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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Tobacco Indicators

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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%)
North Carolina 6,584 4,377 66.1 64.3-67.9 608 8.9 7.9-10.0 433 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,166 16.9 15.6-18.3
Orange County 431 336 72.2 62.9-79.9 28 11.7 5.2-24.2 13 2.8 1.4- 5.5 54 13.3 9.5-18.4
GENDER
Male 179 138 77.2 69.6-83.4 10 5.7 2.9-10.8 3 2.3 0.6- 8.3 28 14.8 9.9-21.5
Female 252 198 67.9 52.5-80.1 18 16.8 6.1-38.4 10 3.2 1.5- 6.8 26 12.1 7.0-20.1
RACE
White 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
Other 78 57 69.3 55.5-80.3 9 15.1 7.4-28.4 4 8.0 2.8-20.6 8 7.6 3.3-16.2
AGE
18-44 218 173 71.8 57.0-83.0 15 14.3 4.8-35.2 5 2.5 0.8- 7.3 25 11.5 7.2-17.8
45+ 211 162 73.6 64.7-80.8 13 7.9 4.4-13.8 8 3.3 1.6- 6.7 28 15.3 9.3-24.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 55 47.6 28.0-68.0 9 28.9 9.3-61.8 7 7.3 2.9-17.6 11 16.1 7.0-32.9
Some College + 348 281 81.1 75.9-85.5 19 5.7 3.5- 9.3 6 1.2 0.4- 3.5 42 11.9 8.5-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 131 70.5 61.4-78.2 15 9.4 5.1-16.7 10 6.5 3.2-13.0 23 13.6 8.5-21.1
$50,000+ 158 129 81.2 73.6-87.0 10 7.3 3.9-13.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 18 11.2 6.9-17.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 276 64.0 58.0-69.6 44 12.5 8.7-17.7 20 4.5 2.8- 7.2 67 19.0 14.5-24.4
Forsyth 459 286 61.7 56.1-67.0 53 12.0 8.9-15.9 28 7.1 4.2-11.7 92 19.2 15.3-23.9
Guilford 413 282 70.3 64.7-75.3 33 9.1 6.0-13.5 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 71 15.5 11.9-20.0
Henderson/Transylvania 462 315 68.1 62.5-73.2 32 9.2 6.0-13.7 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 89 17.3 13.6-21.7
Mecklenburg 438 338 77.4 72.2-81.9 29 6.6 4.2-10.2 16 5.0 2.9- 8.8 55 10.9 8.1-14.7
Pitt 411 283 69.7 64.4-74.6 40 11.6 8.8-15.3 29 6.0 3.9- 9.3 59 12.6 9.4-16.7
Randolph 420 258 62.3 55.1-69.0 47 10.1 7.2-13.9 35 8.1 5.6-11.5 80 19.5 13.6-27.1
Robeson 428 252 57.3 51.0-63.4 59 17.7 12.7-24.1 32 7.2 4.8-10.6 85 17.9 13.8-22.8
Wake 423 332 78.5 73.3-82.8 26 5.8 3.8- 8.9 20 5.4 3.2- 9.0 45 10.3 7.3-14.4
Western NC 643 383 58.6 54.0-63.1 60 9.0 6.6-12.1 50 8.6 6.4-11.6 150 23.8 20.0-28.1
Piedmont NC 869 525 62.7 58.4-66.7 92 10.1 8.0-12.8 74 10.3 7.4-14.0 178 16.9 14.3-19.9
Eastern NC 780 511 65.1 61.0-69.1 65 7.6 5.7-10.0 63 9.0 6.8-11.7 141 18.3 15.2-21.8

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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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