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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Never 14 or under 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 1,431 65 3.5 2.4- 5.2 194 13.6 11.3-16.3 355 24.3 21.2-27.8 363 28.7 25.1-32.6 454 29.9 26.4-33.5
RACE
White 1,095 47 3.9 2.4- 6.1 155 14.4 11.8-17.5 288 25.6 22.0-29.6 286 29.6 25.4-34.2 319 26.5 22.7-30.6
African American 200 11 2.2 1.1- 4.4 21 12.6 6.8-22.0 38 20.5 13.6-29.8 41 20.0 12.8-29.7 89 44.7 34.9-54.9
Asian 13 3 7.8 1.7-28.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.6 1.1-44.0 3 60.9 27.9-86.3 6 22.8 6.9-53.8
Native American 38 0 0.0 . - . 10 15.2 6.0-33.4 10 7.9 3.4-17.4 8 32.5 12.9-61.1 10 44.3 21.9-69.3
Other Minorities 74 3 3.1 0.8-11.0 7 8.5 3.6-18.5 15 25.2 12.9-43.6 20 31.3 18.7-47.4 29 31.9 20.0-46.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 70 2 2.3 0.4-11.1 10 10.1 4.6-20.7 17 25.3 12.7-44.2 19 33.5 19.8-50.6 22 28.8 15.5-47.3
-English Speaking 29 1 6.4 0.9-34.3 6 14.6 4.9-36.3 8 33.6 14.3-60.4 7 32.9 13.3-61.1 7 12.5 4.6-29.7
-Spanish Speaking 41 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 4 8.2 2.7-22.2 9 21.9 7.9-47.8 12 33.7 17.4-55.1 15 35.5 17.7-58.5
Non-Hispanic 1,360 63 3.6 2.4- 5.4 184 13.9 11.4-16.7 338 24.3 21.1-27.8 343 28.2 24.5-32.2 432 30.0 26.5-33.7
AGE
18-24 83 1 2.5 0.4-16.0 16 15.6 8.7-26.3 26 28.3 17.4-42.6 31 36.7 24.1-51.5 9 16.8 7.1-34.9
25-34 202 8 6.6 2.8-14.7 18 10.1 5.4-17.9 44 25.0 17.1-35.0 60 29.5 21.4-39.2 72 28.8 20.8-38.3
35-44 258 17 4.2 2.1- 8.6 42 16.1 10.7-23.4 59 24.0 17.5-31.9 48 20.4 13.6-29.4 92 35.3 27.8-43.6
45-54 325 13 1.8 1.0- 3.2 45 13.9 9.3-20.1 89 24.6 18.4-32.1 78 27.0 19.9-35.6 100 32.7 25.6-40.7
55-64 257 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 41 12.7 8.6-18.4 62 20.1 14.6-27.0 58 30.0 22.2-39.2 83 33.6 26.0-42.1
65-74 195 7 2.4 0.9- 6.5 22 14.6 8.3-24.2 52 27.0 18.8-37.1 56 31.0 22.6-40.9 58 25.0 17.7-34.2
75+ 104 5 1.5 0.5- 4.8 8 11.5 4.9-24.6 22 22.9 13.2-36.7 30 31.4 15.6-53.1 39 32.7 20.3-48.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 272 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 55 20.6 14.8-28.0 92 30.4 23.3-38.6 62 24.5 17.6-32.9 58 23.5 16.1-33.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 489 18 2.6 1.3- 5.1 68 13.3 9.8-17.9 123 26.1 20.5-32.6 124 30.0 23.8-36.9 156 28.0 22.6-34.2
Some Post-H.S. 311 11 3.3 1.3- 8.0 35 11.0 6.8-17.3 82 25.1 18.9-32.6 85 30.7 23.0-39.6 98 30.0 23.2-37.7
College Graduate 355 31 8.4 4.5-15.0 34 9.2 5.7-14.4 58 13.6 9.6-18.8 91 28.6 21.9-36.3 141 40.3 33.1-47.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 27 22.9 13.5-36.1 36 31.4 19.0-47.2 28 22.3 10.8-40.6 32 23.0 13.3-36.9
$15,000- 24,999 254 10 2.1 1.0- 4.5 32 11.1 7.0-17.2 72 26.8 19.6-35.5 56 27.0 19.2-36.5 84 33.0 24.6-42.6
$25,000- 34,999 199 7 4.0 1.2-12.9 27 16.7 9.7-27.3 57 27.8 19.7-37.7 45 26.1 17.0-37.9 63 25.4 18.1-34.3
$35,000- 49,999 222 6 2.9 0.7-10.5 31 12.9 8.1-19.9 47 18.8 12.8-26.8 64 33.6 24.0-44.7 74 31.8 23.8-41.1
$50,000-74,999 150 10 4.2 1.6-10.4 17 8.5 4.6-15.0 34 23.9 15.2-35.4 43 35.2 25.2-46.7 46 28.3 19.8-38.6
$75,000+ 195 15 4.4 2.2- 8.8 17 6.9 3.6-13.0 45 25.1 17.5-34.7 51 26.5 19.0-35.7 67 37.0 28.2-46.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 89 4 4.3 1.5-11.7 15 23.2 13.6-36.8 23 23.6 15.3-34.5 25 26.3 17.7-37.2 22 22.7 14.6-33.4
Forsyth 99 7 6.4 2.9-13.7 13 15.9 8.9-26.6 20 25.3 14.8-39.6 28 26.6 18.0-37.4 31 25.8 17.6-36.2
Guilford 92 5 4.5 1.7-11.7 18 27.7 17.4-41.0 17 13.9 8.1-22.9 23 26.4 16.9-38.8 29 27.4 18.6-38.5
Henderson/Transylvania 115 11 7.6 3.9-14.2 14 17.4 10.0-28.7 27 20.9 13.9-30.0 27 21.8 14.6-31.4 36 32.3 22.9-43.4
Mecklenburg 81 5 4.8 1.8-12.2 9 12.9 6.3-24.7 16 19.8 11.5-31.9 26 38.0 24.9-53.1 25 24.4 15.2-36.7
Orange 78 6 6.7 3.0-14.3 11 15.8 8.7-27.0 18 26.7 16.9-39.4 15 16.1 9.2-26.7 28 34.7 24.2-46.9
Pitt 80 5 4.2 1.7- 9.9 8 9.4 4.5-18.6 14 12.6 7.4-20.8 28 39.9 30.0-50.8 25 33.8 23.7-45.7
Randolph 86 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 17 23.1 12.5-38.8 27 31.5 21.4-43.6 21 25.3 16.1-37.4 19 19.0 11.7-29.4
Robeson 97 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 12 9.9 5.2-18.0 30 30.4 20.1-43.1 24 29.7 19.3-42.8 30 29.1 19.4-41.2
Wake 82 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3 5 4.4 1.5-12.0 17 25.1 15.1-38.6 23 32.8 22.0-45.8 35 36.3 25.5-48.7
Western NC 183 9 6.2 2.6-14.0 26 16.1 10.6-23.7 56 29.3 22.5-37.3 33 16.7 11.5-23.6 59 31.7 24.2-40.2
Piedmont NC 188 2 0.7 0.1- 4.3 23 10.7 6.8-16.3 52 26.4 19.5-34.7 48 32.4 24.3-41.7 63 29.8 22.5-38.3
Eastern NC 161 6 4.9 2.1-11.3 23 14.6 9.3-22.0 38 22.3 15.9-30.4 42 27.8 20.5-36.6 52 30.3 22.7-39.2

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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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