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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

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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 6,584 4,377 66.1 64.3-67.9 608 8.9 7.9-10.0 433 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,166 16.9 15.6-18.3
GENDER
Male 2,558 1,657 65.6 62.7-68.4 222 7.9 6.5- 9.5 207 9.8 7.9-12.1 472 16.7 14.7-18.9
Female 4,026 2,720 66.6 64.3-68.7 386 9.9 8.6-11.3 226 6.4 5.3- 7.8 694 17.1 15.4-18.9
RACE
White 5,009 3,330 65.0 62.9-67.0 429 8.3 7.3- 9.6 339 8.8 7.4-10.4 911 17.9 16.4-19.6
African American 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
Asian 72 53 78.6 63.1-88.7 6 6.8 2.3-18.5 3 6.1 1.4-23.0 10 8.5 3.3-20.1
Native American 178 107 64.8 51.9-75.8 29 17.6 10.2-28.7 9 2.0 0.9- 4.2 33 15.6 8.0-28.2
Other Minorities 262 209 78.9 70.3-85.6 28 11.1 6.9-17.3 10 5.8 2.2-14.7 15 4.1 1.8- 9.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 288 220 78.5 70.2-84.9 28 9.3 5.6-14.9 15 8.4 4.0-16.7 25 3.9 2.3- 6.5
-English Speaking 120 75 64.4 51.1-75.8 15 12.2 6.4-22.1 9 12.4 5.0-27.7 21 11.0 6.3-18.4
-Spanish Speaking 168 145 83.8 73.1-90.8 13 8.1 4.1-15.7 6 6.8 2.3-18.5 4 1.2 0.3- 4.5
Non-Hispanic 6,285 4,151 65.2 63.3-67.0 578 8.9 7.9-10.0 418 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,138 17.8 16.5-19.3
AGE
18-24 468 322 67.5 60.3-74.0 46 8.4 5.6-12.5 27 10.7 6.1-18.0 73 13.4 9.6-18.3
25-34 1,117 834 73.2 69.1-76.9 99 8.3 6.3-10.8 52 6.4 4.3- 9.4 132 12.1 9.5-15.4
35-44 1,296 880 67.2 63.2-70.9 154 11.5 9.2-14.3 71 6.0 4.2- 8.5 191 15.4 12.6-18.6
45-54 1,301 827 61.6 57.5-65.5 108 8.7 6.6-11.3 123 9.6 7.4-12.3 243 20.2 17.1-23.6
55-64 960 585 60.2 55.6-64.6 94 8.9 6.7-11.7 74 10.1 7.4-13.7 207 20.8 17.4-24.7
65-74 786 501 62.4 57.4-67.2 63 7.5 5.2-10.7 49 8.0 5.7-11.2 173 22.0 18.2-26.4
75+ 599 389 67.3 61.5-72.7 39 6.2 4.0- 9.5 32 6.5 4.0-10.4 139 19.9 15.9-24.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,045 588 57.6 52.7-62.4 112 9.2 7.0-12.1 103 13.5 10.1-17.7 242 19.7 16.4-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,925 1,126 60.0 56.6-63.2 234 10.4 8.6-12.5 162 9.1 7.3-11.4 403 20.5 18.0-23.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,547 1,033 65.9 62.0-69.6 156 9.9 8.0-12.3 95 7.2 4.8-10.7 263 17.0 14.3-20.0
College Graduate 2,050 1,622 80.2 77.6-82.6 105 5.9 4.5- 7.6 71 3.7 2.7- 5.1 252 10.2 8.5-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 659 371 57.9 51.5-64.1 61 7.4 5.0-10.9 57 10.6 6.9-15.9 170 24.1 19.2-29.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,077 631 61.5 56.7-66.0 140 11.1 8.7-14.1 93 10.6 7.8-14.2 213 16.8 13.7-20.3
$25,000- 34,999 794 479 60.9 55.6-66.0 93 10.8 7.9-14.7 68 8.8 6.4-12.0 154 19.5 15.7-24.0
$35,000- 49,999 887 603 65.7 60.9-70.3 78 9.8 7.1-13.2 63 7.6 5.3-10.7 143 17.0 13.5-21.0
$50,000-74,999 739 538 69.1 63.1-74.5 55 7.0 4.8-10.0 41 9.2 5.2-15.8 105 14.7 11.4-18.8
$75,000+ 873 689 81.5 77.8-84.7 49 4.5 3.1- 6.4 24 3.2 1.9- 5.3 111 10.8 8.4-13.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 276 64.0 58.0-69.6 44 12.5 8.7-17.7 20 4.5 2.8- 7.2 67 19.0 14.5-24.4
Forsyth 459 286 61.7 56.1-67.0 53 12.0 8.9-15.9 28 7.1 4.2-11.7 92 19.2 15.3-23.9
Guilford 413 282 70.3 64.7-75.3 33 9.1 6.0-13.5 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 71 15.5 11.9-20.0
Henderson/Transylvania 462 315 68.1 62.5-73.2 32 9.2 6.0-13.7 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 89 17.3 13.6-21.7
Mecklenburg 438 338 77.4 72.2-81.9 29 6.6 4.2-10.2 16 5.0 2.9- 8.8 55 10.9 8.1-14.7
Orange 431 336 72.2 62.9-79.9 28 11.7 5.2-24.2 13 2.8 1.4- 5.5 54 13.3 9.5-18.4
Pitt 411 283 69.7 64.4-74.6 40 11.6 8.8-15.3 29 6.0 3.9- 9.3 59 12.6 9.4-16.7
Randolph 420 258 62.3 55.1-69.0 47 10.1 7.2-13.9 35 8.1 5.6-11.5 80 19.5 13.6-27.1
Robeson 428 252 57.3 51.0-63.4 59 17.7 12.7-24.1 32 7.2 4.8-10.6 85 17.9 13.8-22.8
Wake 423 332 78.5 73.3-82.8 26 5.8 3.8- 8.9 20 5.4 3.2- 9.0 45 10.3 7.3-14.4
Western NC 643 383 58.6 54.0-63.1 60 9.0 6.6-12.1 50 8.6 6.4-11.6 150 23.8 20.0-28.1
Piedmont NC 869 525 62.7 58.4-66.7 92 10.1 8.0-12.8 74 10.3 7.4-14.0 178 16.9 14.3-19.9
Eastern NC 780 511 65.1 61.0-69.1 65 7.6 5.7-10.0 63 9.0 6.8-11.7 141 18.3 15.2-21.8

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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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