BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (Do you now smoke a pipe every day, some days, or not at all?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Everyday	Some days	Not at all
North Carolina	1,504	14	1.1	0.5- 2.6	57	5.2	3.6- 7.4	1,433	93.7	91.3-95.5
-Eastern NC	499	5	0.9	0.3- 3.1	12	4.7	2.1-10.1	482	94.4	89.1-97.2
GENDER
Male	414	5	1.1	0.3- 3.6	10	5.3	2.4-11.4	399	93.7	87.7-96.8
Female	85	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.6	0.1- 2.8	83	99.4	97.2-99.9
RACE
White	354	4	0.5	0.2- 1.6	8	5.4	2.2-12.7	342	94.1	87.0-97.4
African American	111	1	2.4	0.3-15.2	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7	109	97.1	86.1-99.4
Other Minorities	33	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.2	2.5-47.2	30	86.8	52.8-97.5
AGE
18-24	9	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.1	1.9-58.5	8	85.9	41.5-98.1
25-34	30	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.4	1.5-41.5	28	90.6	58.5-98.5
35-44	66	1	3.6	0.5-21.8	2	3.7	0.6-20.7	63	92.6	75.4-98.1
45-54	112	2	0.8	0.2- 3.5	3	4.4	1.1-15.9	107	94.8	84.2-98.4
55-64	129	0	0.0	. - .	3	5.5	1.0-25.5	126	94.5	74.5-99.0
65-74	95	2	1.4	0.3- 6.4	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	92	98.2	93.6-99.5
75+	57	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	57	100	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	99	3	1.9	0.5- 6.2	0	0.0	. - .	96	98.1	93.8-99.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	161	0	0.0	. - .	5	6.8	2.1-19.7	156	93.2	80.3-97.9
Some Post-H.S.	131	2	2.1	0.4-11.4	4	6.4	1.7-21.5	125	91.4	77.3-97.1
College Graduate	108	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.0	0.6-14.1	105	97.0	85.9-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	63	2	2.1	0.5- 9.2	1	1.5	0.2-10.2	60	96.4	88.3-99.0
$15,000- 24,999	90	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.0	1.2-32.1	87	93.0	67.9-98.8
$25,000- 34,999	61	1	4.0	0.6-23.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.5	59	95.8	77.1-99.4
$35,000- 49,999	88	1	0.8	0.1- 5.5	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	86	98.8	94.8-99.7
$50,000-74,999	68	1	0.4	0.1- 3.2	2	4.6	1.0-18.8	65	94.9	81.5-98.8
$75,000+	44	0	0.0	. - .	2	15.6	4.1-44.1	42	84.4	55.9-95.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	99	2	1.8	0.4- 7.7	7	6.5	2.9-14.0	90	91.7	83.9-96.0
Guilford	71	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.1	0.8-19.2	69	95.9	80.8-99.2
Mecklenburg	59	1	1.1	0.2- 7.4	2	5.7	1.4-20.2	56	93.2	79.7-98.0
Orange	76	1	2.1	0.3-13.5	2	3.7	0.7-17.0	73	94.2	81.5-98.3
Wake	53	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.6	1.1-11.4	50	96.4	88.6-98.9
Chatham/Lee	60	1	0.7	0.1- 4.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	58	97.7	90.3-99.5
Nash/Wilson	52	1	1.1	0.2- 7.4	1	1.8	0.3-11.8	50	97.1	88.6-99.3
Craven/Pamlico	88	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.7	0.4- 6.9	86	98.3	93.1-99.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	73	0	0.0	. - .	7	8.8	4.1-18.1	66	91.2	81.9-95.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	92	1	1.1	0.2- 7.7	1	0.6	0.1- 4.4	90	98.2	92.7-99.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	55	1	2.6	0.4-16.2	0	0.0	. - .	54	97.4	83.8-99.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	76	0	0.0	. - .	5	5.5	2.1-13.7	71	94.5	86.3-97.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	77	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	2	1.2	0.3- 4.8	74	98.2	94.5-99.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	66	1	1.5	0.2-10.2	0	0.0	. - .	65	98.5	89.8-99.8
Northeast NC I	58	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	58	100	. - .
Northeast NC II	72	1	1.3	0.2- 8.5	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	70	97.0	88.6-99.3
Northeastern Partnership	130	1	0.9	0.1- 6.1	1	1.2	0.2- 8.1	128	97.9	91.8-99.5
Mountain AHEC	252	2	0.6	0.1- 2.7	13	3.6	1.7- 7.3	237	95.8	92.0-97.9
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	616	6	1.4	0.4- 4.4	27	5.6	3.5- 8.8	583	93.0	89.4-95.5
Western NC	389	3	0.5	0.2- 1.8	18	4.5	1.9-10.3	368	94.9	89.3-97.7

Total
Respond.^

Everyday

Some days

Not at all

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,504

1.1

0.5- 2.6

5.2

3.6- 7.4

1,433

93.7

91.3-95.5

-Eastern NC

499

0.9

0.3- 3.1

4.7

2.1-10.1

482

94.4

89.1-97.2

GENDER

Male

414

1.1

0.3- 3.6

5.3

2.4-11.4

399

93.7

87.7-96.8

Female

0.0

. - .

0.6

0.1- 2.8

99.4

97.2-99.9

RACE

White

354

0.5

0.2- 1.6

5.4

2.2-12.7

342

94.1

87.0-97.4

African American

111

2.4

0.3-15.2

0.5

0.1- 3.7

109

97.1

86.1-99.4

Other Minorities

0.0

. - .

13.2

2.5-47.2

86.8

52.8-97.5

AGE

18-24

0.0

. - .

14.1

1.9-58.5

85.9

41.5-98.1

25-34

0.0

. - .

9.4

1.5-41.5

90.6

58.5-98.5

35-44

3.6

0.5-21.8

3.7

0.6-20.7

92.6

75.4-98.1

45-54

112

0.8

0.2- 3.5

4.4

1.1-15.9

107

94.8

84.2-98.4

55-64

129

0.0

. - .

5.5

1.0-25.5

126

94.5

74.5-99.0

65-74

1.4

0.3- 6.4

0.4

0.1- 2.8

98.2

93.6-99.5

75+

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1.9

0.5- 6.2

0.0

. - .

98.1

93.8-99.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

161

0.0

. - .

6.8

2.1-19.7

156

93.2

80.3-97.9

Some Post-H.S.

131

2.1

0.4-11.4

6.4

1.7-21.5

125

91.4

77.3-97.1

College Graduate

108

0.0

. - .

3.0

0.6-14.1

105

97.0

85.9-99.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

2.1

0.5- 9.2

1.5

0.2-10.2

96.4

88.3-99.0

$15,000- 24,999

0.0

. - .

7.0

1.2-32.1

93.0

67.9-98.8

$25,000- 34,999

4.0

0.6-23.6

0.2

0.0- 1.5

95.8

77.1-99.4

$35,000- 49,999

0.8

0.1- 5.5

0.4

0.1- 3.0

98.8

94.8-99.7

$50,000-74,999

0.4

0.1- 3.2

4.6

1.0-18.8

94.9

81.5-98.8

$75,000+

0.0

. - .

15.6

4.1-44.1

84.4

55.9-95.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

1.8

0.4- 7.7

6.5

2.9-14.0

91.7

83.9-96.0

Guilford

0.0

. - .

4.1

0.8-19.2

95.9

80.8-99.2

Mecklenburg

1.1

0.2- 7.4

5.7

1.4-20.2

93.2

79.7-98.0

Orange

2.1

0.3-13.5

3.7

0.7-17.0

94.2

81.5-98.3

Wake

0.0

. - .

3.6

1.1-11.4

96.4

88.6-98.9

Chatham/Lee

0.7

0.1- 4.9

1.6

0.2-10.5

97.7

90.3-99.5

Nash/Wilson

1.1

0.2- 7.4

1.8

0.3-11.8

97.1

88.6-99.3

Craven/Pamlico

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.4- 6.9

98.3

93.1-99.6

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

8.8

4.1-18.1

91.2

81.9-95.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

1.1

0.2- 7.7

0.6

0.1- 4.4

98.2

92.7-99.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

2.6

0.4-16.2

0.0

. - .

97.4

83.8-99.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

0.0

. - .

5.5

2.1-13.7

94.5

86.3-97.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

0.6

0.1- 3.9

1.2

0.3- 4.8

98.2

94.5-99.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

1.5

0.2-10.2

0.0

. - .

98.5

89.8-99.8

Northeast NC I

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Northeast NC II

1.3

0.2- 8.5

1.7

0.2-11.3

97.0

88.6-99.3

Northeastern Partnership

130

0.9

0.1- 6.1

1.2

0.2- 8.1

128

97.9

91.8-99.5

Mountain AHEC

252

0.6

0.1- 2.7

3.6

1.7- 7.3

237

95.8

92.0-97.9

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

616

1.4

0.4- 4.4

5.6

3.5- 8.8

583

93.0

89.4-95.5

Western NC

389

0.5

0.2- 1.8

4.5

1.9-10.3

368

94.9

89.3-97.7

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking tobacco in a pipe.

^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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