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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

How old were you the first time you smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 12 or under 13-14 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 3,037 675 21.7 19.7-23.9 557 21.1 18.8-23.6 797 27.2 24.8-29.7 485 15.1 13.2-17.3 523 14.9 13.1-16.8
GENDER
Male 1,423 414 25.8 22.8-29.0 280 21.9 18.6-25.5 356 25.5 22.2-29.1 171 14.3 11.5-17.6 202 12.6 10.3-15.4
Female 1,614 261 16.4 13.8-19.2 277 20.1 17.0-23.5 441 29.4 26.1-32.9 314 16.3 13.9-19.0 321 17.9 15.5-20.6
RACE
White 2,418 572 23.1 20.8-25.6 467 22.3 19.7-25.1 632 27.5 24.8-30.4 377 14.4 12.2-16.8 370 12.7 10.9-14.8
African American 395 59 17.1 11.9-23.8 49 13.5 8.7-20.5 106 27.2 20.9-34.5 67 14.5 10.5-19.7 114 27.7 21.8-34.5
Asian 18 1 13.6 2.0-55.4 4 27.5 8.1-62.2 3 29.8 9.4-63.3 3 12.5 2.8-41.1 7 16.7 6.0-38.4
Native American 79 25 28.3 14.6-47.7 11 12.5 5.3-26.7 23 33.7 18.3-53.6 9 8.9 2.9-24.4 11 16.6 5.9-38.8
Other Minorities 107 14 13.0 6.8-23.5 24 25.8 15.2-40.4 26 19.7 11.5-31.5 24 29.3 18.2-43.5 19 12.2 6.9-20.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 105 11 13.1 6.0-26.4 28 27.5 16.4-42.2 27 19.7 11.6-31.5 22 21.7 12.3-35.4 17 17.9 8.6-33.7
-English Speaking 56 7 22.1 8.4-46.8 15 25.9 13.6-43.8 16 28.8 14.9-48.3 12 13.9 5.4-31.0 6 9.2 3.1-24.1
-Spanish Speaking 49 4 7.3 2.2-21.5 13 28.4 13.5-50.4 11 13.9 6.0-28.9 10 26.8 13.3-46.8 11 23.6 9.8-46.7
Non-Hispanic 2,929 663 22.2 20.1-24.4 529 20.8 18.4-23.3 770 27.6 25.2-30.2 461 14.7 12.7-16.9 506 14.7 13.0-16.6
AGE
18-24 186 47 17.4 11.9-24.8 48 30.4 21.6-41.0 62 32.7 24.1-42.8 24 16.4 9.1-27.6 5 3.0 1.0- 8.7
25-34 429 94 18.8 14.2-24.5 98 22.4 16.8-29.2 123 33.1 26.8-40.2 57 12.8 9.0-17.8 57 12.9 8.6-18.7
35-44 585 144 23.6 19.0-29.0 138 23.7 19.1-29.0 149 25.7 21.0-31.0 77 13.2 9.3-18.3 77 13.9 10.4-18.3
45-54 673 127 20.2 16.1-25.0 136 19.1 15.0-23.9 183 31.6 26.2-37.6 117 14.7 11.1-19.3 110 14.3 11.0-18.6
55-64 525 138 26.9 21.9-32.7 71 16.7 12.4-22.1 122 20.6 16.3-25.6 85 16.9 12.8-22.1 109 18.9 14.2-24.6
65-74 400 83 23.7 17.9-30.6 50 16.0 11.2-22.2 95 19.0 14.3-24.9 74 17.7 12.8-24.0 98 23.6 18.3-29.9
75+ 223 42 22.2 15.0-31.7 12 12.7 4.2-32.7 60 20.1 13.9-28.2 47 18.0 11.9-26.2 62 27.0 19.0-36.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 523 153 28.7 23.3-34.9 98 22.3 17.1-28.6 133 24.7 19.4-30.9 58 12.2 7.7-18.7 81 12.1 8.6-16.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,007 225 22.2 18.7-26.1 197 22.5 18.5-27.0 268 26.5 22.5-30.8 154 15.2 12.1-19.0 163 13.7 10.9-17.0
Some Post-H.S. 734 149 18.5 15.0-22.6 145 22.1 17.7-27.2 209 30.9 26.0-36.3 107 13.4 10.0-17.8 124 15.1 11.8-19.1
College Graduate 768 147 17.9 14.4-22.0 116 15.8 12.1-20.3 187 26.4 21.9-31.5 165 20.1 16.1-24.9 153 19.8 15.8-24.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 331 90 27.4 20.4-35.8 59 23.5 15.0-34.8 73 21.0 14.8-28.9 40 11.4 6.7-18.5 69 16.8 11.6-23.7
$15,000- 24,999 556 119 19.7 15.2-25.2 106 23.6 18.1-30.0 138 25.6 19.9-32.3 87 12.7 9.3-17.0 106 18.4 13.8-24.0
$25,000- 34,999 409 99 22.3 17.2-28.4 76 23.8 17.9-31.0 113 25.4 19.7-32.1 63 16.6 11.3-23.7 58 11.9 8.3-16.9
$35,000- 49,999 437 90 19.7 14.7-25.9 90 19.6 14.6-25.7 110 29.7 23.3-37.0 70 13.6 9.2-19.8 77 17.4 12.8-23.2
$50,000-74,999 316 72 22.7 17.0-29.6 62 21.6 15.7-29.0 90 30.2 23.3-38.2 51 14.5 9.6-21.2 41 11.0 7.3-16.3
$75,000+ 352 62 18.4 13.4-24.6 66 20.3 14.8-27.2 108 33.1 26.6-40.4 70 17.4 12.8-23.3 46 10.8 7.3-15.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 188 47 30.9 23.2-39.8 34 16.8 11.2-24.5 52 26.6 20.1-34.2 24 12.8 8.4-19.2 31 12.9 8.8-18.7
Forsyth 229 39 17.2 12.3-23.6 55 24.0 18.1-31.2 52 28.0 20.7-36.7 41 15.1 10.7-20.8 42 15.7 11.2-21.4
Guilford 181 37 27.3 19.6-36.6 33 18.3 12.4-26.3 44 22.4 15.8-30.7 35 19.0 13.3-26.6 32 13.0 8.7-19.0
Henderson/Transylvania 233 53 28.9 20.2-39.4 36 14.7 9.9-21.2 69 26.4 20.1-33.8 39 15.2 10.2-22.1 36 14.8 10.1-21.2
Mecklenburg 178 25 12.4 7.8-19.2 30 24.6 16.9-34.2 54 28.1 20.8-36.8 34 20.6 12.5-31.9 35 14.3 9.8-20.5
Orange 163 36 25.0 18.1-33.4 30 21.1 14.5-29.6 39 23.1 16.6-31.2 30 15.3 10.4-22.0 28 15.5 10.3-22.7
Pitt 180 39 20.9 14.8-28.7 36 21.2 14.2-30.4 38 20.7 14.0-29.5 40 23.1 14.3-35.2 27 14.1 9.2-21.0
Randolph 198 61 33.9 24.3-44.9 33 16.2 11.2-22.8 54 30.8 20.3-43.7 24 9.4 6.0-14.4 26 9.8 6.3-15.0
Robeson 192 41 21.7 15.5-29.5 27 14.9 9.7-22.1 58 29.8 22.1-38.9 27 13.8 8.3-21.9 39 19.8 13.7-27.8
Wake 168 38 20.9 14.8-28.7 24 16.2 10.0-25.2 49 28.1 21.0-36.6 28 18.3 12.2-26.4 29 16.5 10.8-24.3
Western NC 330 90 28.8 23.4-34.9 65 19.3 14.9-24.6 77 24.8 19.6-30.9 47 12.8 9.0-18.0 51 14.3 10.2-19.6
Piedmont NC 419 96 22.1 17.7-27.1 71 20.4 15.6-26.3 112 26.9 22.0-32.6 70 16.8 12.5-22.3 70 13.8 10.5-18.0
Eastern NC 378 73 18.6 14.6-23.4 83 24.6 19.6-30.3 99 28.8 23.6-34.6 46 11.6 8.4-15.8 77 16.4 12.6-21.1

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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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