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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE 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 5,009 3,330 65.0 62.9-67.0 429 8.3 7.3- 9.6 339 8.8 7.4-10.4 911 17.9 16.4-19.6
GENDER
Male 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
Female 3,080 2,070 64.0 61.4-66.5 286 10.0 8.6-11.8 178 7.4 5.9- 9.1 546 18.6 16.6-20.8
AGE
18-24 317 213 62.5 53.2-71.0 25 6.7 3.8-11.3 19 13.1 6.7-24.0 60 17.7 12.5-24.6
25-34 790 594 73.7 68.9-77.9 62 7.2 5.1-10.1 38 6.5 4.3- 9.7 96 12.6 9.6-16.4
35-44 932 630 65.8 61.1-70.1 109 11.7 9.0-15.2 52 6.3 4.2- 9.3 141 16.2 13.1-19.9
45-54 996 640 61.4 56.6-65.9 70 7.0 4.8-10.1 99 10.8 8.2-14.2 187 20.8 17.2-24.9
55-64 766 472 60.2 55.1-65.1 70 8.5 6.2-11.6 58 10.3 7.3-14.4 166 21.0 17.2-25.3
65-74 660 423 61.1 55.5-66.3 58 9.1 6.2-13.0 44 8.8 6.1-12.5 135 21.1 17.0-25.9
75+ 513 335 68.7 62.4-74.4 32 5.9 3.7- 9.4 25 6.2 3.5-10.7 121 19.1 14.9-24.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 652 327 47.3 41.3-53.5 71 10.4 7.3-14.6 76 17.2 12.4-23.2 178 25.1 20.6-30.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,454 844 59.8 56.0-63.5 165 9.4 7.5-11.8 130 9.6 7.6-12.1 315 21.2 18.3-24.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,172 782 63.9 59.2-68.3 111 9.1 7.0-11.8 75 8.8 5.6-13.4 204 18.2 15.1-21.8
College Graduate 1,720 1,371 80.6 77.7-83.2 81 5.4 4.0- 7.4 58 3.7 2.6- 5.2 210 10.3 8.4-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 429 219 49.1 41.1-57.1 42 9.6 6.0-14.9 47 12.8 8.5-18.8 121 28.6 22.0-36.2
$15,000- 24,999 688 388 56.3 50.5-61.9 87 10.0 7.4-13.4 62 12.6 9.0-17.5 151 21.1 17.0-25.8
$25,000- 34,999 578 331 55.6 49.3-61.7 62 11.0 7.4-16.1 57 10.5 7.4-14.8 128 22.8 18.2-28.3
$35,000- 49,999 717 495 68.1 62.9-72.9 58 8.4 5.9-11.7 51 7.4 4.9-11.1 113 16.1 12.6-20.3
$50,000-74,999 644 476 68.8 62.2-74.7 45 6.5 4.3- 9.7 37 10.3 5.8-17.7 86 14.3 10.8-18.8
$75,000+ 765 602 81.2 77.2-84.6 41 4.0 2.6- 6.1 20 3.5 2.0- 5.9 102 11.3 8.7-14.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 362 246 63.5 57.1-69.5 39 12.8 8.7-18.5 18 4.5 2.7- 7.5 59 19.1 14.3-25.0
Forsyth 341 214 60.8 54.2-67.0 40 11.2 8.0-15.5 22 8.7 4.9-14.9 65 19.3 14.6-25.1
Guilford 276 187 69.9 63.3-75.8 19 6.0 3.6- 9.7 20 6.6 4.0-10.7 50 17.6 12.9-23.5
Henderson/Transylvania 423 286 67.1 61.4-72.3 27 8.0 5.0-12.6 25 5.9 3.8- 8.9 85 19.1 15.1-23.8
Mecklenburg 264 213 81.3 74.6-86.5 10 2.8 1.4- 5.8 8 4.6 2.1- 9.9 33 11.2 7.4-16.8
Orange 350 276 72.6 61.1-81.7 19 10.9 3.7-28.2 9 1.5 0.7- 3.1 46 15.0 10.4-21.1
Pitt 288 206 73.6 67.0-79.2 24 8.6 5.5-13.1 18 6.0 3.4-10.5 40 11.8 8.4-16.4
Randolph 380 232 61.3 53.6-68.5 43 10.4 7.4-14.6 34 8.7 6.0-12.5 71 19.5 13.2-27.8
Robeson 173 95 53.2 43.9-62.3 21 12.2 7.6-19.0 16 9.0 5.1-15.4 41 25.6 17.8-35.3
Wake 308 240 77.2 70.9-82.4 17 4.9 2.9- 8.2 16 6.4 3.6-11.3 35 11.5 7.7-16.7
Western NC 597 356 58.0 53.2-62.7 52 8.4 6.0-11.6 50 9.4 7.0-12.5 139 24.2 20.2-28.7
Piedmont NC 709 436 62.8 58.1-67.3 72 10.1 7.7-13.1 57 10.3 7.1-14.8 144 16.8 13.9-20.0
Eastern NC 538 343 62.3 57.4-67.0 46 7.7 5.6-10.6 46 10.1 7.4-13.6 103 19.9 16.2-24.2

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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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