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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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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%)
TOTAL 1,021 654 65.7 61.2-70.0 112 10.1 7.8-13.0 67 6.6 4.7- 9.3 188 17.5 14.2-21.3
GENDER
Male 365 209 57.6 50.1-64.9 47 10.8 7.1-16.1 33 9.4 5.8-14.9 76 22.1 16.2-29.4
Female 656 445 71.8 66.7-76.4 65 9.6 6.9-13.1 34 4.6 2.8- 7.3 112 14.0 10.8-18.0
AGE
18-24 87 56 67.8 52.0-80.4 15 14.0 6.6-27.4 5 7.8 2.5-21.7 11 10.4 3.9-24.9
25-34 189 130 66.4 55.4-75.8 25 10.6 6.4-17.0 8 5.7 2.2-13.8 26 17.3 9.9-28.7
35-44 231 156 72.9 63.9-80.3 26 9.2 5.6-14.6 14 4.0 1.9- 8.1 35 13.9 8.1-22.8
45-54 216 131 60.5 51.1-69.1 24 12.2 7.3-19.7 15 6.7 3.5-12.5 46 20.6 14.2-28.9
55-64 125 68 53.5 41.1-65.5 14 11.3 5.2-23.0 15 13.4 6.6-25.4 28 21.8 13.4-33.3
65-74 94 59 66.2 52.9-77.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 5 5.8 2.1-14.9 28 27.6 17.6-40.5
75+ 63 43 69.0 52.9-81.5 4 3.6 0.8-14.6 4 7.9 2.7-20.7 12 19.4 9.8-34.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 193 117 59.2 48.0-69.5 19 6.3 3.3-11.6 17 11.9 6.0-22.2 40 22.6 14.8-33.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 342 201 60.8 52.8-68.3 46 12.3 8.2-18.2 24 6.9 3.9-11.9 71 20.0 14.3-27.3
Some Post-H.S. 278 184 70.1 61.5-77.5 33 11.8 7.3-18.6 13 2.7 1.2- 6.0 48 15.4 10.0-23.0
College Graduate 202 150 77.1 68.7-83.8 14 7.4 3.9-13.8 11 5.9 2.8-12.1 27 9.6 5.6-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 91 65.7 53.0-76.5 10 4.3 1.6-11.3 6 4.7 1.3-15.5 38 25.3 16.1-37.5
$15,000- 24,999 232 139 61.8 51.3-71.3 29 12.5 7.6-19.9 20 10.0 5.0-18.9 44 15.7 9.4-25.1
$25,000- 34,999 159 106 72.1 60.4-81.3 23 9.1 5.1-16.0 9 4.5 1.9-10.3 21 14.3 7.3-26.0
$35,000- 49,999 123 72 53.2 39.9-66.0 15 15.6 7.4-29.8 10 8.5 3.9-17.4 26 22.8 12.9-36.9
$50,000-74,999 62 41 77.2 61.9-87.7 6 4.8 1.7-12.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 14 16.7 8.0-31.6
$75,000+ 59 46 81.1 66.2-90.4 6 9.4 3.8-21.6 3 2.2 0.6- 7.3 4 7.4 2.1-22.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 14 62.2 39.5-80.6 3 9.5 2.4-30.8 1 3.7 0.5-22.3 6 24.7 10.3-48.2
Forsyth 94 51 55.6 43.7-66.9 12 16.8 9.0-29.0 6 3.9 1.6- 8.9 25 23.8 15.5-34.7
Guilford 113 74 67.2 55.5-77.0 13 15.0 8.2-26.0 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5 21 15.6 9.4-24.8
Henderson/Transylvania 12 10 88.4 54.8-97.9 2 11.6 2.1-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 131 91 68.0 58.1-76.5 14 12.0 6.6-21.0 7 5.8 2.5-12.7 19 14.1 8.8-22.0
Orange 40 25 57.2 38.2-74.3 7 22.8 10.1-43.7 3 9.3 2.9-26.2 5 10.7 3.8-26.7
Pitt 107 65 59.1 48.8-68.6 14 18.8 13.0-26.4 10 6.5 3.2-12.6 18 15.7 9.1-25.8
Randolph 17 10 53.3 26.2-78.6 2 9.4 1.9-35.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 37.3 14.5-67.7
Robeson 90 60 57.0 40.8-71.8 12 23.0 9.8-45.3 5 9.0 3.5-21.4 13 10.9 5.8-19.7
Wake 72 59 83.3 70.8-91.1 4 3.8 1.3-10.5 3 4.0 1.0-14.6 6 8.8 3.5-20.4
Western NC 23 10 40.4 21.5-62.7 3 15.0 3.6-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 44.6 24.3-66.8
Piedmont NC 112 57 56.8 45.1-67.8 14 9.5 5.1-17.0 11 9.0 4.5-17.5 30 24.7 16.3-35.6
Eastern NC 186 128 69.0 60.0-76.8 12 7.7 4.0-14.4 16 7.8 4.2-13.8 30 15.5 9.8-23.8

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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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