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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Indicators

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

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  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%)
North Carolina 4,417 948 22.8 20.8-25.0 830 19.7 17.8-21.7 1,165 27.9 25.8-30.1 678 14.4 12.9-16.1 796 15.2 13.7-16.9
-Eastern NC 1,549 326 22.1 18.7-26.0 292 18.9 15.9-22.3 395 27.4 23.7-31.3 247 15.8 13.0-19.0 289 15.8 13.3-18.8
GENDER
Male 687 191 27.6 22.3-33.6 134 17.0 13.1-21.7 167 26.8 21.6-32.7 97 15.1 11.5-19.8 98 13.5 10.0-18.0
Female 862 135 15.4 11.8-19.9 158 21.2 16.8-26.3 228 28.1 23.3-33.5 150 16.6 12.8-21.4 191 18.7 15.1-22.8
RACE
White 1,046 246 23.7 19.7-28.3 215 20.6 16.9-24.9 271 27.2 22.9-32.0 155 15.6 12.2-19.8 159 12.8 10.1-16.2
African American 385 54 11.6 8.0-16.4 56 14.2 9.4-20.8 90 29.2 21.9-37.7 76 18.5 13.4-25.0 109 26.6 20.1-34.4
Other Minorities 114 25 35.7 19.8-55.4 20 16.7 8.2-30.9 34 24.5 13.5-40.3 16 10.7 5.0-21.4 19 12.4 6.0-23.9
AGE
18-24 83 24 33.3 19.7-50.3 20 19.2 10.3-33.0 22 27.5 16.0-43.1 13 17.1 8.0-33.0 4 2.9 0.7-10.5
25-34 207 38 18.7 11.8-28.4 37 11.4 7.0-18.1 65 38.0 28.2-48.9 31 14.8 8.8-23.9 36 17.1 10.6-26.3
35-44 296 71 22.8 16.0-31.2 84 29.4 21.8-38.2 64 23.7 16.0-33.7 36 10.9 6.5-17.7 41 13.3 8.3-20.6
45-54 335 58 17.0 10.6-26.3 66 21.0 14.2-29.9 92 24.6 17.9-32.8 58 17.8 12.1-25.5 61 19.5 13.3-27.8
55-64 293 69 24.5 17.5-33.1 39 14.1 8.7-21.9 70 26.5 18.8-36.0 55 18.2 12.4-25.8 60 16.8 11.7-23.5
65-74 205 45 26.2 17.8-36.9 32 16.0 8.9-26.9 48 24.4 16.4-34.7 34 14.8 9.2-22.9 46 18.6 12.1-27.6
75+ 126 20 12.3 6.9-20.9 14 17.1 8.6-31.3 32 23.9 15.6-34.8 20 19.6 10.9-32.7 40 27.1 17.6-39.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 321 84 23.0 16.7-30.9 57 19.0 12.9-27.1 81 31.6 23.3-41.1 41 13.4 8.8-19.9 58 13.0 8.6-19.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 552 110 22.1 16.5-28.9 110 23.6 17.8-30.6 141 25.3 19.4-32.2 89 13.6 10.0-18.4 102 15.4 11.5-20.4
Some Post-H.S. 402 83 21.8 15.6-29.6 67 13.7 9.7-18.9 104 27.0 20.4-34.7 77 21.9 15.4-30.1 71 15.7 10.7-22.4
College Graduate 271 48 21.6 13.6-32.4 58 17.4 11.8-25.0 68 27.5 19.8-36.9 40 13.8 8.5-21.6 57 19.7 13.4-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 227 45 19.5 12.7-28.6 39 17.7 10.5-28.2 60 30.2 20.6-42.1 37 17.7 10.6-27.9 46 14.9 9.6-22.5
$15,000- 24,999 348 75 20.9 14.0-29.9 60 15.0 10.4-21.1 86 30.1 22.4-39.1 49 14.1 9.7-20.1 78 19.9 13.9-27.7
$25,000- 34,999 193 43 28.9 18.9-41.4 33 14.8 8.1-25.6 57 27.0 18.7-37.3 28 13.7 7.9-22.7 32 15.7 9.2-25.4
$35,000- 49,999 208 40 19.0 12.1-28.7 40 24.0 15.0-36.2 53 30.1 21.2-40.9 36 11.0 6.9-17.2 39 15.8 9.7-24.6
$50,000-74,999 165 40 23.7 15.5-34.5 38 24.5 15.7-36.1 39 21.1 13.9-30.6 28 20.0 11.6-32.1 20 10.7 4.9-21.8
$75,000+ 115 22 32.2 18.5-50.0 21 13.5 7.3-23.6 35 24.8 14.8-38.5 22 17.8 9.7-30.5 15 11.6 5.7-22.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 228 59 27.2 20.6-34.9 33 17.5 12.2-24.5 59 28.0 21.3-35.8 32 11.5 7.8-16.5 45 15.8 11.4-21.6
Guilford 208 38 16.4 11.6-22.6 42 23.7 16.9-32.2 58 28.7 21.7-36.9 40 16.7 11.5-23.6 30 14.5 9.7-21.1
Mecklenburg 193 37 21.4 14.1-31.2 30 12.0 8.1-17.5 62 33.2 25.3-42.0 27 14.6 8.3-24.4 37 18.8 13.1-26.2
Orange 190 38 25.4 14.2-41.2 43 19.7 13.3-28.1 50 30.2 19.7-43.3 29 10.6 6.6-16.6 30 14.2 7.6-24.8
Wake 169 29 18.3 11.5-27.8 34 18.5 12.4-26.6 39 27.6 19.8-36.9 35 18.4 12.5-26.3 32 17.3 11.8-24.5
Chatham/Lee 186 30 15.7 10.1-23.6 36 20.1 14.3-27.4 48 26.9 20.2-34.9 26 12.2 8.1-17.9 46 25.2 18.5-33.3
Nash/Wilson 169 22 12.0 7.5-18.7 33 19.7 13.8-27.5 58 35.7 27.5-44.9 22 15.6 8.7-26.3 34 17.0 11.7-23.9
Craven/Pamlico 234 47 21.9 16.2-28.8 43 19.2 14.1-25.6 59 22.3 17.1-28.4 33 15.7 10.8-22.3 52 20.9 15.8-27.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 222 54 28.1 21.4-36.0 43 18.8 13.3-26.0 61 25.6 19.4-32.9 28 9.9 6.5-14.8 36 17.6 10.3-28.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 224 61 30.8 21.8-41.6 36 15.3 10.2-22.4 65 30.7 23.4-39.1 27 9.7 6.3-14.5 35 13.5 9.3-19.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 221 41 26.5 18.1-37.1 40 16.7 11.8-23.1 55 28.6 20.8-37.8 35 11.1 7.6-16.0 50 17.0 12.3-23.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 226 45 18.2 11.8-26.9 50 19.8 13.0-28.9 62 33.9 18.0-54.6 31 16.3 9.7-26.0 38 11.8 7.6-18.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 239 56 25.9 19.6-33.3 38 14.8 10.5-20.3 58 24.8 18.8-32.0 42 16.9 12.0-23.4 45 17.6 12.8-23.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 195 46 22.3 16.3-29.6 45 24.7 17.7-33.3 40 18.9 13.4-26.0 30 12.6 8.3-18.7 34 21.5 13.2-33.2
Northeast NC I 209 46 21.9 16.2-28.9 41 20.8 15.1-28.0 44 24.8 18.1-33.0 36 18.1 12.3-25.8 42 14.4 10.3-19.8
Northeast NC II 238 54 23.2 17.2-30.4 44 17.9 13.0-24.2 68 28.1 21.8-35.2 37 18.4 12.3-26.6 35 12.5 8.2-18.4
Northeastern Partnership 447 100 22.7 18.2-28.0 85 18.9 15.0-23.5 112 27.0 22.2-32.4 73 18.3 13.6-24.1 77 13.1 9.8-17.3
Mountain AHEC 667 150 22.6 18.2-27.6 129 26.0 19.3-34.1 175 25.0 20.1-30.7 97 13.4 10.3-17.1 116 13.0 10.1-16.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 1,820 367 22.8 20.0-26.0 345 19.3 16.6-22.2 485 28.2 25.3-31.4 289 14.1 12.0-16.6 334 15.6 13.4-18.0
Western NC 1,048 255 24.4 20.4-28.8 193 22.5 17.6-28.3 285 27.6 23.2-32.4 142 12.6 9.9-15.8 173 12.9 10.2-16.3

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* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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