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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Within 6 months Within 1 year Within 5 years Within 10 years More than 10 years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 747 52 7.5 5.2-10.8 24 4.1 2.4- 6.7 113 15.6 12.2-19.8 60 7.2 5.0-10.3 498 65.6 60.5-70.4
RACE
White 603 36 5.7 3.7- 8.9 19 3.4 1.9- 5.8 82 14.6 10.8-19.3 46 6.8 4.4-10.3 420 69.5 63.9-74.6
African American 81 11 14.6 6.4-30.2 2 3.0 0.7-11.2 14 16.7 7.9-31.8 10 9.5 3.6-22.9 44 56.2 41.0-70.3
Asian 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.9 2.2-77.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 78.1 22.3-97.8
Native American 25 1 14.9 2.2-58.1 1 1.1 0.1- 8.3 6 24.9 8.1-55.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.4 16 58.0 27.7-83.3
Other Minorities 25 3 13.9 3.3-43.5 2 18.5 4.9-49.8 9 24.6 11.1-46.1 2 7.2 1.7-25.3 9 35.8 17.2-60.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 25 5 16.3 4.5-44.5 2 19.0 5.1-50.9 6 14.8 5.4-34.7 1 3.9 0.5-23.7 11 46.0 23.9-69.7
-English Speaking 12 2 10.1 2.0-38.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.8 1.2-24.4 1 14.0 1.9-57.8 7 70.1 35.0-91.1
-Spanish Speaking 13 3 18.7 4.0-55.7 2 26.4 7.1-62.9 4 18.2 5.8-44.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 36.6 13.9-67.4
Non-Hispanic 720 47 7.1 4.8-10.3 22 3.2 1.9- 5.3 107 15.7 12.2-20.1 57 7.0 4.7-10.2 487 67.0 61.8-71.8
AGE
18-24 17 7 49.4 20.4-78.8 4 23.1 6.4-56.7 6 27.5 6.8-66.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 62 9 12.8 5.2-28.1 6 13.1 5.0-30.4 27 43.6 28.0-60.6 8 14.1 5.7-30.8 12 16.5 8.1-30.5
35-44 89 5 7.9 3.1-18.7 2 3.1 0.7-13.1 23 23.5 13.9-36.9 14 10.2 4.6-21.0 45 55.4 41.0-69.0
45-54 159 15 8.8 4.2-17.4 7 3.3 1.4- 7.8 30 16.6 10.1-26.0 11 6.9 2.9-15.5 96 64.4 53.2-74.2
55-64 166 10 3.1 1.4- 6.5 5 2.8 0.9- 8.7 19 9.6 5.4-16.6 12 6.1 3.0-12.1 120 78.4 69.7-85.1
65-74 152 5 2.1 0.8- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.1 1.3-12.0 11 6.6 2.2-17.7 131 87.2 76.7-93.4
75+ 97 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.4 0.6- 9.2 4 4.2 1.3-12.9 90 93.4 84.6-97.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 9 6.3 2.3-16.0 6 7.8 3.0-18.8 22 15.1 8.7-24.8 16 7.6 3.5-15.5 94 63.2 51.6-73.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 215 14 5.3 2.4-11.4 9 4.4 2.0- 9.1 37 15.9 10.1-23.9 18 8.5 4.6-15.3 137 65.9 56.5-74.2
Some Post-H.S. 152 18 14.0 7.6-24.4 4 2.0 0.6- 6.5 21 15.7 8.3-27.5 11 6.1 2.6-13.6 98 62.2 50.3-72.8
College Graduate 231 11 5.9 3.0-11.2 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9 33 15.8 10.3-23.5 14 5.9 2.6-13.1 168 70.2 61.2-77.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 5 8.8 2.5-26.7 3 4.8 1.1-18.1 9 12.7 5.7-26.0 10 23.6 10.2-45.6 32 50.2 32.8-67.5
$15,000- 24,999 108 9 4.1 1.9- 8.5 2 4.0 0.6-21.8 19 20.3 10.2-36.6 6 2.8 0.8- 9.2 72 68.8 53.6-80.9
$25,000- 34,999 91 5 9.5 3.1-25.4 3 1.7 0.4- 6.2 20 24.7 13.5-40.8 5 2.3 0.6- 8.7 58 61.8 45.9-75.6
$35,000- 49,999 118 8 10.5 4.4-23.3 6 5.4 2.2-12.4 18 14.1 7.7-24.4 12 7.6 3.2-16.9 74 62.4 48.8-74.3
$50,000-74,999 84 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 2 2.3 0.4-10.7 6 7.5 2.7-19.1 8 5.6 1.8-16.1 66 83.6 71.1-91.4
$75,000+ 123 7 6.7 2.6-16.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 19 17.5 10.2-28.4 10 10.1 4.3-21.7 86 64.7 52.5-75.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 47 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 7 17.9 8.6-33.6 2 4.6 0.9-19.7 36 73.6 57.5-85.2
Forsyth 50 8 15.8 7.7-29.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 8 15.4 7.3-29.6 4 10.2 3.8-24.3 29 57.1 41.5-71.4
Guilford 49 4 5.7 2.0-15.2 4 13.0 4.4-32.7 8 17.2 8.2-32.8 3 8.9 2.6-26.7 30 55.2 38.7-70.6
Henderson/Transylvania 62 3 3.4 1.0-10.6 2 10.4 2.6-33.9 4 6.8 2.5-17.2 5 6.4 2.2-17.3 48 73.0 55.9-85.2
Mecklenburg 37 6 20.0 8.0-41.8 3 16.6 5.2-41.7 6 17.3 7.5-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 22 46.1 28.7-64.5
Orange 44 1 2.5 0.3-15.6 2 3.5 0.8-13.9 6 15.4 6.7-31.6 6 9.1 3.9-19.8 29 69.5 53.5-81.9
Pitt 37 3 9.4 3.0-26.0 1 3.7 0.5-21.9 9 23.0 12.0-39.5 5 9.6 3.6-22.9 19 54.3 37.0-70.6
Randolph 43 3 10.0 3.2-27.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 8 19.7 9.7-35.8 7 14.9 6.8-29.4 24 54.1 38.2-69.1
Robeson 49 2 5.2 1.0-22.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.6 14 40.0 25.5-56.4 1 2.3 0.3-14.5 31 50.6 35.4-65.7
Wake 48 6 17.0 7.3-34.6 2 3.3 0.8-13.1 8 19.5 9.8-35.1 2 2.8 0.7-11.2 30 57.4 41.0-72.3
Western NC 95 7 7.1 2.9-16.3 2 3.2 0.8-12.2 11 13.3 7.1-23.5 12 12.6 7.0-21.6 63 63.8 52.5-73.8
Piedmont NC 100 4 3.3 0.9-11.3 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 16 17.9 10.6-28.5 5 3.8 1.3-10.3 74 73.8 62.5-82.7
Eastern NC 86 4 5.8 2.1-15.3 3 2.8 0.9- 8.9 8 10.3 4.5-21.8 8 11.6 5.5-22.6 63 69.5 57.0-79.6

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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* This question was asked only of respondents who were former smokers.

#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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