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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE Respondents Only

How old were you when you first started smoking cigarettes regularly?*

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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 2,428 143 4.7 3.6- 6.1 288 12.9 11.1-15.0 547 24.5 22.0-27.3 632 28.8 26.0-31.9 818 29.1 26.4-31.8
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,333 96 5.6 4.1- 7.6 133 11.1 8.8-14.0 259 23.2 19.8-27.0 346 28.0 24.3-31.9 499 32.1 28.6-35.8
AGE
18-24 144 3 2.1 0.4-11.6 31 18.8 12.0-28.2 43 30.3 20.6-42.2 51 38.8 27.8-50.9 16 10.0 3.9-23.6
25-34 321 15 7.3 3.6-14.1 36 11.6 7.6-17.3 89 29.4 22.7-37.2 105 28.2 21.8-35.6 76 23.5 17.1-31.4
35-44 444 27 5.2 3.1- 8.7 77 16.2 11.9-21.5 119 28.2 22.7-34.5 93 23.3 17.7-29.9 128 27.2 21.9-33.2
45-54 531 25 2.8 1.6- 4.9 51 10.8 7.4-15.4 131 24.6 19.5-30.6 133 27.9 22.0-34.8 191 33.8 28.0-40.3
55-64 424 30 5.5 3.2- 9.0 52 11.9 8.3-16.7 74 17.7 13.4-23.2 114 31.9 25.5-39.0 154 33.1 26.9-39.9
65-74 354 22 3.2 1.7- 5.8 27 9.3 5.6-15.0 62 19.7 14.1-26.7 87 28.5 22.2-35.8 156 39.4 32.6-46.6
75+ 197 20 7.9 3.9-15.3 12 9.1 4.4-17.9 28 15.2 9.1-24.3 48 27.2 15.5-43.1 89 40.6 29.9-52.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 368 24 3.5 2.0- 6.2 70 20.1 14.8-26.6 105 29.1 22.4-36.9 80 23.9 17.6-31.6 89 23.4 16.6-31.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 799 36 3.4 2.1- 5.5 94 13.2 10.1-16.9 202 25.9 21.6-30.7 203 29.6 24.8-35.0 264 27.9 23.8-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 591 22 4.2 2.3- 7.8 73 11.8 8.8-15.8 145 27.2 22.1-32.9 153 29.9 24.3-36.2 198 26.8 22.1-32.1
College Graduate 668 61 8.5 5.4-13.2 50 7.5 5.0-11.1 95 15.0 11.5-19.3 196 30.4 25.2-36.1 266 38.6 33.2-44.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 228 12 2.7 1.3- 5.7 44 22.1 14.6-32.0 52 27.6 18.9-38.4 44 22.8 13.3-36.3 76 24.8 17.4-34.1
$15,000- 24,999 376 17 3.2 1.6- 6.2 44 13.8 9.3-20.1 99 29.1 22.3-37.0 89 23.0 16.9-30.5 127 30.8 23.9-38.8
$25,000- 34,999 329 16 4.8 2.0-10.8 43 15.0 10.1-21.6 88 27.5 21.0-35.1 72 26.2 18.9-35.2 110 26.6 20.5-33.7
$35,000- 49,999 376 16 4.4 1.9- 9.7 42 11.7 7.7-17.2 79 21.3 16.1-27.6 109 30.3 23.0-38.7 130 32.4 25.9-39.7
$50,000-74,999 281 20 5.9 3.1-10.9 22 8.0 4.8-13.2 64 23.1 16.5-31.3 85 36.2 28.3-44.9 90 26.8 20.3-34.3
$75,000+ 311 25 4.6 2.6- 7.9 27 8.5 4.9-14.3 63 24.2 18.0-31.9 95 30.5 23.9-37.9 101 32.3 25.5-39.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 164 7 3.3 1.5- 7.4 29 21.6 14.4-31.1 32 23.1 15.8-32.4 42 24.5 18.0-32.3 54 27.5 20.6-35.7
Forsyth 178 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6 20 12.7 7.9-19.9 34 25.7 17.2-36.5 51 26.5 19.7-34.6 65 31.0 23.9-39.2
Guilford 130 8 6.7 3.1-13.8 16 17.8 10.5-28.8 28 18.8 12.4-27.4 28 22.2 15.0-31.5 50 34.5 26.0-44.1
Henderson/Transylvania 217 22 7.7 4.9-11.9 26 14.8 9.4-22.6 45 21.1 15.5-28.0 49 22.2 16.6-29.1 75 34.2 26.9-42.3
Mecklenburg 117 10 7.8 3.8-15.2 12 13.1 6.6-24.2 25 19.8 12.7-29.6 33 37.3 25.1-51.5 37 22.0 14.9-31.2
Orange 140 16 10.3 6.2-16.8 14 12.5 7.3-20.5 24 20.0 13.4-28.8 31 19.7 13.6-27.7 55 37.5 29.0-46.8
Pitt 135 7 4.8 2.2-10.4 12 9.1 4.8-16.6 26 18.0 11.7-26.6 45 31.5 22.6-42.0 45 36.6 24.6-50.5
Randolph 182 9 2.8 1.4- 5.6 29 19.0 11.9-29.0 51 28.6 20.0-39.2 43 28.3 17.5-42.3 50 21.2 15.4-28.5
Robeson 88 4 2.9 1.0- 8.4 5 7.4 2.9-17.8 18 24.9 14.2-39.7 30 38.9 26.4-53.1 31 25.8 17.3-36.7
Wake 128 6 4.3 1.8-10.0 10 7.5 3.5-15.4 28 25.5 16.8-36.7 36 31.7 22.9-42.1 48 31.0 23.0-40.3
Western NC 313 21 6.7 3.7-11.8 39 14.4 10.2-20.0 78 25.7 20.5-31.7 67 20.2 15.7-25.8 108 33.0 27.1-39.4
Piedmont NC 359 13 2.8 1.4- 5.4 38 11.1 7.9-15.4 88 25.2 20.0-31.3 100 30.4 24.5-37.1 120 30.5 24.8-36.7
Eastern NC 277 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 38 14.0 10.0-19.2 70 25.1 19.7-31.3 77 30.9 24.8-37.9 80 24.9 19.6-31.2

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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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