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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

How old were you when you first started smoking cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Never 14 or under 15-16 17-18 19 0r older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 392 23 3.9 2.4- 6.2 26 8.7 4.9-15.0 78 23.6 17.7-30.8 81 19.8 14.3-26.6 184 44.1 36.8-51.5
GENDER
Male 200 11 2.2 1.1- 4.4 21 12.6 6.8-22.0 38 20.5 13.6-29.8 41 20.0 12.8-29.7 89 44.7 34.9-54.9
Female 192 12 6.8 3.6-12.7 5 1.7 0.4- 6.3 40 29.2 19.8-40.8 40 19.4 12.7-28.5 95 42.9 33.5-52.9

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.

#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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