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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use--WHITE Respondents Only

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,089 2,589 53.9 51.7-56.0 2,500 46.1 44.0-48.3
GENDER
Male 1,963 1,163 60.0 56.6-63.3 800 40.0 36.7-43.4
Female 3,126 1,426 48.1 45.5-50.7 1,700 51.9 49.3-54.5
AGE
18-24 327 157 55.1 46.2-63.7 170 44.9 36.3-53.8
25-34 802 336 45.8 40.8-50.9 466 54.2 49.1-59.2
35-44 939 455 53.4 48.9-58.0 484 46.6 42.0-51.1
45-54 1,016 553 56.3 51.7-60.9 463 43.7 39.1-48.3
55-64 773 451 61.6 56.6-66.3 322 38.4 33.7-43.4
65-74 671 389 56.6 51.0-62.0 282 43.4 38.0-49.0
75+ 525 233 48.7 41.7-55.7 292 51.3 44.3-58.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 671 418 68.9 63.5-73.8 253 31.1 26.2-36.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,483 847 60.1 56.3-63.7 636 39.9 36.3-43.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,187 622 55.1 50.5-59.5 565 44.9 40.5-49.5
College Graduate 1,737 700 38.3 34.9-41.9 1,037 61.7 58.1-65.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 439 250 61.7 54.0-68.8 189 38.3 31.2-46.0
$15,000- 24,999 699 409 63.5 58.0-68.6 290 36.5 31.4-42.0
$25,000- 34,999 592 349 57.9 51.7-63.9 243 42.1 36.1-48.3
$35,000- 49,999 722 386 55.2 49.7-60.5 336 44.8 39.5-50.3
$50,000-74,999 648 291 48.6 42.6-54.7 357 51.4 45.3-57.4
$75,000+ 768 320 41.7 36.9-46.7 448 58.3 53.3-63.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 365 176 49.1 43.1-55.2 189 50.9 44.8-56.9
Forsyth 344 182 51.9 45.6-58.1 162 48.1 41.9-54.4
Guilford 280 140 49.6 42.8-56.4 140 50.4 43.6-57.2
Henderson/Transylvania 433 227 53.3 47.6-58.9 206 46.7 41.1-52.4
Mecklenburg 268 125 44.9 36.9-53.1 143 55.1 46.9-63.1
Orange 358 147 34.3 27.9-41.3 211 65.7 58.7-72.1
Pitt 289 140 49.4 41.8-57.1 149 50.6 42.9-58.2
Randolph 388 199 56.3 50.1-62.3 189 43.7 37.7-49.9
Robeson 176 101 63.0 54.3-71.0 75 37.0 29.0-45.7
Wake 311 137 45.7 39.3-52.3 174 54.3 47.7-60.7
Western NC 610 333 56.9 52.3-61.5 277 43.1 38.5-47.7
Piedmont NC 720 379 55.5 50.8-60.1 341 44.5 39.9-49.2
Eastern NC 547 303 57.8 52.9-62.6 244 42.2 37.4-47.1

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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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