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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

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  Total
Respond.#
Within 6 months Within 1 year Within 5 years Within 10 years More than 10 years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,545 104 7.6 5.7-10.1 55 4.5 3.1- 6.5 266 18.0 15.3-21.0 147 9.3 7.4-11.6 973 60.6 56.9-64.2
GENDER
Male 747 52 7.5 5.2-10.8 24 4.1 2.4- 6.7 113 15.6 12.2-19.8 60 7.2 5.0-10.3 498 65.6 60.5-70.4
Female 798 52 7.8 5.0-11.9 31 5.0 2.9- 8.6 153 21.1 17.1-25.8 87 12.2 9.2-15.9 475 54.0 48.6-59.2
RACE
White 1,257 80 7.1 5.1- 9.7 42 4.1 2.7- 6.3 202 16.6 13.7-19.9 112 8.9 6.9-11.4 821 63.3 59.2-67.3
African American 187 16 9.8 4.8-18.8 7 3.3 1.3- 8.1 35 19.4 12.1-29.7 25 11.7 6.5-20.1 104 55.9 45.4-65.8
Asian 7 1 1.9 0.2-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 44.7 9.7-85.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 53.4 13.4-89.5
Native American 43 3 11.3 1.9-45.4 3 1.5 0.4- 5.4 11 34.6 15.6-60.3 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 22 49.8 26.4-73.3
Other Minorities 37 3 10.9 2.6-36.3 3 17.7 5.7-43.3 14 28.9 15.3-47.6 5 11.4 3.8-29.2 12 31.1 15.9-52.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 6 12.9 3.9-35.1 2 13.9 3.7-40.8 13 24.0 11.9-42.3 4 8.7 2.5-26.1 17 40.6 23.1-60.7
-English Speaking 27 3 7.6 2.2-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 27.6 10.5-55.4 3 10.5 2.4-35.4 13 54.3 29.4-77.3
-Spanish Speaking 15 3 16.2 3.5-50.7 2 22.9 6.1-57.6 5 21.6 7.9-46.9 1 7.5 1.0-38.7 4 31.7 12.1-61.0
Non-Hispanic 1,499 98 7.4 5.5- 9.9 53 4.0 2.8- 5.9 253 17.7 15.0-20.9 141 9.1 7.2-11.4 954 61.7 57.9-65.3
AGE
18-24 39 15 43.7 23.8-65.7 9 25.0 10.4-48.9 15 31.3 15.0-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 140 24 12.9 7.0-22.4 10 9.8 4.6-19.8 59 48.6 37.2-60.2 23 15.7 9.0-25.8 24 13.0 7.7-21.1
35-44 212 13 8.4 4.4-15.3 12 4.2 1.9- 9.0 52 21.0 14.5-29.5 33 15.8 10.1-23.8 102 50.7 41.1-60.2
45-54 322 26 7.3 4.1-12.7 13 3.0 1.5- 6.0 54 15.8 10.9-22.3 34 10.2 6.4-15.9 195 63.8 55.7-71.2
55-64 310 17 3.7 2.0- 6.8 8 3.1 1.3- 7.1 42 11.1 7.4-16.3 25 6.6 3.9-10.9 218 75.6 68.9-81.3
65-74 316 7 1.9 0.7- 4.7 3 1.1 0.2- 5.4 26 8.1 4.5-14.2 24 7.6 3.9-14.3 256 81.3 73.6-87.1
75+ 197 1 0.1 0.0- 1.1 0 0.0 . - . 16 8.9 4.9-15.5 7 3.8 1.5- 9.2 173 87.2 79.9-92.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 266 17 6.9 3.4-13.6 12 8.2 3.6-17.5 40 14.5 9.4-21.9 23 6.1 3.2-11.3 174 64.3 54.8-72.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 432 26 5.0 2.8- 8.8 19 5.0 3.0- 8.3 90 19.8 15.1-25.6 41 11.4 7.8-16.5 256 58.7 52.0-65.1
Some Post-H.S. 355 40 15.0 9.7-22.5 10 2.4 1.1- 5.1 60 19.2 13.5-26.6 33 8.5 5.4-13.2 212 54.8 47.0-62.4
College Graduate 489 21 4.4 2.5- 7.7 14 2.8 1.5- 5.3 76 17.0 12.7-22.4 49 9.7 6.4-14.5 329 66.1 59.6-72.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 13 13.6 5.3-30.7 4 1.9 0.5- 7.4 25 16.6 9.4-27.7 14 11.7 5.5-23.0 93 56.2 43.2-68.4
$15,000- 24,999 220 18 5.9 3.2-10.6 5 4.3 1.4-12.7 48 20.4 12.8-30.8 20 6.8 3.5-12.8 129 62.6 52.2-72.0
$25,000- 34,999 185 15 11.5 5.8-21.5 9 2.7 1.0- 6.6 46 27.4 18.8-38.1 16 8.5 4.2-16.2 99 50.0 39.4-60.6
$35,000- 49,999 216 12 7.9 3.7-16.0 10 5.4 2.8-10.3 35 17.5 11.6-25.7 31 12.0 7.3-19.2 128 57.1 47.1-66.6
$50,000-74,999 175 9 2.4 0.9- 5.9 5 2.8 0.9- 8.5 24 12.3 7.1-20.5 18 7.9 3.9-15.1 119 74.7 65.0-82.4
$75,000+ 217 8 4.3 1.7-10.5 6 2.9 1.2- 7.3 31 17.9 11.5-26.9 19 10.1 5.5-17.9 153 64.7 55.2-73.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 105 6 4.9 2.1-11.3 5 5.8 2.3-14.1 15 14.4 8.4-23.8 7 6.5 2.9-14.2 72 68.3 57.4-77.5
Forsyth 113 11 10.5 5.6-18.6 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 27 23.7 16.0-33.6 7 7.3 3.3-15.2 66 57.0 46.3-67.0
Guilford 98 7 5.8 2.6-12.2 6 11.6 4.9-24.9 15 15.8 9.0-26.2 10 12.1 6.0-22.7 60 54.8 42.8-66.2
Henderson/Transylvania 125 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0 3 6.4 1.6-21.9 21 14.0 8.4-22.3 11 15.7 5.1-39.2 85 61.2 45.7-74.7
Mecklenburg 91 8 13.5 5.8-28.2 4 10.5 3.5-28.0 17 17.9 10.4-29.1 4 3.2 1.1- 9.2 58 54.8 41.5-67.4
Orange 93 2 2.8 0.7-10.7 4 4.2 1.6-10.9 9 11.1 5.5-21.3 12 11.4 5.9-20.8 66 70.4 58.9-79.8
Pitt 86 11 11.0 5.3-21.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 17 18.5 10.7-30.1 11 10.3 5.2-19.3 46 58.3 42.9-72.2
Randolph 90 5 19.3 5.1-51.3 5 4.2 1.5-11.4 16 15.6 9.0-25.6 12 12.6 6.7-22.4 52 48.3 30.7-66.4
Robeson 98 5 5.2 1.8-14.4 4 2.6 0.9- 7.6 26 35.0 24.6-47.0 9 8.1 4.0-15.6 54 49.2 38.2-60.2
Wake 98 7 12.8 5.9-25.6 6 4.7 2.0-10.5 13 15.9 9.2-26.2 8 6.9 3.3-13.9 64 59.7 47.8-70.5
Western NC 155 10 6.9 3.4-13.5 4 3.8 1.4-10.1 25 17.0 11.2-25.0 18 11.8 7.3-18.6 98 60.4 51.5-68.7
Piedmont NC 198 13 4.0 1.9- 8.3 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 33 19.6 13.7-27.2 19 8.3 5.0-13.5 129 66.0 57.8-73.4
Eastern NC 195 14 8.4 4.5-15.2 7 4.6 1.9-10.8 32 17.1 11.7-24.5 19 10.9 6.7-17.3 123 58.9 50.5-66.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who were former smokers.

#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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