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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 1,333 96 5.6 4.1- 7.6 133 11.1 8.8-14.0 259 23.2 19.8-27.0 346 28.0 24.3-31.9 499 32.1 28.6-35.8
African American 192 12 6.8 3.6-12.7 5 1.7 0.4- 6.3 40 29.2 19.8-40.8 40 19.4 12.7-28.5 95 42.9 33.5-52.9
Asian 7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-22.7 2 63.3 21.9-91.4 2 23.7 3.9-70.6 2 9.8 1.5-43.3
Native American 42 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.2 2.3-20.4 5 19.1 5.7-48.0 15 37.9 17.9-63.0 17 35.9 14.7-64.5
Other Minorities 32 1 0.3 0.0- 2.6 1 8.1 1.1-40.3 7 14.5 4.5-37.9 7 13.3 4.6-32.9 16 63.7 38.9-82.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 41.9 20.6-66.8 8 10.7 4.5-23.1 16 47.1 25.7-69.6
-English Speaking 27 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 51.6 25.7-76.7 7 12.6 4.9-29.0 11 35.3 15.5-62.0
-Spanish Speaking 8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.6 2.6-43.6 1 4.8 0.6-30.0 5 82.6 51.2-95.6
Non-Hispanic 1,579 109 5.6 4.3- 7.4 145 10.1 8.0-12.7 304 23.4 20.2-26.9 405 27.3 24.0-30.8 616 33.6 30.3-37.1
AGE
18-24 101 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 20 16.3 8.9-27.9 32 38.5 25.7-53.2 33 37.4 24.6-52.3 14 7.5 3.5-15.2
25-34 228 8 3.4 1.3- 9.0 27 14.4 8.9-22.6 61 27.5 20.0-36.4 72 27.5 20.3-36.1 60 27.1 20.1-35.6
35-44 322 20 6.2 3.4-10.8 47 11.6 7.7-17.1 84 30.3 23.3-38.4 73 23.6 17.4-31.3 98 28.3 21.6-36.1
45-54 348 18 4.4 2.2- 8.5 19 7.4 3.9-13.5 73 23.5 17.5-30.9 87 24.6 18.4-32.0 151 40.1 32.5-48.1
55-64 265 22 7.1 3.6-13.7 19 7.0 3.4-13.6 32 13.2 8.6-19.8 81 34.3 26.5-43.0 111 38.4 30.4-47.1
65-74 220 17 4.6 2.2- 9.3 8 3.7 1.4- 9.5 21 11.3 6.1-19.9 46 21.8 15.1-30.4 128 58.6 49.2-67.5
75+ 121 21 20.0 11.5-32.7 5 3.1 1.0- 9.0 11 6.5 2.6-15.3 22 16.3 9.9-25.7 62 54.0 41.7-65.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 257 21 5.3 2.8-10.0 35 16.0 10.2-24.2 52 22.1 14.0-33.0 57 22.8 15.0-33.2 92 33.8 25.3-43.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 520 27 4.2 2.4- 7.2 43 9.5 6.3-14.2 127 26.8 21.6-32.7 133 27.9 22.4-34.1 190 31.6 26.3-37.4
Some Post-H.S. 424 18 5.0 2.7- 9.1 45 10.3 6.9-15.1 90 27.6 21.5-34.6 101 26.1 20.6-32.5 170 31.0 25.4-37.3
College Graduate 412 42 8.2 5.2-12.9 22 3.9 2.2- 6.6 46 14.3 9.8-20.4 123 29.5 23.5-36.3 179 44.1 37.1-51.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 15 4.3 2.2- 8.3 29 13.5 7.6-23.0 40 29.9 19.8-42.4 38 18.1 11.0-28.3 85 34.2 25.4-44.4
$15,000- 24,999 300 13 4.0 1.8- 8.7 24 10.8 6.0-18.8 58 23.3 15.4-33.6 77 21.0 14.9-28.9 128 40.8 32.2-50.0
$25,000- 34,999 209 12 4.8 2.0-11.0 21 11.3 6.7-18.5 51 31.5 23.1-41.4 43 19.5 12.6-29.0 82 32.8 24.7-42.1
$35,000- 49,999 214 12 5.6 2.4-12.4 17 7.7 3.9-14.7 43 22.3 15.5-31.0 64 28.9 21.4-37.7 78 35.5 26.9-45.2
$50,000-74,999 160 13 9.2 4.4-18.3 7 6.3 2.5-15.2 37 22.7 14.9-32.9 44 31.5 21.7-43.4 59 30.2 21.2-41.1
$75,000+ 154 15 4.7 2.3- 9.4 11 8.8 3.4-20.6 24 22.2 13.4-34.6 52 35.6 25.9-46.7 52 28.7 20.5-38.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 98 5 3.6 1.4- 8.7 15 14.7 8.6-24.0 13 19.7 10.2-34.7 26 27.9 18.9-39.0 39 34.2 24.4-45.5
Forsyth 131 6 4.0 1.6- 9.5 13 11.9 6.6-20.7 24 23.5 15.1-34.7 32 20.9 14.5-29.3 56 39.6 30.5-49.5
Guilford 92 7 8.4 3.8-17.6 4 4.5 1.5-12.5 19 25.0 14.7-39.1 18 18.4 11.4-28.3 44 43.7 32.5-55.6
Henderson/Transylvania 118 12 7.0 3.7-12.9 14 10.0 5.3-18.0 21 18.1 10.8-28.7 27 34.1 18.5-54.1 44 30.8 20.6-43.2
Mecklenburg 94 7 7.0 3.2-14.8 5 4.6 1.8-11.2 22 25.0 16.4-36.0 21 27.0 17.9-38.6 39 36.4 26.8-47.2
Orange 90 13 14.0 7.8-23.7 5 5.4 2.2-12.6 15 17.6 10.4-28.3 20 24.7 15.5-36.9 37 38.4 27.7-50.2
Pitt 101 6 7.0 2.9-16.2 8 6.3 2.8-13.5 16 17.4 9.8-29.3 31 28.4 18.3-41.2 40 40.8 25.1-58.7
Randolph 108 8 4.8 2.3-10.0 12 13.1 6.6-24.4 26 24.2 12.8-41.1 26 31.9 15.0-55.4 36 26.0 17.5-36.8
Robeson 98 3 2.2 0.6- 7.0 8 10.0 4.6-20.3 11 10.6 5.4-19.8 36 36.4 26.5-47.6 40 40.9 30.6-52.1
Wake 85 5 6.5 2.4-16.2 6 8.8 3.3-21.3 17 18.5 10.8-29.9 23 29.9 19.9-42.2 34 36.3 25.7-48.4
Western NC 153 13 7.1 4.0-12.3 15 10.4 6.1-17.0 28 20.3 13.8-28.9 39 26.6 19.4-35.2 58 35.7 28.0-44.2
Piedmont NC 232 13 5.1 2.6- 9.7 19 10.2 6.3-16.1 50 24.6 18.2-32.4 62 25.9 19.9-33.1 88 34.1 27.4-41.7
Eastern NC 216 12 4.6 2.5- 8.5 21 10.5 6.6-16.2 53 27.0 20.5-34.7 53 27.3 20.5-35.3 77 30.5 24.1-37.9

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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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