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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Not allowed Allowed in some areas Allowed in all areas No official policy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,138 966 82.3 77.7-86.1 92 9.2 6.8-12.5 44 5.4 2.9- 9.6 36 3.1 1.8- 5.3
RACE
White 856 729 82.2 76.7-86.7 61 8.4 5.6-12.4 38 5.7 2.9-10.8 28 3.7 2.0- 6.8
African American 149 134 92.0 83.2-96.4 8 5.7 2.0-15.3 2 0.6 0.2- 2.7 5 1.7 0.6- 5.1
Asian 18 18 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 24 21 98.0 92.6-99.5 3 2.0 0.5- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 84 57 63.3 45.3-78.2 20 23.3 13.1-38.1 4 11.7 2.7-38.8 3 1.7 0.4- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 92 62 60.3 42.4-75.7 24 27.7 15.5-44.5 4 10.6 2.5-35.7 2 1.4 0.3- 6.7
-English Speaking 24 18 76.4 46.1-92.5 4 21.2 6.0-52.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.9
-Spanish Speaking 68 44 57.4 37.6-75.1 20 28.9 15.1-48.1 3 12.5 2.9-40.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
Non-Hispanic 1,044 902 85.0 80.4-88.6 68 7.0 4.8-10.0 40 4.7 2.4- 8.9 34 3.3 1.9- 5.8
AGE
18-24 86 66 68.9 50.6-82.8 11 14.5 6.9-28.1 6 16.2 5.5-38.9 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3
25-34 260 213 81.7 73.1-88.0 31 12.9 7.3-21.5 7 2.8 1.1- 6.7 9 2.6 1.1- 6.3
35-44 341 294 85.7 79.3-90.4 25 7.8 4.6-12.9 11 2.8 1.1- 6.8 11 3.7 1.5- 8.8
45-54 279 245 85.5 76.7-91.4 15 5.3 2.5-10.9 12 3.2 1.6- 6.3 7 6.0 2.0-16.3
55-64 143 124 90.3 83.4-94.6 8 4.3 2.0- 9.2 6 3.9 1.3-10.8 5 1.4 0.5- 3.9
65-74 14 10 66.3 32.6-88.9 2 7.7 1.7-28.9 1 15.3 2.2-59.2 1 10.6 1.5-48.9
75+ 3 2 45.1 6.9-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 54.9 9.8-93.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 124 89 64.4 49.9-76.7 22 18.9 11.0-30.5 5 8.9 2.2-29.7 8 7.7 2.8-19.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 294 232 80.3 72.4-86.4 38 11.8 7.2-18.9 13 3.3 1.6- 6.9 11 4.5 1.8-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 225 185 76.2 61.2-86.6 17 10.2 4.6-21.0 13 11.8 4.0-29.9 10 1.8 0.7- 4.5
College Graduate 495 460 94.3 91.0-96.4 15 2.8 1.3- 6.0 13 2.1 1.1- 4.0 7 0.8 0.3- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 27 73.2 49.8-88.3 9 21.6 8.2-46.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1 5 3.7 1.1-11.8
$15,000- 24,999 148 115 71.9 59.0-82.0 22 19.7 10.9-32.9 6 4.9 1.8-12.9 5 3.5 1.3- 9.6
$25,000- 34,999 144 110 78.8 67.2-87.1 20 11.3 6.1-19.9 8 5.5 2.4-12.4 6 4.4 0.9-18.9
$35,000- 49,999 191 165 84.3 72.6-91.7 9 9.3 3.4-22.8 7 4.0 1.5-10.0 10 2.4 1.1- 5.3
$50,000-74,999 155 135 78.2 59.0-90.0 13 6.0 2.6-13.4 3 9.0 1.5-39.2 4 6.7 2.1-19.4
$75,000+ 300 278 94.6 90.0-97.2 12 4.0 1.8- 8.9 8 1.2 0.5- 2.6 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 65 59 88.7 76.6-95.0 3 5.7 1.8-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.6 1.8-16.2
Forsyth 83 68 83.1 72.5-90.2 8 9.6 4.6-19.1 4 5.1 1.7-14.4 3 2.2 0.7- 6.7
Guilford 85 72 81.5 68.9-89.8 8 13.0 6.1-25.6 3 3.0 0.8-10.5 2 2.4 0.5-11.8
Henderson/Transylvania 52 48 94.8 85.1-98.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 3 4.5 1.3-14.7 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 81 74 85.2 67.2-94.2 5 12.7 4.4-31.7 2 2.1 0.5- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 108 102 93.9 86.4-97.4 5 4.6 1.8-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8
Pitt 71 54 76.0 63.1-85.4 7 9.3 4.3-18.7 7 11.1 4.7-23.8 3 3.7 1.1-11.5
Randolph 72 58 85.0 74.4-91.7 7 8.0 3.6-17.0 4 4.9 1.6-14.1 3 2.1 0.6- 6.8
Robeson 65 49 75.0 61.4-85.0 8 12.5 5.8-25.1 2 4.2 1.1-15.4 6 8.2 3.5-17.9
Wake 106 95 88.9 79.6-94.2 4 4.5 1.5-13.1 3 3.8 1.1-11.9 4 2.9 1.0- 7.7
Western NC 112 89 78.3 67.1-86.5 13 13.7 7.0-25.1 7 5.9 2.5-13.1 3 2.2 0.6- 8.1
Piedmont NC 135 113 80.4 68.1-88.8 17 10.4 5.9-17.7 2 5.4 1.0-24.7 3 3.8 1.1-12.5
Eastern NC 103 85 80.3 67.6-88.9 6 6.4 2.2-17.5 7 8.9 3.4-21.5 5 4.3 1.5-11.6

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

#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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