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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,412 7,255 75.2 73.7-76.6 2,157 24.8 23.4-26.3
-Eastern NC 3,306 2,511 74.2 71.5-76.7 795 25.8 23.3-28.5
GENDER
Male 1,163 824 70.5 66.1-74.7 339 29.5 25.3-33.9
Female 2,143 1,687 77.6 74.4-80.5 456 22.4 19.5-25.6
RACE
White 2,066 1,553 73.0 69.6-76.2 513 27.0 23.8-30.4
African American 975 764 75.8 70.9-80.0 211 24.2 20.0-29.1
Other Minorities 246 178 76.5 65.1-85.0 68 23.5 15.0-34.9
AGE
18-24 202 138 69.3 58.6-78.2 64 30.7 21.8-41.4
25-34 494 349 71.4 65.0-77.0 145 28.6 23.0-35.0
35-44 596 407 71.7 65.8-76.9 189 28.3 23.1-34.2
45-54 641 452 65.6 58.7-71.9 189 34.4 28.1-41.3
55-64 565 440 76.4 70.2-81.6 125 23.6 18.4-29.8
65-74 461 406 90.0 85.3-93.3 55 10.0 6.7-14.7
75+ 326 300 92.7 87.5-95.9 26 7.3 4.1-12.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 660 486 69.9 63.5-75.6 174 30.1 24.4-36.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,106 809 70.5 65.6-74.9 297 29.5 25.1-34.4
Some Post-H.S. 849 639 73.8 68.2-78.7 210 26.2 21.3-31.8
College Graduate 686 573 84.2 78.8-88.4 113 15.8 11.6-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 471 340 68.1 60.0-75.2 131 31.9 24.8-40.0
$15,000- 24,999 657 441 65.3 58.7-71.4 216 34.7 28.6-41.3
$25,000- 34,999 379 273 70.0 61.9-77.1 106 30.0 22.9-38.1
$35,000- 49,999 425 327 74.3 66.9-80.6 98 25.7 19.4-33.1
$50,000-74,999 332 266 78.8 71.1-84.9 66 21.2 15.1-28.9
$75,000+ 290 255 80.6 70.2-87.9 35 19.4 12.1-29.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 347 76.1 71.1-80.5 107 23.9 19.5-28.9
Guilford 446 360 76.7 71.2-81.5 86 23.3 18.5-28.8
Mecklenburg 445 356 80.2 74.9-84.7 89 19.8 15.3-25.1
Orange 450 399 85.3 77.8-90.6 51 14.7 9.4-22.2
Wake 453 384 83.9 78.9-87.8 69 16.1 12.2-21.1
Chatham/Lee 399 311 78.1 72.7-82.7 88 21.9 17.3-27.3
Nash/Wilson 378 286 71.5 65.3-76.9 92 28.5 23.1-34.7
Craven/Pamlico 456 353 77.2 72.3-81.4 103 22.8 18.6-27.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 301 67.3 61.8-72.4 135 32.7 27.6-38.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 341 71.7 64.9-77.7 111 28.3 22.3-35.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 366 75.1 68.4-80.7 107 24.9 19.3-31.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 325 68.6 55.5-79.3 101 31.4 20.7-44.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 339 69.6 64.4-74.3 132 30.4 25.7-35.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 311 70.9 65.1-76.1 107 29.1 23.9-34.9
Northeast NC I 458 359 77.5 72.3-82.0 99 22.5 18.0-27.7
Northeast NC II 514 392 73.2 68.2-77.8 122 26.8 22.2-31.8
Northeastern Partnership 972 751 74.7 71.0-78.1 221 25.3 21.9-29.0
Mountain AHEC 1,308 1,005 73.4 68.6-77.7 303 26.6 22.3-31.4
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,032 3,185 76.7 74.6-78.6 847 23.3 21.4-25.4
Western NC 2,074 1,559 71.5 67.8-75.0 515 28.5 25.0-32.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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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