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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 1,329 229 16.2 13.5-19.3 243 22.2 18.7-26.2 362 30.3 26.6-34.3 252 15.3 12.9-18.2 243 15.9 13.4-18.8
African American 196 21 18.9 11.0-30.6 19 5.7 3.1-10.1 55 28.6 20.4-38.7 43 17.9 11.9-26.0 58 28.8 21.2-37.9
Asian 6 1 31.9 4.6-81.9 2 7.2 1.3-30.8 1 32.7 4.8-82.3 1 20.2 2.6-71.1 1 8.1 0.9-45.1
Native American 42 6 9.7 3.5-24.6 5 25.6 8.8-55.2 14 24.1 10.1-47.4 7 11.5 4.1-28.4 10 29.0 9.5-61.5
Other Minorities 32 3 10.8 3.2-30.5 7 19.1 6.6-43.9 5 4.3 1.1-15.0 9 38.0 15.6-66.9 8 27.9 12.0-52.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 1 15.5 2.4-57.8 7 23.8 9.2-49.2 9 14.8 6.0-32.2 11 17.2 7.7-34.2 6 28.7 12.2-54.0
-English Speaking 26 1 21.0 3.4-67.0 6 29.9 10.7-60.3 7 17.0 5.9-39.9 9 16.6 6.5-36.2 3 15.6 3.9-45.6
-Spanish Speaking 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.8-38.3 2 8.7 1.7-35.0 2 19.0 3.6-59.3 3 65.6 29.0-89.9
Non-Hispanic 1,579 260 16.4 13.9-19.2 270 20.0 16.9-23.4 432 29.8 26.5-33.4 302 16.2 13.8-19.1 315 17.6 15.2-20.3
AGE
18-24 102 24 15.4 8.9-25.1 27 33.0 20.3-48.8 35 39.0 26.4-53.2 14 10.6 4.8-21.7 2 2.0 0.5- 8.4
25-34 227 45 18.5 12.6-26.3 57 21.4 15.2-29.3 66 35.0 26.6-44.4 36 14.1 8.9-21.5 23 11.0 6.6-17.8
35-44 325 74 23.4 17.1-31.3 81 24.7 18.6-32.1 88 29.0 22.3-36.8 44 11.9 7.5-18.4 38 10.9 7.1-16.5
45-54 350 49 16.2 11.3-22.7 61 18.0 12.3-25.7 99 32.4 25.2-40.6 73 14.7 10.5-20.3 68 18.6 13.6-24.9
55-64 266 39 13.6 8.5-21.1 26 13.4 8.4-20.7 72 26.0 19.4-33.8 59 22.7 16.2-30.9 70 24.3 17.4-32.8
65-74 212 19 8.7 4.9-14.9 19 11.4 6.0-20.5 50 16.7 11.5-23.7 54 25.4 17.5-35.2 70 37.8 28.8-47.7
75+ 122 11 4.5 2.3- 8.8 5 5.0 1.8-13.4 29 18.8 11.3-29.7 31 27.1 18.0-38.6 46 44.5 32.4-57.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 256 49 18.5 12.0-27.3 47 25.1 16.4-36.5 67 25.0 16.9-35.3 37 12.6 7.8-19.7 56 18.9 13.0-26.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 520 83 17.8 13.4-23.3 89 18.3 13.9-23.8 145 29.8 24.3-35.9 106 18.0 13.6-23.3 97 16.1 12.4-20.8
Some Post-H.S. 422 65 15.4 11.3-20.6 92 25.7 19.7-32.7 120 31.2 25.2-38.0 69 11.9 8.6-16.2 76 15.8 11.7-21.1
College Graduate 413 64 13.0 9.3-17.8 48 9.9 6.7-14.5 109 30.4 24.1-37.6 102 23.3 17.7-29.9 90 23.4 17.8-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 40 20.4 12.5-31.4 34 20.8 12.3-33.0 48 24.9 16.6-35.5 31 11.7 6.2-20.8 53 22.3 15.2-31.5
$15,000- 24,999 304 47 16.6 10.6-25.1 52 21.4 13.9-31.6 75 22.9 15.8-32.1 65 18.9 13.7-25.5 65 20.2 14.5-27.4
$25,000- 34,999 211 41 20.0 13.4-28.6 34 19.6 12.8-28.8 58 28.1 20.1-37.8 35 10.7 6.6-16.9 43 21.7 14.7-30.8
$35,000- 49,999 215 33 13.4 8.5-20.5 46 23.7 16.5-32.9 60 36.1 27.4-45.9 41 12.4 7.9-18.8 35 14.4 9.0-22.1
$50,000-74,999 163 23 14.6 8.5-24.0 28 16.7 9.8-26.9 52 32.6 23.1-43.8 36 22.0 13.9-33.1 24 14.1 8.3-22.9
$75,000+ 156 24 16.1 9.3-26.3 24 19.8 11.8-31.3 48 31.9 22.5-43.0 39 20.0 13.1-29.2 21 12.3 7.0-20.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 101 18 17.3 10.6-26.9 22 23.7 13.9-37.3 23 20.2 13.1-29.8 15 20.3 12.2-31.8 23 18.6 11.9-27.9
Forsyth 130 20 15.5 9.7-23.9 26 20.3 13.7-29.1 23 20.1 12.8-30.0 32 24.2 16.7-33.6 29 19.9 13.6-28.1
Guilford 92 9 10.3 5.0-20.1 18 24.4 14.4-38.3 22 22.2 14.2-32.9 20 22.0 13.9-32.9 23 21.1 13.5-31.5
Henderson/Transylvania 120 23 30.3 15.0-51.7 18 12.9 7.5-21.3 39 28.1 18.7-40.0 22 16.2 9.6-26.1 18 12.5 7.1-20.9
Mecklenburg 97 12 10.1 5.6-17.6 8 8.1 4.0-15.9 34 40.9 30.5-52.2 23 22.6 14.9-32.7 20 18.3 11.6-27.7
Orange 86 11 16.8 8.9-29.5 16 23.1 13.8-35.9 25 28.4 19.0-40.2 20 19.6 12.5-29.5 14 12.0 6.9-20.1
Pitt 99 18 16.2 9.2-26.9 21 20.4 12.1-32.3 21 19.8 11.7-31.4 27 35.1 19.1-55.3 12 8.6 4.6-15.7
Randolph 108 23 23.5 12.0-40.9 17 15.4 9.0-25.0 29 32.7 15.8-55.7 21 15.8 9.7-24.7 18 12.7 7.1-21.5
Robeson 97 14 19.1 11.1-30.8 10 10.0 5.2-18.3 31 29.0 20.2-39.6 19 17.9 11.1-27.5 23 24.1 15.8-34.9
Wake 84 17 21.0 12.6-32.9 12 16.5 8.6-29.2 29 32.2 22.1-44.3 9 11.4 5.5-22.1 17 18.9 11.3-29.9
Western NC 151 28 18.2 12.5-25.6 26 19.0 12.7-27.4 36 25.2 18.3-33.7 35 22.7 16.2-30.9 26 14.9 9.9-21.8
Piedmont NC 233 33 15.1 10.3-21.6 40 21.2 15.1-28.9 68 28.7 22.3-36.1 46 17.2 12.2-23.8 46 17.7 13.0-23.7
Eastern NC 216 35 16.5 11.6-22.9 43 22.4 16.2-30.1 61 31.8 24.8-39.6 25 10.3 6.5-16.0 52 19.1 14.1-25.2

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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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