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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,416 4,623 48.0 46.4-49.7 4,793 52.0 50.3-53.6
-Eastern NC 3,309 1,621 48.5 45.6-51.4 1,688 51.5 48.6-54.4
GENDER
Male 1,165 721 55.6 50.6-60.4 444 44.4 39.6-49.4
Female 2,144 900 42.0 38.6-45.5 1,244 58.0 54.5-61.4
RACE
White 2,068 1,088 52.4 48.8-56.1 980 47.6 43.9-51.2
African American 976 410 41.4 36.3-46.6 566 58.6 53.4-63.7
Other Minorities 246 117 44.0 32.9-55.6 129 56.0 44.4-67.1
AGE
18-24 202 85 41.3 31.1-52.4 117 58.7 47.6-68.9
25-34 494 210 44.2 37.5-51.2 284 55.8 48.8-62.5
35-44 596 299 46.7 40.3-53.2 297 53.3 46.8-59.7
45-54 641 347 56.4 50.1-62.6 294 43.6 37.4-49.9
55-64 567 309 56.3 50.0-62.4 258 43.7 37.6-50.0
65-74 462 227 49.2 42.3-56.2 235 50.8 43.8-57.7
75+ 326 140 46.7 38.6-55.0 186 53.3 45.0-61.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 660 351 53.0 46.4-59.5 309 47.0 40.5-53.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,108 573 51.2 46.2-56.1 535 48.8 43.9-53.8
Some Post-H.S. 849 415 47.5 41.4-53.6 434 52.5 46.4-58.6
College Graduate 687 279 41.7 35.9-47.7 408 58.3 52.3-64.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 471 240 54.6 46.5-62.4 231 45.4 37.6-53.5
$15,000- 24,999 657 361 53.1 46.3-59.7 296 46.9 40.3-53.7
$25,000- 34,999 380 200 55.6 47.3-63.5 180 44.4 36.5-52.7
$35,000- 49,999 425 213 46.9 39.5-54.4 212 53.1 45.6-60.5
$50,000-74,999 332 169 45.9 37.3-54.8 163 54.1 45.2-62.7
$75,000+ 290 117 45.8 36.8-55.1 173 54.2 44.9-63.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 239 52.2 46.6-57.6 215 47.8 42.4-53.4
Guilford 446 214 50.6 45.0-56.1 232 49.4 43.9-55.0
Mecklenburg 446 205 45.9 40.0-52.0 241 54.1 48.0-60.0
Orange 450 190 42.7 35.3-50.4 260 57.3 49.6-64.7
Wake 453 173 37.5 32.2-43.0 280 62.5 57.0-67.8
Chatham/Lee 399 199 44.4 38.4-50.6 200 55.6 49.4-61.6
Nash/Wilson 379 177 50.7 44.8-56.6 202 49.3 43.4-55.2
Craven/Pamlico 456 250 51.9 46.3-57.5 206 48.1 42.5-53.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 237 57.2 51.5-62.8 199 42.8 37.2-48.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 234 50.9 44.2-57.6 218 49.1 42.4-55.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 233 47.0 39.1-55.1 240 53.0 44.9-60.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 233 57.5 46.7-67.5 193 42.5 32.5-53.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 246 55.0 49.7-60.1 225 45.0 39.9-50.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 204 53.8 47.6-59.8 214 46.2 40.2-52.4
Northeast NC I 459 222 48.7 42.4-54.9 237 51.3 45.1-57.6
Northeast NC II 514 246 50.7 45.4-55.9 268 49.3 44.1-54.6
Northeastern Partnership 973 468 50.0 45.9-54.0 505 50.0 46.0-54.1
Mountain AHEC 1,308 698 54.4 50.2-58.6 610 45.6 41.4-49.8
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,033 1,906 46.6 44.3-48.9 2,127 53.4 51.1-55.7
Western NC 2,074 1,096 53.0 49.4-56.4 978 47.0 43.6-50.6

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^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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