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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use--MALE Respondents Only

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.#
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,602 567 24.3 21.8-26.9 130 6.2 4.7- 8.3 818 28.1 25.7-30.7 1,087 41.4 38.4-44.4
RACE
White 1,962 433 25.2 22.4-28.3 71 4.6 3.0- 7.1 658 30.1 27.2-33.2 800 40.0 36.7-43.4
African American 369 89 27.7 21.1-35.3 32 9.1 5.5-14.6 87 21.9 16.6-28.2 161 41.3 34.4-48.7
Asian 36 5 17.7 6.0-42.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 9 21.7 7.8-47.4 21 59.9 35.4-80.3
Native American 72 14 15.5 7.3-30.1 3 6.9 1.3-29.9 25 41.2 24.1-60.7 30 36.3 20.8-55.4
Other Minorities 146 25 13.3 7.6-22.1 23 16.1 8.9-27.3 29 19.1 12.1-28.9 69 51.5 39.2-63.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 154 22 9.9 5.3-17.7 22 17.8 9.6-30.4 28 17.1 10.5-26.5 82 55.2 42.7-67.1
-English Speaking 55 11 10.6 4.6-22.7 5 22.8 9.3-45.8 15 24.3 12.3-42.4 24 42.3 25.6-60.9
-Spanish Speaking 99 11 9.7 4.5-19.9 17 16.3 7.4-32.1 13 15.0 8.0-26.4 58 59.0 43.8-72.7
Non-Hispanic 2,443 545 25.7 23.1-28.5 108 5.1 3.7- 7.1 788 29.1 26.6-31.8 1,002 40.0 37.1-43.0
AGE
18-24 188 58 30.2 21.7-40.3 14 12.1 6.3-22.1 19 7.7 4.1-14.1 97 50.0 39.1-60.9
25-34 448 103 27.3 21.6-33.7 40 9.1 5.4-15.0 70 15.9 11.7-21.2 235 47.8 41.2-54.4
35-44 559 137 25.5 20.7-30.9 27 3.8 2.3- 6.4 102 19.3 14.9-24.6 293 51.4 45.5-57.3
45-54 531 142 26.3 21.1-32.3 23 3.4 2.0- 5.8 173 34.8 28.9-41.2 193 35.4 29.8-41.6
55-64 370 71 20.3 15.1-26.5 16 4.5 2.4- 8.4 183 52.9 45.8-59.9 100 22.3 17.2-28.4
65-74 296 47 18.7 12.8-26.4 5 2.0 0.7- 5.9 162 52.0 43.8-60.1 82 27.3 20.6-35.2
75+ 187 8 5.8 2.3-14.1 5 9.1 1.9-34.1 103 49.5 38.0-61.1 71 35.6 25.8-46.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 444 126 28.3 22.5-34.9 23 8.0 4.2-14.9 156 30.9 25.0-37.4 139 32.9 25.9-40.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 774 224 30.4 25.7-35.4 53 7.7 4.7-12.4 237 28.1 23.8-32.8 260 33.9 29.0-39.0
Some Post-H.S. 529 127 26.0 20.5-32.4 32 6.8 4.1-11.0 162 27.7 22.4-33.7 208 39.5 32.8-46.5
College Graduate 849 90 12.9 9.9-16.7 21 2.5 1.3- 5.0 261 26.7 22.6-31.1 477 57.9 53.0-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 211 58 29.1 20.1-40.2 19 15.8 7.4-30.8 62 20.3 14.0-28.6 72 34.7 24.7-46.3
$15,000- 24,999 406 114 27.4 21.4-34.4 37 12.1 7.5-19.0 119 23.9 18.6-30.2 136 36.5 29.3-44.5
$25,000- 34,999 323 95 29.6 22.5-38.0 13 2.6 1.2- 5.3 100 27.3 20.7-35.1 115 40.5 32.4-49.1
$35,000- 49,999 397 85 29.6 22.9-37.3 19 4.8 2.4- 9.3 124 28.4 22.2-35.6 169 37.2 30.5-44.5
$50,000-74,999 292 54 20.6 14.7-28.2 7 1.2 0.4- 3.3 93 31.4 24.0-39.9 138 46.7 37.7-56.0
$75,000+ 432 57 14.6 10.5-20.0 8 3.4 1.4- 7.9 136 26.5 21.5-32.2 231 55.5 48.9-61.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 158 36 26.8 19.3-35.9 6 3.3 1.4- 7.4 50 25.8 19.3-33.4 66 44.1 35.5-53.1
Forsyth 178 36 21.1 14.4-29.9 10 5.6 2.8-11.0 55 27.1 20.6-34.8 77 46.1 37.9-54.6
Guilford 154 33 21.1 14.6-29.5 5 4.5 1.4-13.5 56 32.9 25.1-41.8 60 41.4 32.7-50.7
Henderson/Transylvania 188 36 20.7 14.8-28.1 11 7.3 3.8-13.8 72 35.4 27.9-43.8 69 36.5 29.0-44.8
Mecklenburg 160 32 22.0 14.4-32.2 10 4.9 2.4- 9.6 40 23.5 16.5-32.3 78 49.6 39.7-59.5
Orange 184 25 12.4 8.2-18.4 7 4.3 1.9- 9.6 51 23.8 17.9-30.8 101 59.5 51.6-66.9
Pitt 158 33 19.9 14.0-27.3 10 8.6 5.9-12.2 40 23.3 17.1-31.0 75 48.3 40.0-56.6
Randolph 173 43 29.1 21.2-38.6 7 3.6 1.6- 7.9 46 23.4 17.4-30.7 77 43.9 35.5-52.7
Robeson 177 45 30.8 22.4-40.7 13 6.8 3.8-11.8 51 22.0 16.1-29.3 68 40.4 31.3-50.2
Wake 184 30 19.4 13.4-27.4 8 6.1 2.7-13.2 50 24.2 18.0-31.8 96 50.3 41.8-58.7
Western NC 282 75 29.3 23.3-36.2 15 6.2 3.3-11.5 105 32.3 26.7-38.5 87 32.1 26.1-38.8
Piedmont NC 322 82 27.4 21.9-33.8 12 6.8 3.3-13.5 107 30.0 24.3-36.3 121 35.8 29.4-42.8
Eastern NC 284 61 22.4 17.2-28.7 16 6.8 3.8-11.9 95 27.7 22.3-33.7 112 43.1 36.3-50.3

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

#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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