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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE 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 2,418 572 23.1 20.8-25.6 467 22.3 19.7-25.1 632 27.5 24.8-30.4 377 14.4 12.2-16.8 370 12.7 10.9-14.8
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,329 229 16.2 13.5-19.3 243 22.2 18.7-26.2 362 30.3 26.6-34.3 252 15.3 12.9-18.2 243 15.9 13.4-18.8
AGE
18-24 145 39 18.5 12.1-27.2 37 30.9 20.8-43.2 47 31.8 22.2-43.2 17 14.8 6.8-29.3 5 4.0 1.3-11.3
25-34 320 80 21.2 15.9-27.6 81 22.9 17.0-30.1 95 35.8 28.3-44.0 40 12.2 7.9-18.2 24 8.0 3.9-16.0
35-44 445 121 24.6 19.4-30.6 114 25.9 20.6-32.1 117 26.4 21.1-32.5 47 11.6 7.5-17.4 46 11.5 8.0-16.2
45-54 528 102 19.9 15.4-25.4 117 20.7 15.9-26.4 142 33.3 26.9-40.3 96 15.9 11.5-21.4 71 10.2 7.4-13.9
55-64 427 116 28.6 22.9-35.2 60 18.0 13.2-24.2 99 21.4 16.5-27.2 69 15.5 11.2-21.1 83 16.4 11.5-22.8
65-74 343 73 25.6 19.4-33.0 43 17.1 11.8-24.2 81 17.2 12.7-22.8 64 16.0 11.6-21.5 82 24.2 18.3-31.2
75+ 199 41 25.2 16.8-36.0 11 14.0 4.4-36.6 50 17.7 11.5-26.2 42 18.5 11.9-27.8 55 24.6 16.5-35.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 362 122 32.0 25.3-39.5 64 21.6 15.4-29.4 86 24.0 17.6-31.7 39 12.5 7.0-21.4 51 9.9 6.1-15.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 794 188 23.3 19.4-27.7 164 24.5 20.0-29.7 209 25.9 21.6-30.7 117 13.5 10.3-17.5 116 12.8 9.7-16.6
Some Post-H.S. 594 130 20.4 16.4-25.2 131 23.6 18.8-29.1 167 32.2 26.7-38.3 77 11.5 7.8-16.5 89 12.3 9.2-16.3
College Graduate 667 132 18.7 14.8-23.2 108 17.2 13.1-22.3 170 27.8 22.8-33.4 144 21.0 16.5-26.3 113 15.4 11.6-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 224 71 30.7 22.2-40.8 41 26.0 15.6-40.0 44 20.4 13.0-30.5 27 10.4 5.5-18.6 41 12.5 7.8-19.4
$15,000- 24,999 379 95 23.0 17.3-29.8 73 24.5 17.9-32.5 95 26.9 20.2-34.9 53 9.3 6.6-13.1 63 16.3 10.9-23.7
$25,000- 34,999 329 89 24.8 18.8-31.9 63 23.8 17.4-31.6 89 24.9 18.5-32.6 49 16.5 10.5-25.1 39 10.0 6.3-15.4
$35,000- 49,999 377 74 19.4 14.2-25.9 83 19.0 14.1-25.2 98 32.2 25.2-40.2 58 14.4 9.2-21.7 64 15.0 10.6-20.6
$50,000-74,999 287 67 23.5 17.4-30.9 58 23.0 16.6-31.0 81 28.6 21.5-37.0 49 15.5 10.3-22.8 32 9.4 5.9-14.7
$75,000+ 314 57 18.8 13.5-25.5 63 21.8 15.8-29.3 98 33.4 26.6-41.1 59 16.5 11.7-22.7 37 9.4 6.1-14.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 164 46 34.7 26.2-44.3 31 17.9 11.6-26.5 43 24.1 17.7-32.0 19 11.9 7.4-18.7 25 11.4 7.3-17.2
Forsyth 175 32 17.6 12.1-25.0 42 23.8 17.2-32.1 39 28.5 20.0-38.9 29 13.4 9.0-19.5 33 16.7 11.4-23.6
Guilford 129 25 27.2 18.5-38.1 24 16.4 10.7-24.2 33 21.7 15.0-30.4 26 21.7 14.4-31.3 21 13.0 8.0-20.3
Henderson/Transylvania 216 49 24.8 18.6-32.4 34 15.8 10.7-22.7 64 28.0 21.6-35.4 37 17.2 11.5-24.8 32 14.2 9.6-20.4
Mecklenburg 120 23 16.2 10.0-25.2 17 21.6 12.9-33.8 37 30.1 21.0-41.0 22 19.5 9.5-36.0 21 12.6 7.6-20.1
Orange 140 32 27.3 19.5-36.6 26 19.0 12.8-27.2 33 22.3 15.6-30.9 27 17.2 11.5-24.8 22 14.3 9.1-21.8
Pitt 137 34 26.2 18.0-36.5 28 19.2 12.6-28.2 29 19.5 12.9-28.3 31 26.5 15.2-42.1 15 8.5 4.8-14.8
Randolph 187 61 35.3 25.3-46.8 32 16.7 11.5-23.6 50 30.9 20.1-44.2 20 7.9 4.8-12.7 24 9.2 5.8-14.5
Robeson 86 13 18.6 10.1-31.8 12 15.8 8.5-27.4 28 31.0 19.6-45.2 16 19.7 10.0-34.9 17 14.9 8.8-24.2
Wake 127 35 26.9 19.0-36.7 22 21.2 13.1-32.6 35 27.5 19.5-37.3 18 12.9 7.9-20.4 17 11.4 6.7-18.6
Western NC 307 83 28.8 23.2-35.1 63 19.8 15.2-25.4 72 25.2 19.8-31.5 40 11.7 7.9-17.0 49 14.5 10.2-20.0
Piedmont NC 352 81 22.1 17.5-27.6 65 21.8 16.5-28.2 96 27.3 21.9-33.5 59 16.6 11.9-22.7 51 12.2 8.8-16.7
Eastern NC 278 58 19.4 14.9-24.9 71 27.1 21.4-33.7 73 29.6 23.6-36.4 33 11.0 7.5-16.0 43 12.8 8.8-18.2

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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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