202 154 71.9 60.7-80.9 48 28.1 19.1-39.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 356 255 74.3 66.8-80.6 101 25.7 19.4-33.2
Some Post-H.S. 283 229 78.3 69.3-85.2 54 21.7 14.8-30.7
College Graduate 206 182 89.0 82.0-93.5 24 11.0 6.5-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 104 69.6 56.2-80.4 46 30.4 19.6-43.8
$15,000- 24,999 237 174 71.7 61.2-80.3 63 28.3 19.7-38.8
$25,000- 34,999 164 127 79.9 68.5-87.9 37 20.1 12.1-31.5
$35,000- 49,999 125 105 74.0 58.3-85.2 20 26.0 14.8-41.7
$50,000-74,999 63 52 84.3 68.4-93.0 11 15.7 7.0-31.6
$75,000+ 59 51 89.5 77.7-95.4 8 10.5 4.6-22.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 19 71.9 50.1-86.7 8 28.1 13.3-49.9
Forsyth 96 70 76.6 65.8-84.8 26 23.4 15.2-34.2
Guilford 118 93 78.4 66.6-86.9 25 21.6 13.1-33.4
Henderson/Transylvania 11 9 88.1 53.9-97.9 2 11.9 2.1-46.1
Mecklenburg 133 109 82.4 73.9-88.5 24 17.6 11.5-26.1
Orange 42 34 82.6 66.3-92.0 8 17.4 8.0-33.7
Pitt 112 84 69.9 60.5-77.9 28 30.1 22.1-39.5
Randolph 16 15 93.3 63.9-99.1 1 6.7 0.9-36.1
Robeson 96 76 79.7 68.6-87.7 20 20.3 12.3-31.4
Wake 74 62 85.2 73.3-92.4 12 14.8 7.6-26.7
Western NC 23 15 59.7 36.1-79.6 8 40.3 20.4-63.9
Piedmont NC 115 81 72.3 61.2-81.2 34 27.7 18.8-38.8
Eastern NC 193 160 77.6 68.5-84.7 33 22.4 15.3-31.5

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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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