BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (How old were you when you first started smoking cigarettes regularly?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Indicators

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	Total Respond.^	Never	14 or under	15-16	17-18	19 0r older
North Carolina	4,416	285	5.9	4.8- 7.1	476	12.9	11.2-14.7	994	24.4	22.3-26.6	1,087	25.6	23.6-27.8	1,574	31.3	29.2-33.4
-Eastern NC	1,552	90	5.1	3.7- 7.1	175	13.3	10.6-16.5	354	25.0	21.3-29.1	373	23.7	20.4-27.4	560	32.8	29.2-36.7
GENDER
Male	689	38	4.6	2.9- 7.4	82	12.2	8.6-17.0	167	27.8	22.3-34.0	178	24.5	19.8-29.9	224	30.9	25.8-36.5
Female	863	52	5.8	3.7- 8.8	93	14.6	10.9-19.3	187	21.7	17.4-26.8	195	22.7	18.4-27.7	336	35.2	30.1-40.6
RACE
White	1,049	59	5.4	3.6- 8.0	130	15.3	11.8-19.5	267	27.1	22.7-32.0	251	23.7	19.7-28.2	342	28.6	24.5-33.1
African American	383	24	4.4	2.5- 7.7	31	8.5	5.1-13.8	58	12.9	9.1-18.0	94	24.9	18.6-32.5	176	49.2	41.2-57.3
Other Minorities	116	7	5.3	2.2-12.0	14	9.0	4.1-18.5	27	38.2	21.8-57.7	28	21.4	11.8-35.6	40	26.2	15.9-40.1
AGE
18-24	83	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2	17	15.8	8.0-28.6	25	32.3	19.1-49.1	28	36.1	22.7-52.2	10	14.5	6.1-30.7
25-34	206	12	9.4	4.5-18.6	25	10.4	5.8-17.9	46	21.9	14.3-32.1	54	24.9	16.9-35.0	69	33.5	24.4-44.0
35-44	296	13	2.5	1.3- 5.0	41	15.9	10.2-24.1	94	32.8	24.2-42.8	66	21.5	15.2-29.5	82	27.2	20.0-36.0
45-54	332	21	5.6	3.1- 9.7	35	13.7	7.5-23.8	65	19.9	13.1-28.9	81	21.6	15.6-29.1	130	39.3	30.8-48.5
55-64	291	13	2.9	1.3- 6.4	30	15.2	9.5-23.6	54	24.2	16.2-34.6	66	18.7	13.3-25.7	128	38.9	30.8-47.7
65-74	212	15	6.4	2.7-14.6	16	9.4	4.7-18.1	44	21.2	13.8-31.1	53	27.6	19.1-38.0	84	35.3	26.1-45.9
75+	128	13	11.2	5.2-22.3	10	7.6	3.4-16.0	25	20.8	12.2-33.1	25	17.1	9.9-28.1	55	43.3	31.5-56.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	326	25	6.3	3.5-11.1	54	14.8	10.1-21.3	76	32.4	23.7-42.4	72	18.6	13.6-25.0	99	27.8	20.9-36.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	551	25	3.2	1.9- 5.6	58	11.4	8.0-16.1	134	29.3	22.5-37.2	131	23.4	18.0-29.7	203	32.6	26.6-39.3
Some Post-H.S.	400	24	5.1	2.5-10.3	37	12.5	7.7-19.6	98	22.2	16.5-29.2	99	24.3	18.0-31.9	142	35.9	28.3-44.2
College Graduate	273	16	7.5	3.9-14.0	26	16.2	9.0-27.5	46	13.5	8.7-20.4	71	28.9	20.7-38.7	114	33.9	25.9-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	228	13	6.5	2.7-14.6	29	14.5	8.4-23.8	52	21.6	13.0-33.7	51	21.4	14.6-30.3	83	36.0	26.4-47.0
$15,000- 24,999	349	24	3.8	2.3- 6.3	48	14.5	9.9-20.7	79	25.4	17.9-34.6	76	24.6	17.7-33.2	122	31.7	24.3-40.2
$25,000- 34,999	195	4	1.9	0.5- 7.0	23	17.4	9.6-29.6	42	16.7	10.2-26.1	54	30.2	20.7-41.8	72	33.8	24.2-45.0
$35,000- 49,999	208	8	4.5	1.2-15.2	16	12.0	6.1-22.0	51	26.0	17.2-37.3	53	23.5	16.0-33.1	80	34.0	24.9-44.5
$50,000-74,999	165	7	5.9	2.1-15.9	11	12.8	6.2-24.7	43	25.1	16.4-36.4	52	29.7	20.4-41.2	52	26.4	17.7-37.4
$75,000+	115	13	10.3	5.1-19.7	7	15.4	5.4-36.9	27	27.4	16.1-42.7	32	20.3	11.8-32.7	36	26.5	16.3-40.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	229	10	3.5	1.8- 6.7	30	14.4	9.8-20.8	49	25.2	18.8-32.8	51	23.4	17.4-30.8	89	33.5	26.7-41.0
Guilford	204	15	6.3	3.4-11.4	15	8.2	4.7-14.0	41	20.3	14.4-27.9	63	32.7	25.2-41.1	70	32.4	25.1-40.7
Mecklenburg	189	12	9.1	3.8-20.1	17	12.9	6.6-23.4	29	14.1	9.0-21.4	60	33.0	25.2-41.9	71	30.9	23.7-39.2
Orange	188	22	8.2	4.9-13.4	16	7.9	4.5-13.5	41	32.6	19.6-49.0	45	19.6	13.3-27.9	64	31.8	22.1-43.2
Wake	168	12	6.7	3.4-12.9	11	7.9	3.2-17.9	36	20.0	13.8-28.1	48	31.4	23.2-40.9	61	34.0	26.1-42.9
Chatham/Lee	188	19	7.9	4.8-12.7	17	9.3	5.2-16.1	35	18.9	13.3-26.2	49	25.8	19.1-33.8	68	38.2	30.4-46.5
Nash/Wilson	169	7	2.3	1.0- 5.1	16	9.7	5.6-16.1	35	19.5	13.7-27.1	48	29.7	22.1-38.7	63	38.7	29.8-48.4
Craven/Pamlico	237	7	2.7	1.2- 6.2	21	10.8	7.0-16.3	54	21.8	16.4-28.2	63	27.6	21.4-34.7	92	37.2	30.5-44.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	224	13	4.7	2.6- 8.2	26	13.9	9.2-20.5	56	28.7	21.8-36.8	54	21.8	16.2-28.7	75	30.9	22.8-40.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	222	10	3.6	1.8- 7.0	33	18.7	10.4-31.2	47	20.5	14.8-27.6	58	29.1	21.7-37.9	74	28.1	21.6-35.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	223	18	5.7	3.4- 9.3	19	10.7	5.8-18.7	63	34.0	25.5-43.7	36	15.7	10.8-22.5	87	33.9	26.2-42.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	228	22	7.6	4.1-13.5	24	9.4	5.4-15.8	52	20.5	13.6-29.5	54	23.2	15.3-33.4	76	39.4	23.6-57.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	239	18	8.7	4.8-15.0	30	15.0	10.1-21.8	53	20.8	15.6-27.0	55	23.7	17.7-30.8	83	31.9	25.6-38.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	195	8	2.9	1.4- 6.1	22	12.6	7.9-19.4	51	24.5	18.0-32.4	44	21.2	15.0-29.0	70	38.8	29.7-48.8
Northeast NC I	210	17	9.5	5.0-17.1	22	12.4	7.8-19.1	49	27.0	20.1-35.3	43	19.8	14.5-26.4	79	31.4	24.8-38.8
Northeast NC II	238	16	4.6	2.6- 7.9	28	12.6	8.4-18.5	54	25.0	18.7-32.6	58	25.6	19.3-33.1	82	32.2	25.3-40.0
Northeastern Partnership	448	33	6.2	4.1- 9.4	50	12.5	9.2-16.8	103	25.7	20.7-31.3	101	23.6	18.9-29.0	161	31.9	26.8-37.6
Mountain AHEC	669	45	5.8	3.5- 9.4	76	12.0	8.9-16.2	148	23.5	19.0-28.8	159	27.3	20.8-35.0	241	31.3	26.0-37.1
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	1,815	132	6.6	5.0- 8.6	173	12.5	10.2-15.3	405	24.2	21.3-27.4	464	26.4	23.6-29.5	641	30.3	27.4-33.3
Western NC	1,049	63	4.8	3.2- 7.1	128	13.2	10.0-17.2	235	23.7	19.9-28.0	250	26.5	21.5-32.2	373	31.8	27.4-36.6

Total
Respond.^

Never

14 or under

15-16

17-18

19 0r older

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

4,416

285

5.9

4.8- 7.1

476

12.9

11.2-14.7

994

24.4

22.3-26.6

1,087

25.6

23.6-27.8

1,574

31.3

29.2-33.4

-Eastern NC

1,552

5.1

3.7- 7.1

175

13.3

10.6-16.5

354

25.0

21.3-29.1

373

23.7

20.4-27.4

560

32.8

29.2-36.7

GENDER

Male

689

4.6

2.9- 7.4

12.2

8.6-17.0

167

27.8

22.3-34.0

178

24.5

19.8-29.9

224

30.9

25.8-36.5

Female

863

5.8

3.7- 8.8

14.6

10.9-19.3

187

21.7

17.4-26.8

195

22.7

18.4-27.7

336

35.2

30.1-40.6

RACE

White

1,049

5.4

3.6- 8.0

130

15.3

11.8-19.5

267

27.1

22.7-32.0

251

23.7

19.7-28.2

342

28.6

24.5-33.1

African American

383

4.4

2.5- 7.7

8.5

5.1-13.8

12.9

9.1-18.0

24.9

18.6-32.5

176

49.2

41.2-57.3

Other Minorities

116

5.3

2.2-12.0

9.0

4.1-18.5

38.2

21.8-57.7

21.4

11.8-35.6

26.2

15.9-40.1

AGE

18-24

1.3

0.4- 4.2

15.8

8.0-28.6

32.3

19.1-49.1

36.1

22.7-52.2

14.5

6.1-30.7

25-34

206

9.4

4.5-18.6

10.4

5.8-17.9

21.9

14.3-32.1

24.9

16.9-35.0

33.5

24.4-44.0

35-44

296

2.5

1.3- 5.0

15.9

10.2-24.1

32.8

24.2-42.8

21.5

15.2-29.5

27.2

20.0-36.0

45-54

332

5.6

3.1- 9.7

13.7

7.5-23.8

19.9

13.1-28.9

21.6

15.6-29.1

130

39.3

30.8-48.5

55-64

291

2.9

1.3- 6.4

15.2

9.5-23.6

24.2

16.2-34.6

18.7

13.3-25.7

128

38.9

30.8-47.7

65-74

212

6.4

2.7-14.6

9.4

4.7-18.1

21.2

13.8-31.1

27.6

19.1-38.0

35.3

26.1-45.9

75+

128

11.2

5.2-22.3

7.6

3.4-16.0

20.8

12.2-33.1

17.1

9.9-28.1

43.3

31.5-56.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

326

6.3

3.5-11.1

14.8

10.1-21.3

32.4

23.7-42.4

18.6

13.6-25.0

27.8

20.9-36.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

551

3.2

1.9- 5.6

11.4

8.0-16.1

134

29.3

22.5-37.2

131

23.4

18.0-29.7

203

32.6

26.6-39.3

Some Post-H.S.

400

5.1

2.5-10.3

12.5

7.7-19.6

22.2

16.5-29.2

24.3

18.0-31.9

142

35.9

28.3-44.2

College Graduate

273

7.5

3.9-14.0

16.2

9.0-27.5

13.5

8.7-20.4

28.9

20.7-38.7

114

33.9

25.9-43.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

228

6.5

2.7-14.6

14.5

8.4-23.8

21.6

13.0-33.7

21.4

14.6-30.3

36.0

26.4-47.0

$15,000- 24,999

349

3.8

2.3- 6.3

14.5

9.9-20.7

25.4

17.9-34.6

24.6

17.7-33.2

122

31.7

24.3-40.2

$25,000- 34,999

195

1.9

0.5- 7.0

17.4

9.6-29.6

16.7

10.2-26.1

30.2

20.7-41.8

33.8

24.2-45.0

$35,000- 49,999

208

4.5

1.2-15.2

12.0

6.1-22.0

26.0

17.2-37.3

23.5

16.0-33.1

34.0

24.9-44.5

$50,000-74,999

165

5.9

2.1-15.9

12.8

6.2-24.7

25.1

16.4-36.4

29.7

20.4-41.2

26.4

17.7-37.4

$75,000+

115

10.3

5.1-19.7

15.4

5.4-36.9

27.4

16.1-42.7

20.3

11.8-32.7

26.5

16.3-40.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

229

3.5

1.8- 6.7

14.4

9.8-20.8

25.2

18.8-32.8

23.4

17.4-30.8

33.5

26.7-41.0

Guilford

204

6.3

3.4-11.4

8.2

4.7-14.0

20.3

14.4-27.9

32.7

25.2-41.1

32.4

25.1-40.7

Mecklenburg

189

9.1

3.8-20.1

12.9

6.6-23.4

14.1

9.0-21.4

33.0

25.2-41.9

30.9

23.7-39.2

Orange

188

8.2

4.9-13.4

7.9

4.5-13.5

32.6

19.6-49.0

19.6

13.3-27.9

31.8

22.1-43.2

Wake

168

6.7

3.4-12.9

7.9

3.2-17.9

20.0

13.8-28.1

31.4

23.2-40.9

34.0

26.1-42.9

Chatham/Lee

188

7.9

4.8-12.7

9.3

5.2-16.1

18.9

13.3-26.2

25.8

19.1-33.8

38.2

30.4-46.5

Nash/Wilson

169

2.3

1.0- 5.1

9.7

5.6-16.1

19.5

13.7-27.1

29.7

22.1-38.7

38.7

29.8-48.4

Craven/Pamlico

237

2.7

1.2- 6.2

10.8

7.0-16.3

21.8

16.4-28.2

27.6

21.4-34.7

37.2

30.5-44.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

224

4.7

2.6- 8.2

13.9

9.2-20.5

28.7

21.8-36.8

21.8

16.2-28.7

30.9

22.8-40.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

222

3.6

1.8- 7.0

18.7

10.4-31.2

20.5

14.8-27.6

29.1

21.7-37.9

28.1

21.6-35.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

223

5.7

3.4- 9.3

10.7

5.8-18.7

34.0

25.5-43.7

15.7

10.8-22.5

33.9

26.2-42.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

228

7.6

4.1-13.5

9.4

5.4-15.8

20.5

13.6-29.5

23.2

15.3-33.4

39.4

23.6-57.8

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

239

8.7

4.8-15.0

15.0

10.1-21.8

20.8

15.6-27.0

23.7

17.7-30.8

31.9

25.6-38.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

195

2.9

1.4- 6.1

12.6

7.9-19.4

24.5

18.0-32.4

21.2

15.0-29.0

38.8

29.7-48.8

Northeast NC I

210

9.5

5.0-17.1

12.4

7.8-19.1

27.0

20.1-35.3

19.8

14.5-26.4

31.4

24.8-38.8

Northeast NC II

238

4.6

2.6- 7.9

12.6

8.4-18.5

25.0

18.7-32.6

25.6

19.3-33.1

32.2

25.3-40.0

Northeastern Partnership

448

6.2

4.1- 9.4

12.5

9.2-16.8

103

25.7

20.7-31.3

101

23.6

18.9-29.0

161

31.9

26.8-37.6

Mountain AHEC

669

5.8

3.5- 9.4

12.0

8.9-16.2

148

23.5

19.0-28.8

159

27.3

20.8-35.0

241

31.3

26.0-37.1

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

1,815

132

6.6

5.0- 8.6

173

12.5

10.2-15.3

405

24.2

21.3-27.4

464

26.4

23.6-29.5

641

30.3

27.4-33.3

Western NC

1,049

4.8

3.2- 7.1

128

13.2

10.0-17.2

235

23.7

19.9-28.0

250

26.5

21.5-32.2

373

31.8

27.4-36.6

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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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