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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--FEMALE Respondents Only

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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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 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 654 44 8.8 5.5-13.8 23 5.1 2.7- 9.5 120 19.2 15.1-24.0 66 11.7 8.6-15.8 401 55.2 49.3-61.0
African American 106 5 4.4 1.3-13.5 5 3.7 1.0-12.3 21 22.4 12.0-37.9 15 14.1 6.8-26.9 60 55.5 41.4-68.7
Asian 3 1 4.5 0.4-37.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 76.5 20.3-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.0 1.6-77.6
Native American 18 2 3.0 0.6-13.9 2 2.3 0.4-10.9 5 56.9 22.4-85.8 3 6.8 1.6-24.3 6 31.1 8.8-67.7
Other Minorities 12 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.8 2.0-59.1 5 44.5 15.4-77.8 3 26.8 5.5-69.9 3 13.9 2.5-50.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 1 3.4 0.4-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 49.2 20.6-78.3 3 21.8 4.7-61.1 6 25.6 8.1-57.5
-English Speaking 15 1 4.9 0.6-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 51.6 20.4-81.7 2 6.6 1.4-25.8 6 36.9 12.0-71.5
-Spanish Speaking 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.6 4.6-92.5 1 56.4 7.5-95.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 779 51 7.9 5.1-12.1 31 5.1 2.9- 8.8 146 20.3 16.4-25.0 84 11.9 8.9-15.6 467 54.7 49.3-60.0
AGE
18-24 22 8 39.0 15.1-69.6 5 26.6 7.8-61.0 9 34.4 14.2-62.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 78 15 13.0 5.7-26.9 4 6.0 2.0-16.5 32 54.4 39.0-69.0 15 17.5 9.0-31.4 12 9.0 4.5-17.3
35-44 123 8 8.9 3.6-20.1 10 5.3 2.2-12.5 29 18.5 10.9-29.7 19 21.7 12.8-34.4 57 45.6 33.8-58.0
45-54 163 11 4.8 2.2-10.3 6 2.6 0.8- 7.7 24 14.4 8.3-23.7 23 15.5 9.2-24.9 99 62.8 51.4-72.8
55-64 144 7 4.8 1.7-12.3 3 3.5 1.0-12.0 23 13.6 7.7-22.9 13 7.4 3.5-14.9 98 70.7 59.5-79.9
65-74 164 2 1.6 0.3- 9.5 3 2.4 0.5-11.2 21 12.6 6.4-23.6 13 8.7 3.7-19.2 125 74.6 62.6-83.7
75+ 100 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 13 19.1 10.2-32.9 3 3.0 0.7-12.4 83 77.5 63.6-87.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 119 8 7.9 2.9-20.0 6 8.9 2.0-32.1 18 13.6 6.4-26.5 7 3.5 1.4- 8.6 80 66.1 49.6-79.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 217 12 4.6 2.0-10.4 10 5.8 2.9-11.5 53 25.0 17.9-33.9 23 15.2 9.4-23.8 119 49.3 40.2-58.4
Some Post-H.S. 203 22 16.1 8.7-28.1 6 2.7 0.9- 7.6 39 23.0 15.2-33.2 22 11.1 6.5-18.3 114 47.1 37.3-57.0
College Graduate 258 10 2.4 1.0- 5.7 9 3.7 1.7- 8.2 43 18.6 12.5-26.9 35 15.1 9.5-23.1 161 60.1 51.1-68.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 8 16.6 5.1-42.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 16 19.1 9.0-35.8 4 4.2 1.2-13.8 61 59.9 41.6-75.9
$15,000- 24,999 112 9 8.3 3.4-18.8 3 4.7 1.3-15.5 29 20.5 11.2-34.3 14 12.1 5.6-24.4 57 54.4 39.4-68.6
$25,000- 34,999 94 10 13.8 5.8-29.6 6 3.8 1.1-12.4 26 30.8 19.1-45.5 11 16.0 7.5-30.9 41 35.5 23.4-49.9
$35,000- 49,999 98 4 3.4 1.1- 9.9 4 5.5 2.0-14.2 17 23.3 13.3-37.5 19 19.3 10.8-32.2 54 48.4 35.5-61.6
$50,000-74,999 91 7 4.7 1.5-14.1 3 3.7 0.7-16.7 18 20.4 11.0-34.8 10 11.7 5.0-25.1 53 59.4 44.7-72.6
$75,000+ 94 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 5 6.1 2.1-16.3 12 18.7 8.5-36.2 9 10.1 4.2-22.2 67 64.7 49.2-77.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 58 5 8.5 3.2-20.3 4 8.9 3.0-23.4 8 11.0 4.9-23.0 5 8.4 3.2-20.1 36 63.2 47.4-76.5
Forsyth 63 3 4.5 1.4-13.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 19 32.9 21.0-47.5 3 4.1 1.2-12.8 37 56.9 42.7-70.0
Guilford 49 3 5.9 1.8-17.6 2 9.3 2.4-30.1 7 13.4 6.3-26.3 7 17.4 8.4-32.7 30 54.1 38.5-68.9
Henderson/Transylvania 63 2 1.9 0.4- 8.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 17 24.0 12.2-41.9 6 28.8 7.6-66.5 37 44.5 24.3-66.7
Mecklenburg 54 2 3.5 0.8-13.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 11 18.9 10.3-32.0 4 8.2 2.8-21.4 36 68.1 53.7-79.7
Orange 49 1 3.4 0.5-20.2 2 5.1 1.3-18.3 3 5.3 1.6-16.1 6 14.5 5.4-33.3 37 71.7 54.3-84.4
Pitt 49 8 12.6 4.7-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 13.7 5.6-30.0 6 11.2 4.2-26.6 27 62.5 38.1-81.9
Randolph 47 2 26.5 4.9-71.6 4 6.4 2.0-19.2 8 12.4 5.4-26.0 5 10.8 3.9-26.2 28 43.9 19.1-72.1
Robeson 49 3 5.2 1.6-15.4 3 3.6 1.1-11.3 12 27.2 15.4-43.2 8 17.1 8.3-31.9 23 46.9 32.4-62.0
Wake 50 1 6.9 1.0-35.2 4 6.5 2.3-16.9 5 10.9 4.4-24.8 6 12.7 5.5-26.8 34 62.9 46.0-77.1
Western NC 60 3 6.3 2.0-18.3 2 5.4 1.3-19.1 14 25.3 14.6-40.0 6 10.1 4.3-22.1 35 52.9 38.9-66.5
Piedmont NC 98 9 4.9 2.2-10.6 3 3.5 1.1-10.5 17 22.3 13.9-33.7 14 15.3 8.8-25.4 55 53.9 42.3-65.1
Eastern NC 109 10 11.1 5.0-22.6 4 6.4 2.0-18.7 24 24.0 15.8-34.9 11 10.3 5.5-18.6 60 48.2 37.3-59.3

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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