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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

How old were you when you first started smoking cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Never 14 or under 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 3,047 175 4.4 3.4- 5.5 339 12.0 10.4-13.8 670 24.1 21.9-26.6 777 27.9 25.4-30.5 1,086 31.6 29.2-34.2
GENDER
Male 1,431 65 3.5 2.4- 5.2 194 13.6 11.3-16.3 355 24.3 21.2-27.8 363 28.7 25.1-32.6 454 29.9 26.4-33.5
Female 1,616 110 5.5 4.1- 7.2 145 9.8 7.8-12.3 315 23.9 20.7-27.4 414 26.8 23.6-30.3 632 34.0 30.7-37.5
RACE
White 2,428 143 4.7 3.6- 6.1 288 12.9 11.1-15.0 547 24.5 22.0-27.3 632 28.8 26.0-31.9 818 29.1 26.4-31.8
African American 392 23 3.9 2.4- 6.2 26 8.7 4.9-15.0 78 23.6 17.7-30.8 81 19.8 14.3-26.6 184 44.1 36.8-51.5
Asian 20 3 4.4 1.1-16.7 1 1.3 0.2- 9.6 3 32.0 10.5-65.5 5 45.0 19.1-73.9 8 17.2 6.4-38.6
Native American 80 0 0.0 . - . 15 12.5 5.9-24.6 15 11.7 5.3-24.0 23 34.3 18.5-54.6 27 41.4 24.2-61.0
Other Minorities 106 4 2.5 0.7- 8.7 8 8.4 3.9-17.3 22 22.9 12.5-38.2 27 27.4 17.0-40.9 45 38.8 27.0-52.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 105 3 1.8 0.4- 8.4 10 7.6 3.5-15.8 27 29.3 17.6-44.6 27 28.0 17.3-41.9 38 33.2 21.3-47.8
-English Speaking 56 2 3.7 0.6-20.6 6 8.0 2.7-21.4 16 41.7 24.3-61.5 14 23.8 11.2-43.6 18 22.8 12.1-38.7
-Spanish Speaking 49 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 4 7.4 2.5-20.0 11 21.0 8.1-44.7 13 30.8 16.2-50.6 20 40.2 22.7-60.6
Non-Hispanic 2,939 172 4.5 3.5- 5.7 329 12.2 10.5-14.1 642 23.9 21.6-26.3 748 27.8 25.2-30.5 1,048 31.6 29.1-34.2
AGE
18-24 184 3 1.6 0.3- 9.1 36 15.9 10.5-23.4 58 32.6 23.8-42.8 64 37.0 27.6-47.5 23 12.9 6.5-23.9
25-34 430 16 5.4 2.7-10.4 45 11.7 7.9-17.1 105 26.0 20.1-32.8 132 28.8 22.9-35.4 132 28.2 22.4-34.7
35-44 580 37 5.2 3.3- 8.1 89 13.8 10.3-18.2 143 27.2 22.2-32.8 121 22.0 17.3-27.7 190 31.8 26.6-37.4
45-54 673 31 2.8 1.8- 4.6 64 11.2 8.0-15.4 162 24.2 19.6-29.4 165 26.0 21.0-31.8 251 35.8 30.4-41.5
55-64 522 35 5.0 3.1- 7.9 60 10.5 7.5-14.6 94 17.5 13.5-22.3 139 31.6 25.8-38.1 194 35.4 29.7-41.6
65-74 415 24 3.4 1.9- 6.1 30 9.6 5.9-15.4 73 19.8 14.5-26.5 102 26.8 21.1-33.4 186 40.3 33.9-47.0
75+ 225 26 9.5 5.4-16.1 13 7.9 3.9-15.5 33 15.9 10.0-24.1 52 24.9 14.6-39.2 101 41.8 31.9-52.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 529 26 2.6 1.5- 4.5 90 18.9 14.5-24.2 144 27.3 21.8-33.6 119 23.8 18.5-30.2 150 27.4 21.6-34.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,009 45 3.3 2.1- 5.1 111 11.7 9.1-14.8 250 26.4 22.4-30.8 257 29.1 24.8-33.8 346 29.6 25.6-33.8
Some Post-H.S. 735 29 4.1 2.4- 6.9 80 10.7 7.8-14.4 172 26.3 21.8-31.4 186 28.5 23.5-34.0 268 30.5 25.9-35.4
College Graduate 767 73 8.3 5.5-12.3 56 7.0 4.8-10.2 104 13.9 10.8-17.7 214 28.9 24.2-34.2 320 41.9 36.7-47.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 331 16 2.4 1.2- 4.5 56 18.1 12.3-25.9 76 30.6 22.3-40.4 66 20.2 12.9-30.2 117 28.7 21.7-36.9
$15,000- 24,999 554 23 2.9 1.7- 5.1 56 11.0 7.6-15.5 130 25.3 19.8-31.7 133 24.4 19.0-30.7 212 36.4 30.2-43.0
$25,000- 34,999 408 19 4.4 2.1- 9.0 48 14.2 9.6-20.6 108 29.5 23.5-36.4 88 23.1 16.9-30.7 145 28.8 23.2-35.2
$35,000- 49,999 436 18 3.9 1.8- 8.2 48 11.0 7.5-15.9 90 20.1 15.3-25.9 128 31.9 25.0-39.7 152 33.2 27.0-40.0
$50,000-74,999 310 23 6.3 3.5-11.1 24 7.6 4.6-12.3 71 23.4 17.1-31.1 87 33.7 26.3-41.9 105 29.1 22.7-36.5
$75,000+ 349 30 4.5 2.7- 7.5 28 7.6 4.4-12.8 69 24.1 18.0-31.4 103 29.8 23.7-36.8 119 34.0 27.4-41.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 187 9 4.0 1.9- 8.1 30 19.5 13.0-28.1 36 21.9 15.2-30.4 51 27.0 20.5-34.6 61 27.7 21.2-35.3
Forsyth 230 13 5.3 2.9- 9.5 26 14.0 9.3-20.7 44 24.4 17.3-33.4 60 24.0 18.3-30.7 87 32.3 25.8-39.5
Guilford 184 12 6.0 3.2-11.0 22 19.0 12.2-28.5 36 18.0 12.3-25.8 41 23.4 16.6-32.0 73 33.5 26.2-41.7
Henderson/Transylvania 233 23 7.4 4.6-11.6 28 14.5 9.3-21.9 48 19.8 14.4-26.5 54 26.7 18.3-37.2 80 31.7 24.5-39.9
Mecklenburg 175 12 5.6 2.9-10.4 14 10.0 5.4-17.8 38 21.6 15.1-30.0 47 34.1 24.7-45.0 64 28.6 21.3-37.3
Orange 168 19 9.8 6.1-15.4 16 11.3 6.8-18.2 33 22.7 16.0-31.2 35 19.8 13.9-27.6 65 36.3 28.5-44.8
Pitt 181 11 5.5 2.9-10.1 16 8.0 4.6-13.6 30 14.8 10.0-21.4 59 34.7 27.1-43.2 65 37.0 27.5-47.7
Randolph 194 10 3.0 1.5- 5.7 29 18.1 11.3-27.8 53 27.9 19.6-38.0 47 28.5 18.1-41.9 55 22.5 16.6-29.6
Robeson 195 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 20 9.9 6.1-15.8 41 23.2 16.2-32.1 60 32.1 24.3-41.2 70 33.4 25.8-41.9
Wake 167 7 3.4 1.5- 7.7 11 6.1 3.0-12.1 34 22.5 15.4-31.7 46 31.7 23.7-40.8 69 36.3 28.3-45.1
Western NC 336 22 6.5 3.6-11.3 41 14.1 10.1-19.4 84 26.2 21.1-32.0 72 20.1 15.7-25.4 117 33.1 27.4-39.3
Piedmont NC 420 15 2.6 1.4- 4.8 42 10.5 7.6-14.4 102 25.6 20.7-31.3 110 29.6 24.1-35.7 151 31.7 26.5-37.4
Eastern NC 377 18 4.8 2.8- 8.1 44 12.6 9.1-17.1 91 24.6 19.9-30.1 95 27.6 22.4-33.4 129 30.4 25.3-36.1

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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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