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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western NC 656 358 56.5 52.0-61.0 298 43.5 39.0-48.0
GENDER
Male 282 195 67.9 61.2-73.9 87 32.1 26.1-38.8
Female 374 163 43.0 37.4-48.8 211 57.0 51.2-62.6
RACE
White 610 333 56.9 52.3-61.5 277 43.1 38.5-47.7
Other 44 24 53.3 36.1-69.8 20 46.7 30.2-63.9
AGE
18-44 243 119 51.2 43.6-58.7 124 48.8 41.3-56.4
45+ 407 235 60.7 55.3-65.9 172 39.3 34.1-44.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 374 212 58.3 52.2-64.1 162 41.7 35.9-47.8
Some College + 281 145 54.1 47.2-60.8 136 45.9 39.2-52.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 399 222 57.5 51.6-63.2 177 42.5 36.8-48.4
$50,000+ 108 61 56.7 46.2-66.7 47 43.3 33.3-53.8
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
Piedmont NC 885 454 53.0 48.7-57.2 431 47.0 42.8-51.3
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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