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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,056 439 40.9 36.5-45.4 617 59.1 54.6-63.5
GENDER
Male 369 208 58.7 51.3-65.6 161 41.3 34.4-48.7
Female 687 231 27.9 23.4-32.8 456 72.1 67.2-76.6
AGE
18-24 92 20 26.4 14.9-42.2 72 73.6 57.8-85.1
25-34 193 60 33.5 24.2-44.4 133 66.5 55.6-75.8
35-44 238 102 38.9 30.3-48.2 136 61.1 51.8-69.7
45-54 220 104 46.0 36.9-55.5 116 54.0 44.5-63.1
55-64 128 71 63.6 51.2-74.4 57 36.4 25.6-48.8
65-74 95 50 51.7 38.0-65.1 45 48.3 34.9-62.0
75+ 69 27 42.7 28.4-58.4 42 57.3 41.6-71.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 202 102 54.3 43.3-64.9 100 45.7 35.1-56.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 356 163 41.5 34.1-49.3 193 58.5 50.7-65.9
Some Post-H.S. 283 105 36.6 28.4-45.6 178 63.4 54.4-71.6
College Graduate 206 64 31.1 23.1-40.5 142 68.9 59.5-76.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 81 49.5 37.0-62.1 69 50.5 37.9-63.0
$15,000- 24,999 237 108 43.3 33.5-53.6 129 56.7 46.4-66.5
$25,000- 34,999 164 62 34.0 24.0-45.7 102 66.0 54.3-76.0
$35,000- 49,999 125 47 46.5 33.7-59.9 78 53.5 40.1-66.3
$50,000-74,999 63 20 26.5 14.7-43.0 43 73.5 57.0-85.3
$75,000+ 59 19 27.3 15.1-44.2 40 72.7 55.8-84.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 14 50.8 30.3-71.1 13 49.2 28.9-69.7
Forsyth 96 47 46.1 34.9-57.8 49 53.9 42.2-65.1
Guilford 118 49 40.5 29.7-52.3 69 59.5 47.7-70.3
Henderson/Transylvania 11 6 78.2 39.1-95.2 5 21.8 4.8-60.9
Mecklenburg 133 42 29.6 21.7-39.0 91 70.4 61.0-78.3
Orange 42 16 26.1 14.5-42.3 26 73.9 57.7-85.5
Pitt 112 45 43.5 34.0-53.6 67 56.5 46.4-66.0
Randolph 16 4 19.4 6.5-45.5 12 80.6 54.5-93.5
Robeson 96 42 39.4 27.4-52.8 54 60.6 47.2-72.6
Wake 74 25 33.9 21.5-49.0 49 66.1 51.0-78.5
Western NC 23 12 51.3 29.7-72.5 11 48.7 27.5-70.3
Piedmont NC 115 55 45.0 33.9-56.6 60 55.0 43.4-66.1
Eastern NC 193 82 42.8 34.5-51.6 111 57.2 48.4-65.5

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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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