SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Indicators

How old were you the first time you smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

Back to Tobacco Indicators. Select a different topic:
 View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.#		 12 or under 13-14 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%)
All Participants 47,200 10,067 22.6 22.0-23.2 8,589 19.1 18.5-19.7 12,012 25.0 24.4-25.7 8,281 17.0 16.5-17.6 8,251 16.3 15.7-16.8
Alabama 1,295 305 26.4 23.6-29.5 198 16.1 13.8-18.6 338 25.8 23.1-28.7 223 16.4 14.2-18.9 231 15.3 13.3-17.5
Arizona 1,527 366 25.3 22.0-28.9 255 18.1 15.3-21.2 383 23.7 20.2-27.6 254 16.3 13.7-19.3 269 16.6 13.6-20.2
Arkansas 1,857 414 23.4 21.1-25.8 337 19.1 17.1-21.3 471 26.2 23.9-28.7 307 16.2 14.4-18.2 328 15.2 13.4-17.1
Colorado 1,793 360 21.4 19.3-23.7 316 19.6 17.3-22.1 466 25.4 23.2-27.8 322 17.1 15.2-19.2 329 16.5 14.7-18.4
Delaware 2,030 427 20.5 18.1-23.3 383 20.4 17.8-23.3 574 29.0 25.9-32.4 320 15.3 13.1-17.9 326 14.6 12.6-16.9
Florida 2,833 580 21.7 19.9-23.6 518 19.6 17.8-21.5 726 24.7 22.9-26.6 501 16.2 14.8-17.8 508 17.8 16.2-19.6
Indiana 2,773 612 23.2 21.4-25.1 473 17.4 15.8-19.2 723 25.7 23.9-27.6 512 18.2 16.5-20.0 453 15.5 14.0-17.1
Iowa 1,579 264 19.4 17.1-21.9 277 19.6 17.3-22.2 423 25.6 23.2-28.2 288 17.6 15.5-20.0 327 17.8 15.8-20.1
Louisiana 1,979 384 21.2 19.0-23.5 363 18.2 16.4-20.2 495 25.7 23.4-28.2 374 18.6 16.6-20.7 363 16.3 14.6-18.2
Maine 1,329 312 23.7 21.2-26.4 260 20.5 18.1-23.1 326 24.2 21.8-26.9 229 17.2 15.1-19.6 202 14.4 12.4-16.6
Nebraska 1,840 304 19.3 17.1-21.8 345 19.0 16.9-21.3 479 26.1 23.7-28.6 340 17.1 15.2-19.2 372 18.5 16.2-21.1
New Jersey 2,690 498 21.0 17.9-24.6 521 19.3 16.4-22.6 663 25.6 22.2-29.2 550 18.9 16.2-22.0 458 15.2 12.7-18.0
North Carolina 3,037 675 21.7 19.6-23.9 557 21.1 18.8-23.6 797 27.2 24.9-29.8 485 15.1 13.2-17.3 523 14.9 13.1-16.8
North Dakota 1,332 254 19.9 17.6-22.5 233 18.3 16.0-20.8 352 26.4 23.7-29.1 269 20.4 18.1-23.0 224 15.1 13.1-17.3
Ohio 1,972 407 22.5 20.3-24.9 358 19.3 17.3-21.5 485 24.0 21.8-26.4 367 17.7 15.9-19.7 355 16.4 14.4-18.6
Oklahoma 3,109 701 23.4 21.6-25.2 576 20.4 18.7-22.3 748 24.7 22.8-26.6 515 15.8 14.3-17.4 569 15.7 14.3-17.3
Rhode Island 1,929 413 22.6 20.5-24.9 417 22.1 20.0-24.4 510 26.1 23.9-28.5 310 16.0 14.2-17.9 279 13.2 11.7-15.0
South Carolina 2,027 429 22.3 19.9-24.7 355 18.2 16.0-20.6 521 24.8 22.4-27.4 358 18.1 16.0-20.4 364 16.7 14.6-19.1
Texas 2,493 521 22.7 20.7-24.8 431 18.3 16.4-20.3 586 23.6 21.6-25.6 456 17.3 15.6-19.1 499 18.2 16.5-20.0
Virginia 1,871 393 19.6 17.4-21.9 338 18.6 16.2-21.2 509 27.3 24.3-30.5 325 18.9 16.3-21.7 306 15.7 13.1-18.7
West Virginia 1,697 459 28.2 25.8-30.8 293 17.6 15.6-19.8 407 24.9 22.6-27.4 271 16.1 14.2-18.2 267 13.1 11.5-14.9
Wisconsin 2,011 516 27.8 25.5-30.3 406 21.4 19.3-23.6 488 24.0 21.9-26.3 309 14.4 12.7-16.3 292 12.4 10.9-14.1
Wyoming 1,715 399 24.5 22.0-27.2 307 18.9 16.8-21.3 422 25.0 22.6-27.5 296 16.1 14.3-18.2 291 15.5 13.7-17.5
Virgin Islands 482 74 16.4 12.6-21.2 72 14.6 11.2-18.7 120 24.1 19.7-29.2 100 20.7 16.4-25.6 116 24.3 19.9-29.2

Back to Tobacco Indicators.

+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 28JUL03.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook