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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.#		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,720 5,185 73.8 72.0-75.4 1,535 26.2 24.6-28.0
GENDER
Male 2,602 1,905 69.5 66.6-72.2 697 30.5 27.8-33.4
Female 4,118 3,280 77.7 75.7-79.7 838 22.3 20.3-24.3
RACE
White 5,088 3,912 72.4 70.3-74.3 1,176 27.6 25.7-29.7
African American 1,056 827 77.4 73.1-81.1 229 22.6 18.9-26.9
Asian 78 66 83.7 68.4-92.4 12 16.3 7.6-31.6
Native American 185 141 78.7 67.5-86.8 44 21.3 13.2-32.5
Other Minorities 266 197 75.0 66.5-82.0 69 25.0 18.0-33.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 297 232 77.3 68.7-84.1 65 22.7 15.9-31.3
-English Speaking 126 95 67.4 53.4-78.9 31 32.6 21.1-46.6
-Spanish Speaking 171 137 81.1 70.1-88.8 34 18.9 11.2-29.9
Non-Hispanic 6,411 4,941 73.4 71.6-75.1 1,470 26.6 24.9-28.4
AGE
18-24 485 326 63.3 56.4-69.8 159 36.7 30.2-43.6
25-34 1,138 843 71.2 67.0-75.1 295 28.8 24.9-33.0
35-44 1,317 959 70.1 66.3-73.6 358 29.9 26.4-33.7
45-54 1,329 982 74.1 70.4-77.5 347 25.9 22.5-29.6
55-64 970 757 78.2 74.3-81.7 213 21.8 18.3-25.7
65-74 798 683 83.8 79.4-87.3 115 16.2 12.7-20.6
75+ 619 580 89.6 81.4-94.4 39 10.4 5.6-18.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,081 775 68.1 63.3-72.5 306 31.9 27.5-36.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,977 1,383 67.7 64.4-70.9 594 32.3 29.1-35.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,568 1,180 72.6 68.9-75.9 388 27.4 24.1-31.1
College Graduate 2,075 1,830 86.6 84.1-88.7 245 13.4 11.3-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 678 472 65.8 59.1-72.0 206 34.2 28.0-40.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,097 744 65.5 60.7-70.0 353 34.5 30.0-39.3
$25,000- 34,999 816 592 71.7 66.7-76.2 224 28.3 23.8-33.3
$35,000- 49,999 897 681 72.0 67.1-76.5 216 28.0 23.5-32.9
$50,000-74,999 744 619 79.0 74.1-83.2 125 21.0 16.8-25.9
$75,000+ 878 763 84.5 80.5-87.7 115 15.5 12.3-19.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 324 76.4 71.0-81.0 88 23.6 19.0-29.0
Forsyth 464 348 74.3 69.0-79.0 116 25.7 21.0-31.0
Guilford 423 338 79.0 73.6-83.6 85 21.0 16.4-26.4
Henderson/Transylvania 472 374 77.3 72.2-81.7 98 22.7 18.3-27.8
Mecklenburg 447 366 80.6 74.8-85.3 81 19.4 14.7-25.2
Orange 441 378 87.2 83.1-90.5 63 12.8 9.5-16.9
Pitt 418 321 75.6 70.7-80.0 97 24.4 20.0-29.3
Randolph 429 316 72.3 66.4-77.5 113 27.7 22.5-33.6
Robeson 444 329 69.8 63.8-75.2 115 30.2 24.8-36.2
Wake 431 354 79.2 73.9-83.7 77 20.8 16.3-26.1
Western NC 656 478 69.7 65.1-73.9 178 30.3 26.1-34.9
Piedmont NC 885 652 70.3 66.3-74.1 233 29.7 25.9-33.7
Eastern NC 798 607 73.1 69.1-76.7 191 26.9 23.3-30.9

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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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