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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Tobacco Use

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%)
North Carolina 6,721 3,272 50.3 48.4-52.2 3,449 49.7 47.8-51.6
Piedmont NC 885 454 53.0 48.7-57.2 431 47.0 42.8-51.3
GENDER
Male 322 201 64.2 57.2-70.6 121 35.8 29.4-42.8
Female 563 253 43.4 38.5-48.5 310 56.6 51.5-61.5
RACE
White 720 379 55.5 50.8-60.1 341 44.5 39.9-49.2
Other 159 73 44.1 34.7-53.9 86 55.9 46.1-65.3
AGE
18-44 375 179 49.5 42.9-56.0 196 50.5 44.0-57.1
45+ 499 271 56.9 51.6-62.0 228 43.1 38.0-48.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 479 267 58.7 53.2-64.1 212 41.3 35.9-46.8
Some College + 402 185 44.6 38.4-50.9 217 55.4 49.1-61.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 460 255 56.4 50.7-62.1 205 43.6 37.9-49.3
$50,000+ 218 88 42.3 34.2-50.9 130 57.7 49.1-65.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 201 48.9 43.2-54.6 212 51.1 45.4-56.8
Forsyth 464 239 50.3 45.0-55.7 225 49.7 44.3-55.0
Guilford 423 198 47.2 41.4-53.1 225 52.8 46.9-58.6
Henderson/Transylvania 472 244 53.7 47.8-59.5 228 46.3 40.5-52.2
Mecklenburg 447 184 39.6 33.7-45.8 263 60.4 54.2-66.3
Orange 441 176 32.9 27.4-38.9 265 67.1 61.1-72.6
Pitt 418 194 47.4 41.4-53.4 224 52.6 46.6-58.6
Randolph 429 213 53.7 47.8-59.5 216 46.3 40.5-52.2
Robeson 444 219 49.6 43.6-55.6 225 50.4 44.4-56.4
Wake 431 180 43.0 37.6-48.7 251 57.0 51.3-62.4
Western NC 656 358 56.5 52.0-61.0 298 43.5 39.0-48.0
Eastern NC 798 412 52.3 48.0-56.5 386 47.7 43.5-52.0

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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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