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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 4,118 1,756 42.6 40.3-44.9 2,362 57.4 55.1-59.7
RACE
White 3,126 1,426 48.1 45.5-50.7 1,700 51.9 49.3-54.5
African American 687 231 27.9 23.4-32.8 456 72.1 67.2-76.6
Asian 42 9 24.4 10.2-47.8 33 75.6 52.2-89.8
Native American 113 45 44.7 30.4-59.9 68 55.3 40.1-69.6
Other Minorities 120 35 26.3 16.6-39.1 85 73.7 60.9-83.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 143 40 24.8 16.1-36.1 103 75.2 63.9-83.9
-English Speaking 71 31 49.9 33.2-66.7 40 50.1 33.3-66.8
-Spanish Speaking 72 9 9.9 4.4-20.8 63 90.1 79.2-95.6
Non-Hispanic 3,968 1,714 43.7 41.3-46.0 2,254 56.3 54.0-58.7
AGE
18-24 297 110 40.2 32.0-49.0 187 59.8 51.0-68.0
25-34 690 236 32.9 28.2-37.9 454 67.1 62.1-71.8
35-44 758 341 49.9 44.7-55.1 417 50.1 44.9-55.3
45-54 798 370 45.1 40.0-50.3 428 54.9 49.7-60.0
55-64 600 290 46.5 40.7-52.3 310 53.5 47.7-59.3
65-74 502 245 45.1 38.7-51.7 257 54.9 48.3-61.3
75+ 432 150 35.1 28.9-41.9 282 64.9 58.1-71.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 637 302 47.8 41.5-54.1 335 52.2 45.9-58.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,203 563 47.0 42.9-51.2 640 53.0 48.8-57.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,039 453 44.2 39.8-48.7 586 55.8 51.3-60.2
College Graduate 1,226 435 31.4 27.8-35.2 791 68.6 64.8-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 467 233 48.6 41.5-55.8 234 51.4 44.2-58.5
$15,000- 24,999 691 327 46.4 40.4-52.6 364 53.6 47.4-59.6
$25,000- 34,999 493 227 45.4 38.9-52.1 266 54.6 47.9-61.1
$35,000- 49,999 500 221 41.7 35.8-47.8 279 58.3 52.2-64.2
$50,000-74,999 452 168 40.2 33.7-46.9 284 59.8 53.1-66.3
$75,000+ 446 159 34.7 28.8-41.1 287 65.3 58.9-71.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 108 42.1 35.1-49.4 146 57.9 50.6-64.9
Forsyth 286 138 47.0 40.4-53.7 148 53.0 46.3-59.6
Guilford 269 104 36.4 29.8-43.5 165 63.6 56.5-70.2
Henderson/Transylvania 284 125 43.5 35.0-52.4 159 56.5 47.6-65.0
Mecklenburg 287 102 28.8 23.5-34.7 185 71.2 65.3-76.5
Orange 257 93 26.2 19.6-34.2 164 73.8 65.8-80.4
Pitt 260 111 43.2 34.6-52.2 149 56.8 47.8-65.4
Randolph 256 117 51.4 43.4-59.4 139 48.6 40.6-56.6
Robeson 267 110 38.4 32.0-45.3 157 61.6 54.7-68.0
Wake 247 92 35.5 29.0-42.6 155 64.5 57.4-71.0
Western NC 374 163 43.0 37.4-48.8 211 57.0 51.2-62.6
Piedmont NC 563 253 43.4 38.5-48.5 310 56.6 51.5-61.5
Eastern NC 514 240 48.4 43.3-53.6 274 51.6 46.4-56.7

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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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