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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,558 1,657 65.6 62.7-68.4 222 7.9 6.5- 9.5 207 9.8 7.9-12.1 472 16.7 14.7-18.9
RACE
White 1,929 1,260 66.0 62.6-69.2 143 6.5 5.1- 8.3 161 10.3 8.0-13.1 365 17.2 15.0-19.7
African American 365 209 57.6 50.1-64.9 47 10.8 7.1-16.1 33 9.4 5.8-14.9 76 22.1 16.2-29.4
Asian 32 24 81.4 58.5-93.1 2 1.9 0.4- 8.4 1 3.6 0.5-22.3 5 13.1 3.8-36.6
Native American 70 44 69.4 50.3-83.5 11 15.7 7.3-30.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 14 14.7 5.1-35.7
Other Minorities 146 110 74.8 62.7-83.9 19 14.2 8.2-23.5 9 9.1 3.4-22.1 8 2.0 0.8- 4.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 154 117 78.1 66.6-86.5 14 10.2 5.3-18.7 10 8.7 3.3-21.0 13 3.0 1.5- 5.9
-English Speaking 54 33 75.9 60.5-86.6 4 6.7 1.9-20.4 5 5.1 1.6-15.7 12 12.3 5.9-23.9
-Spanish Speaking 100 84 78.8 64.0-88.6 10 11.2 5.3-22.1 5 9.7 3.2-25.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
Non-Hispanic 2,399 1,538 64.5 61.4-67.4 207 7.6 6.2- 9.3 197 9.9 7.9-12.4 457 18.0 15.8-20.3
AGE
18-24 184 121 66.3 54.8-76.2 11 6.1 2.7-13.1 16 15.6 8.0-28.4 36 11.9 7.2-19.1
25-34 438 319 70.5 63.7-76.4 34 6.8 4.2-10.8 28 9.2 5.6-14.7 57 13.5 9.4-19.1
35-44 553 364 70.3 64.7-75.4 66 9.7 6.8-13.7 41 7.0 4.5-10.8 82 13.0 9.6-17.3
45-54 517 321 59.7 53.4-65.8 42 8.7 5.6-13.4 49 8.1 5.4-12.1 105 23.4 18.5-29.2
55-64 372 221 58.7 51.5-65.5 36 8.5 5.4-13.1 34 11.1 7.2-16.8 81 21.6 16.3-28.1
65-74 289 180 61.1 52.8-68.7 19 6.2 3.3-11.4 25 11.0 6.8-17.2 65 21.7 15.7-29.2
75+ 182 114 67.8 56.9-77.0 14 9.0 4.7-16.6 12 8.6 4.0-17.3 42 14.6 9.2-22.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 234 55.4 47.9-62.6 48 8.7 5.7-13.1 47 16.3 11.0-23.5 103 19.6 15.0-25.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 756 432 60.7 55.4-65.7 86 9.7 7.0-13.1 83 10.2 7.3-13.9 155 19.5 15.7-24.0
Some Post-H.S. 527 336 62.9 55.8-69.5 51 9.8 6.6-14.3 40 9.8 5.2-17.6 100 17.5 13.2-22.8
College Graduate 836 652 81.1 77.2-84.5 37 3.7 2.3- 5.8 37 4.8 3.1- 7.3 110 10.4 8.0-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 203 111 57.9 46.2-68.8 13 5.2 2.0-12.9 21 11.9 5.7-23.1 58 25.1 17.1-35.2
$15,000- 24,999 398 233 61.1 53.6-68.2 43 8.8 5.8-13.2 42 14.0 9.4-20.4 80 16.1 11.4-22.1
$25,000- 34,999 315 180 61.7 53.2-69.5 36 10.0 5.7-17.0 33 7.9 4.9-12.5 66 20.4 14.4-28.0
$35,000- 49,999 393 243 58.1 50.5-65.2 35 10.0 6.3-15.7 38 10.5 6.8-15.9 77 21.4 15.9-28.1
$50,000-74,999 291 201 67.7 57.6-76.3 27 7.8 4.6-12.9 16 11.2 4.7-24.5 47 13.3 8.9-19.4
$75,000+ 430 339 82.3 77.2-86.5 22 3.4 1.9- 5.8 17 4.2 2.3- 7.5 52 10.1 7.0-14.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 101 61.2 51.9-69.7 13 9.7 5.5-16.6 12 5.9 3.2-10.8 30 23.2 15.8-32.7
Forsyth 175 112 63.2 54.2-71.4 21 10.7 6.6-16.8 12 9.5 4.5-18.9 30 16.6 11.1-24.1
Guilford 151 103 72.0 63.3-79.4 16 10.4 5.9-17.6 11 5.5 2.8-10.3 21 12.1 7.3-19.2
Henderson/Transylvania 185 117 60.7 52.2-68.7 16 12.6 7.3-20.9 13 6.2 3.4-11.1 39 20.4 14.6-27.8
Mecklenburg 159 118 76.2 67.5-83.1 10 5.7 2.7-11.5 11 8.3 4.3-15.4 20 9.8 5.9-15.9
Orange 179 138 77.2 69.6-83.4 10 5.7 2.9-10.8 3 2.3 0.6- 8.3 28 14.8 9.9-21.5
Pitt 157 101 64.7 56.6-72.1 18 13.7 9.6-19.2 14 7.8 4.2-14.0 24 13.7 8.8-20.7
Randolph 170 105 65.1 56.7-72.8 13 6.0 3.4-10.4 17 9.4 5.6-15.4 35 19.5 13.6-27.1
Robeson 172 93 51.5 41.8-61.1 25 21.3 13.3-32.4 14 7.1 3.8-12.8 40 20.1 13.8-28.3
Wake 181 138 76.0 67.7-82.7 12 6.6 3.5-12.1 11 6.7 3.3-13.3 20 10.7 6.4-17.4
Western NC 275 155 56.8 49.8-63.5 23 8.2 4.9-13.3 24 9.3 6.1-14.1 73 25.7 20.1-32.2
Piedmont NC 317 200 64.4 57.2-71.0 26 8.9 5.7-13.7 34 12.9 7.8-20.4 57 13.8 10.1-18.5
Eastern NC 281 176 63.8 57.0-70.1 19 5.4 3.1- 9.3 31 10.6 7.2-15.4 55 20.1 15.2-26.1

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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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