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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE Respondents Only

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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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 1,257 80 7.1 5.1- 9.7 42 4.1 2.7- 6.3 202 16.6 13.7-19.9 112 8.9 6.9-11.4 821 63.3 59.2-67.3
GENDER
Male 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
Female 654 44 8.8 5.5-13.8 23 5.1 2.7- 9.5 120 19.2 15.1-24.0 66 11.7 8.6-15.8 401 55.2 49.3-61.0
AGE
18-24 32 12 45.1 22.6-69.9 7 21.8 7.2-50.2 13 33.0 14.4-59.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 107 17 11.1 5.4-21.5 7 7.3 3.0-16.3 43 50.9 37.6-64.0 18 15.6 8.0-28.4 22 15.1 9.0-24.2
35-44 171 11 9.5 4.8-17.8 10 4.0 1.6- 9.5 42 22.2 14.8-31.8 23 12.9 7.5-21.1 85 51.4 40.7-62.0
45-54 253 19 4.7 2.5- 8.5 10 3.8 1.8- 7.6 38 13.2 8.5-19.9 26 11.1 6.5-18.2 160 67.3 58.4-75.0
55-64 251 14 4.2 2.2- 8.0 6 3.1 1.2- 8.1 32 10.9 6.9-16.7 23 7.4 4.3-12.6 176 74.4 66.7-80.9
65-74 262 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6 2 1.3 0.2- 6.9 18 4.4 2.4- 7.8 17 6.5 3.2-12.9 220 86.4 79.7-91.1
75+ 173 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 0 0.0 . - . 14 7.3 3.9-13.3 4 3.5 1.1-10.3 154 89.0 81.7-93.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 183 11 6.1 2.6-13.8 5 6.7 2.1-19.7 24 9.9 5.9-16.3 13 4.1 2.0- 8.1 130 73.2 62.4-81.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 20 5.6 3.0-10.2 15 4.7 2.6- 8.4 66 18.4 13.3-24.9 33 11.5 7.5-17.1 219 59.8 52.3-66.9
Some Post-H.S. 288 32 13.4 8.0-21.5 9 2.4 1.0- 5.6 48 20.0 13.5-28.4 23 7.3 4.3-12.1 176 56.9 48.1-65.4
College Graduate 432 17 3.6 2.0- 6.5 13 3.3 1.7- 6.2 64 15.2 10.9-20.8 43 10.2 6.5-15.8 295 67.7 60.8-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 103 9 18.3 7.0-40.0 2 2.3 0.5-10.8 15 9.8 5.1-18.3 7 7.3 3.0-17.0 70 62.2 46.0-76.0
$15,000- 24,999 153 13 5.6 2.7-11.4 3 2.0 0.4- 9.0 33 24.3 14.5-37.9 10 4.4 1.9-10.0 94 63.6 50.9-74.7
$25,000- 34,999 152 13 13.3 6.4-25.8 8 3.4 1.3- 8.5 33 22.4 13.7-34.5 14 6.8 3.2-14.0 84 54.1 41.8-65.9
$35,000- 49,999 181 9 5.6 2.4-12.5 8 5.0 2.3-10.2 26 16.9 10.3-26.3 27 13.8 8.2-22.4 111 58.7 47.8-68.9
$50,000-74,999 160 7 2.1 0.7- 6.1 5 3.0 1.0- 9.1 22 11.7 6.6-20.1 18 8.5 4.2-16.2 108 74.7 64.6-82.7
$75,000+ 196 7 3.1 1.2- 7.8 5 2.3 0.8- 6.1 27 15.5 9.7-23.9 16 9.6 4.8-18.4 141 69.5 59.8-77.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 95 5 4.3 1.6-11.0 5 6.4 2.5-15.4 12 12.5 6.8-21.9 5 4.7 1.8-11.6 68 72.1 60.9-81.1
Forsyth 88 6 7.0 3.0-15.2 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 21 23.5 15.1-34.8 5 8.4 3.5-18.9 54 59.0 46.9-70.1
Guilford 71 6 7.3 3.1-16.3 4 11.0 3.6-29.2 9 12.1 5.7-23.9 6 8.6 3.8-18.6 46 60.9 46.7-73.5
Henderson/Transylvania 117 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3 3 7.6 2.0-25.1 18 14.3 8.6-22.7 9 6.4 2.9-13.7 83 69.5 57.4-79.4
Mecklenburg 66 6 12.8 5.2-28.4 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 11 18.9 9.8-33.4 4 5.4 1.8-14.7 44 62.0 47.5-74.7
Orange 82 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 3 3.4 1.1-10.4 9 12.1 6.0-23.1 9 10.1 4.7-20.5 60 72.7 60.5-82.3
Pitt 71 8 9.5 4.1-20.4 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 16 21.1 11.8-34.9 7 7.1 3.1-15.6 39 60.0 42.8-75.0
Randolph 84 5 20.2 5.4-52.8 4 4.1 1.3-11.8 16 16.3 9.4-26.7 11 11.4 5.9-21.0 48 48.1 29.8-66.8
Robeson 46 3 8.1 2.0-27.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 23.3 11.8-40.9 3 5.2 1.6-15.8 32 63.3 46.1-77.7
Wake 77 4 7.9 2.5-22.0 6 6.4 2.7-14.2 10 16.1 8.6-28.1 5 5.8 2.2-14.1 52 63.9 50.8-75.2
Western NC 146 10 7.3 3.6-14.3 4 4.1 1.5-10.7 22 15.8 10.1-23.9 16 11.1 6.7-18.0 94 61.7 52.5-70.2
Piedmont NC 174 11 2.7 1.3- 5.5 4 2.4 0.9- 6.4 30 19.9 13.7-27.9 17 8.2 4.8-13.7 112 66.9 58.1-74.5
Eastern NC 140 11 10.4 5.3-19.5 5 5.1 1.8-13.7 20 12.8 7.5-21.0 15 11.3 6.5-18.9 89 60.4 50.3-69.7

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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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