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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,721 3,272 50.3 48.4-52.2 3,449 49.7 47.8-51.6
GENDER
Male 2,603 1,516 58.6 55.6-61.6 1,087 41.4 38.4-44.4
Female 4,118 1,756 42.6 40.3-44.9 2,362 57.4 55.1-59.7
RACE
White 5,089 2,589 53.9 51.7-56.0 2,500 46.1 44.0-48.3
African American 1,056 439 40.9 36.5-45.4 617 59.1 54.6-63.5
Asian 78 24 31.5 18.6-48.0 54 68.5 52.0-81.4
Native American 185 87 55.7 43.3-67.5 98 44.3 32.5-56.7
Other Minorities 266 112 40.1 31.7-49.2 154 59.9 50.8-68.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 297 112 37.2 29.0-46.2 185 62.8 53.8-71.0
-English Speaking 126 62 53.8 41.2-66.0 64 46.2 34.0-58.8
-Spanish Speaking 171 50 30.7 21.2-42.0 121 69.3 58.0-78.8
Non-Hispanic 6,412 3,156 51.4 49.5-53.3 3,256 48.6 46.7-50.5
AGE
18-24 485 201 45.3 38.4-52.4 284 54.7 47.6-61.6
25-34 1,138 449 42.7 38.5-47.0 689 57.3 53.0-61.5
35-44 1,317 607 49.2 45.3-53.2 710 50.8 46.8-54.7
45-54 1,329 708 54.7 50.6-58.7 621 45.3 41.3-49.4
55-64 971 561 61.3 56.9-65.6 410 38.7 34.4-43.1
65-74 798 459 56.0 50.9-61.0 339 44.0 39.0-49.1
75+ 619 266 47.1 40.8-53.5 353 52.9 46.5-59.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,081 607 57.8 52.9-62.6 474 42.2 37.4-47.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,977 1,077 56.1 52.8-59.4 900 43.9 40.6-47.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,568 774 51.2 47.3-55.1 794 48.8 44.9-52.7
College Graduate 2,075 807 36.9 33.8-40.1 1,268 63.1 59.9-66.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 678 372 55.4 49.1-61.6 306 44.6 38.4-50.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,097 597 54.6 49.7-59.4 500 45.4 40.6-50.3
$25,000- 34,999 816 435 51.9 46.5-57.2 381 48.1 42.8-53.5
$35,000- 49,999 897 449 53.1 48.2-58.0 448 46.9 42.0-51.8
$50,000-74,999 744 322 46.7 41.1-52.3 422 53.3 47.7-58.9
$75,000+ 878 360 40.4 35.9-45.0 518 59.6 55.0-64.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 201 48.9 43.2-54.6 212 51.1 45.4-56.8
Forsyth 464 239 50.3 45.0-55.7 225 49.7 44.3-55.0
Guilford 423 198 47.2 41.4-53.1 225 52.8 46.9-58.6
Henderson/Transylvania 472 244 53.7 47.8-59.5 228 46.3 40.5-52.2
Mecklenburg 447 184 39.6 33.7-45.8 263 60.4 54.2-66.3
Orange 441 176 32.9 27.4-38.9 265 67.1 61.1-72.6
Pitt 418 194 47.4 41.4-53.4 224 52.6 46.6-58.6
Randolph 429 213 53.7 47.8-59.5 216 46.3 40.5-52.2
Robeson 444 219 49.6 43.6-55.6 225 50.4 44.4-56.4
Wake 431 180 43.0 37.6-48.7 251 57.0 51.3-62.4
Western NC 656 358 56.5 52.0-61.0 298 43.5 39.0-48.0
Piedmont NC 885 454 53.0 48.7-57.2 431 47.0 42.8-51.3
Eastern NC 798 412 52.3 48.0-56.5 386 47.7 43.5-52.0

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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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