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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--MALE 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 1,423 414 25.8 22.8-29.0 280 21.9 18.6-25.5 356 25.5 22.2-29.1 171 14.3 11.5-17.6 202 12.6 10.3-15.4
RACE
White 1,089 343 29.0 25.4-32.9 224 22.4 18.7-26.5 270 25.2 21.4-29.3 125 13.5 10.3-17.6 127 10.0 7.6-13.1
African American 199 38 16.0 9.9-24.9 30 18.0 10.8-28.4 51 26.4 18.1-36.7 24 12.5 7.7-19.9 56 27.1 19.3-36.6
Asian 12 0 0.0 . - . 2 42.7 12.4-79.7 2 27.6 6.3-68.5 2 6.7 1.2-28.7 6 23.0 7.0-54.5
Native American 37 19 38.0 17.9-63.2 6 5.6 2.0-14.7 9 38.7 17.8-64.7 2 7.5 1.2-36.4 1 10.2 1.5-46.3
Other Minorities 75 11 13.7 6.4-26.9 17 27.9 15.2-45.5 21 24.5 14.0-39.1 15 26.6 15.0-42.6 11 7.4 3.3-15.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 71 10 12.5 5.4-26.1 21 28.6 15.5-46.5 18 21.2 11.4-36.0 11 23.1 11.7-40.3 11 14.7 5.0-36.0
-English Speaking 30 6 23.0 7.6-52.2 9 23.0 10.0-44.4 9 37.8 17.2-63.9 3 11.8 2.1-45.2 3 4.4 1.0-17.3
-Spanish Speaking 41 4 8.1 2.4-23.8 12 30.9 14.3-54.3 9 14.4 5.9-31.2 8 27.7 13.0-49.5 8 18.9 5.9-46.5
Non-Hispanic 1,350 403 26.8 23.6-30.2 259 21.4 18.1-25.1 338 25.9 22.5-29.6 159 13.5 10.6-16.9 191 12.5 10.2-15.2
AGE
18-24 84 23 18.9 11.2-30.1 21 28.6 17.5-43.0 27 28.3 17.4-42.5 10 20.5 9.8-38.0 3 3.7 0.9-14.0
25-34 202 49 19.0 12.9-27.2 41 23.0 15.2-33.3 57 32.0 23.4-41.9 21 11.9 7.2-19.2 34 14.0 8.1-23.1
35-44 260 70 23.8 17.5-31.4 57 22.7 16.3-30.6 61 22.2 16.1-29.8 33 14.5 8.7-23.1 39 16.9 11.5-24.1
45-54 323 78 23.1 17.2-30.2 75 19.9 14.6-26.5 84 31.0 23.5-39.7 44 14.7 9.7-21.8 42 11.3 7.2-17.4
55-64 259 99 35.2 27.8-43.3 45 18.8 12.9-26.6 50 17.2 12.0-24.1 26 13.3 8.4-20.5 39 15.5 9.8-23.7
65-74 188 64 38.1 28.4-48.9 31 20.4 13.3-29.9 45 21.3 14.0-30.9 20 10.3 5.5-18.5 28 9.9 6.0-16.1
75+ 101 31 35.4 22.3-51.2 7 18.4 5.0-48.9 31 21.1 12.4-33.5 16 11.2 4.8-24.0 16 13.9 6.9-26.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 267 104 35.2 27.5-43.8 51 20.5 14.6-28.1 66 24.5 17.9-32.7 21 12.0 6.0-22.6 25 7.7 4.0-14.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 487 142 25.6 20.6-31.2 108 25.7 19.8-32.6 123 23.9 18.6-30.2 48 13.1 9.0-18.6 66 11.7 8.1-16.7
Some Post-H.S. 312 84 21.4 16.1-27.8 53 18.8 12.8-26.6 89 30.7 23.4-39.1 38 14.8 9.3-22.6 48 14.5 9.8-20.8
College Graduate 355 83 21.3 16.1-27.6 68 19.9 14.3-26.9 78 23.7 17.7-30.8 63 18.0 12.7-24.8 63 17.2 12.1-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 50 34.9 23.2-48.8 25 26.3 12.9-46.1 25 16.9 8.8-29.8 9 11.1 4.6-24.2 16 10.9 4.8-23.0
$15,000- 24,999 252 72 22.3 16.1-30.0 54 25.3 18.1-34.2 63 27.8 19.8-37.6 22 7.7 4.0-14.5 41 16.9 10.6-25.9
$25,000- 34,999 198 58 24.3 17.0-33.4 42 27.4 18.6-38.5 55 23.1 15.7-32.8 28 21.6 13.1-33.5 15 3.6 1.7- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 222 57 23.2 16.1-32.2 44 17.2 11.1-25.7 50 26.1 17.9-36.4 29 14.4 8.3-23.7 42 19.1 12.9-27.4
$50,000-74,999 153 49 28.6 20.2-38.8 34 25.3 16.8-36.1 38 28.4 19.2-40.0 15 9.0 4.1-18.4 17 8.7 4.6-16.0
$75,000+ 196 38 19.7 13.4-28.1 42 20.6 13.7-29.7 60 33.9 25.4-43.5 31 16.0 10.2-24.0 25 9.9 5.8-16.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 87 29 41.7 30.1-54.3 12 11.3 6.2-19.7 29 31.6 22.0-43.2 9 6.9 3.4-13.5 8 8.4 4.0-16.8
Forsyth 99 19 18.6 11.5-28.8 29 27.1 18.1-38.4 29 34.8 23.5-48.0 9 7.4 3.6-14.5 13 12.1 6.7-20.9
Guilford 89 28 37.7 26.4-50.5 15 14.6 8.3-24.5 22 22.5 13.6-34.7 15 17.2 10.0-28.1 9 8.0 3.8-16.3
Henderson/Transylvania 113 30 27.9 19.4-38.5 18 15.9 9.4-25.7 30 25.2 17.2-35.2 17 14.5 8.0-25.0 18 16.4 10.0-25.9
Mecklenburg 81 13 13.7 7.3-24.0 22 33.6 22.1-47.3 20 21.1 12.7-33.0 11 19.5 8.9-37.6 15 12.1 6.8-20.7
Orange 77 25 31.1 21.1-43.1 14 19.6 11.3-31.9 14 19.1 11.1-31.1 10 12.1 6.2-22.3 14 18.1 10.4-29.5
Pitt 81 21 24.7 16.1-35.9 15 21.8 12.1-36.2 17 21.4 12.0-35.2 13 13.5 7.6-22.8 15 18.6 11.1-29.4
Randolph 90 38 43.7 31.6-56.6 16 16.9 10.1-27.0 25 29.0 19.2-41.2 3 3.3 1.0-10.8 8 7.0 3.4-14.0
Robeson 95 27 23.2 15.0-34.1 17 17.7 10.5-28.5 27 30.4 19.7-43.6 8 11.4 4.7-24.9 16 17.3 9.7-29.1
Wake 84 21 20.9 13.1-31.6 12 16.0 8.1-29.3 20 25.7 16.5-37.5 19 22.5 13.9-34.3 12 15.0 7.9-26.6
Western NC 179 62 34.7 27.1-43.2 39 19.4 13.9-26.5 41 24.6 17.8-32.9 12 7.4 3.4-15.1 25 13.9 8.6-21.7
Piedmont NC 186 63 27.6 21.0-35.3 31 19.8 13.1-28.8 44 25.5 18.6-34.0 24 16.4 10.3-25.3 24 10.7 6.5-17.0
Eastern NC 162 38 20.6 14.7-28.1 40 26.7 19.5-35.4 38 26.0 18.6-34.9 21 12.8 8.1-19.7 25 13.9 8.6-21.6

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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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