BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Smoking Status*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

Smoking Status*

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	Total Respond.^	Smoke everyday	Smoke some days	Former smoker	Never smoked
TOTAL	1,257	161	13.8	11.1-17.0	49	4.2	2.9- 6.1	210	14.1	11.5-17.2	837	67.9	63.8-71.7
GENDER
Female	1,257	161	13.8	11.1-17.0	49	4.2	2.9- 6.1	210	14.1	11.5-17.2	837	67.9	63.8-71.7
RACE
African American	1,257	161	13.8	11.1-17.0	49	4.2	2.9- 6.1	210	14.1	11.5-17.2	837	67.9	63.8-71.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	1	0.9	0.1- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.6	1.7-34.3	10	90.5	65.5-97.9
-English Speaking	13	1	0.9	0.1- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.6	1.7-34.3	10	90.5	65.5-97.9
Non-Hispanic	1,244	160	13.9	11.1-17.1	49	4.3	2.9- 6.2	208	14.2	11.5-17.2	827	67.7	63.7-71.5
AGE
18-24	93	13	12.0	5.2-25.1	6	7.1	2.6-17.5	3	6.5	1.4-25.4	71	74.4	58.6-85.7
25-34	199	29	13.6	8.3-21.6	3	1.7	0.3- 8.5	6	2.9	1.2- 7.1	161	81.8	73.3-88.0
35-44	260	48	17.6	11.8-25.4	9	3.3	1.3- 8.1	30	11.8	6.8-19.8	173	67.2	58.2-75.2
45-54	256	41	21.3	14.2-30.7	17	6.6	3.7-11.5	58	22.2	15.7-30.3	140	49.9	41.2-58.7
55-64	183	14	8.4	4.4-15.6	9	7.7	3.6-15.6	49	22.4	15.3-31.7	111	61.5	51.2-70.7
65-74	148	12	8.3	3.6-18.0	4	1.8	0.6- 5.4	43	25.8	17.6-36.2	89	64.2	52.7-74.2
75+	105	2	1.5	0.3- 8.5	1	1.0	0.1- 6.8	20	22.7	13.3-36.1	82	74.8	61.4-84.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	293	42	17.0	11.4-24.6	11	5.8	2.5-12.7	64	22.2	15.6-30.6	176	55.0	46.2-63.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	425	63	19.0	13.6-26.0	15	2.6	1.3- 5.3	75	12.3	8.9-16.8	272	66.0	58.8-72.6
Some Post-H.S.	299	37	8.8	5.6-13.6	9	2.3	1.1- 4.8	41	11.7	6.7-19.6	212	77.2	69.2-83.6
College Graduate	237	19	7.2	3.7-13.3	14	8.1	4.3-14.7	29	12.6	7.8-19.7	175	72.1	63.6-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	273	43	15.1	10.5-21.2	8	4.8	2.0-11.3	52	15.0	10.2-21.6	170	65.1	56.8-72.5
$15,000- 24,999	285	44	15.3	9.4-23.8	11	3.3	1.4- 7.8	42	13.8	7.9-23.0	188	67.7	57.8-76.1
$25,000- 34,999	160	20	18.9	10.8-31.0	7	4.7	1.8-12.1	19	11.6	5.7-22.3	114	64.7	52.5-75.3
$35,000- 49,999	113	13	14.1	6.8-27.1	4	2.7	0.9- 8.1	17	14.7	7.7-26.1	79	68.5	55.2-79.3
$50,000-74,999	64	3	4.3	0.9-18.3	3	3.6	1.0-12.4	9	11.9	5.2-25.1	49	80.2	65.4-89.6
$75,000+	52	3	9.9	2.9-28.6	5	11.0	3.9-27.1	11	15.9	7.6-30.2	33	63.2	45.4-78.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	3	23.3	6.3-57.6	1	4.8	0.6-28.3	6	28.2	11.5-54.4	6	43.7	19.6-71.2
Guilford	71	3	10.0	2.8-29.8	9	13.6	6.4-26.6	17	21.5	12.4-34.6	42	55.0	40.6-68.6
Mecklenburg	82	12	11.3	6.0-20.3	5	8.1	3.1-19.7	13	13.3	7.5-22.5	52	67.2	55.2-77.3
Orange	31	2	7.8	2.0-26.2	1	3.2	0.4-19.7	4	10.6	3.5-28.1	24	78.4	59.5-89.9
Wake	55	5	9.0	3.5-21.1	5	10.0	3.9-23.2	3	5.5	1.7-16.3	42	75.6	61.1-86.0
Chatham/Lee	53	8	11.3	5.3-22.6	2	5.4	1.3-20.0	11	17.0	8.7-30.7	32	66.3	51.2-78.7
Nash/Wilson	81	13	17.8	10.0-29.7	2	2.3	0.6- 8.8	9	11.8	5.7-22.9	57	68.1	55.5-78.6
Craven/Pamlico	57	6	8.6	3.5-19.4	1	2.4	0.3-15.2	14	15.9	8.5-27.9	36	73.2	58.5-84.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	2	13.3	2.3-50.3	1	6.3	0.7-39.1	0	0.0	. - .	6	80.4	41.9-95.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	1	11.8	1.5-54.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	32.3	7.6-73.4	3	55.9	19.1-87.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	103	9	8.1	3.9-16.1	0	0.0	. - .	18	13.8	8.2-22.3	76	78.1	68.3-85.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	2	24.2	5.4-64.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.7	2.1-58.4	6	61.1	26.7-87.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	94	10	12.5	6.3-23.3	4	3.2	1.1- 8.7	17	13.5	8.1-21.6	63	70.8	59.7-79.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	101	15	14.9	8.6-24.4	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	22	18.1	11.8-26.8	63	66.2	55.7-75.4
Northeast NC I	170	22	12.0	7.5-18.5	7	4.8	2.0-10.8	27	17.1	11.1-25.6	114	66.1	57.1-74.1
Northeast NC II	100	13	12.8	7.1-21.9	5	4.0	1.6- 9.7	9	7.4	3.4-15.3	73	75.8	65.4-83.8
Northeastern Partnership	270	35	12.4	8.6-17.5	12	4.4	2.4- 8.1	36	12.5	8.5-18.0	187	70.7	64.0-76.6
Mountain AHEC	32	5	15.2	4.7-39.4	1	2.7	0.4-17.3	9	23.6	11.3-42.7	17	58.5	37.2-77.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	667	89	13.5	9.9-18.2	20	2.7	1.4- 5.2	110	14.2	10.7-18.6	448	69.5	63.7-74.7
Piedmont	544	63	13.0	9.5-17.5	27	5.4	3.4- 8.4	89	14.0	10.4-18.6	365	67.6	61.9-72.8
Western NC	46	9	38.0	14.3-69.4	2	2.7	0.6-11.2	11	15.2	6.8-30.4	24	44.1	22.3-68.4

Total
Respond.^

Smoke everyday

Smoke some days

Former smoker

Never smoked

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,257

161

13.8

11.1-17.0

4.2

2.9- 6.1

210

14.1

11.5-17.2

837

67.9

63.8-71.7

GENDER

Female

1,257

161

13.8

11.1-17.0

4.2

2.9- 6.1

210

14.1

11.5-17.2

837

67.9

63.8-71.7

RACE

African American

1,257

161

13.8

11.1-17.0

4.2

2.9- 6.1

210

14.1

11.5-17.2

837

67.9

63.8-71.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

0.9

0.1- 7.4

0.0

. - .

8.6

1.7-34.3

90.5

65.5-97.9

-English Speaking

0.9

0.1- 7.4

0.0

. - .

8.6

1.7-34.3

90.5

65.5-97.9

Non-Hispanic

1,244

160

13.9

11.1-17.1

4.3

2.9- 6.2

208

14.2

11.5-17.2

827

67.7

63.7-71.5

AGE

18-24

12.0

5.2-25.1

7.1

2.6-17.5

6.5

1.4-25.4

74.4

58.6-85.7

25-34

199

13.6

8.3-21.6

1.7

0.3- 8.5

2.9

1.2- 7.1

161

81.8

73.3-88.0

35-44

260

17.6

11.8-25.4

3.3

1.3- 8.1

11.8

6.8-19.8

173

67.2

58.2-75.2

45-54

256

21.3

14.2-30.7

6.6

3.7-11.5

22.2

15.7-30.3

140

49.9

41.2-58.7

55-64

183

8.4

4.4-15.6

7.7

3.6-15.6

22.4

15.3-31.7

111

61.5

51.2-70.7

65-74

148

8.3

3.6-18.0

1.8

0.6- 5.4

25.8

17.6-36.2

64.2

52.7-74.2

75+

105

1.5

0.3- 8.5

1.0

0.1- 6.8

22.7

13.3-36.1

74.8

61.4-84.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

293

17.0

11.4-24.6

5.8

2.5-12.7

22.2

15.6-30.6

176

55.0

46.2-63.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

425

19.0

13.6-26.0

2.6

1.3- 5.3

12.3

8.9-16.8

272

66.0

58.8-72.6

Some Post-H.S.

299

8.8

5.6-13.6

2.3

1.1- 4.8

11.7

6.7-19.6

212

77.2

69.2-83.6

College Graduate

237

7.2

3.7-13.3

8.1

4.3-14.7

12.6

7.8-19.7

175

72.1

63.6-79.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

273

15.1

10.5-21.2

4.8

2.0-11.3

15.0

10.2-21.6

170

65.1

56.8-72.5

$15,000- 24,999

285

15.3

9.4-23.8

3.3

1.4- 7.8

13.8

7.9-23.0

188

67.7

57.8-76.1

$25,000- 34,999

160

18.9

10.8-31.0

4.7

1.8-12.1

11.6

5.7-22.3

114

64.7

52.5-75.3

$35,000- 49,999

113

14.1

6.8-27.1

2.7

0.9- 8.1

14.7

7.7-26.1

68.5

55.2-79.3

$50,000-74,999

4.3

0.9-18.3

3.6

1.0-12.4

11.9

5.2-25.1

80.2

65.4-89.6

$75,000+

9.9

2.9-28.6

11.0

3.9-27.1

15.9

7.6-30.2

63.2

45.4-78.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

23.3

6.3-57.6

4.8

0.6-28.3

28.2

11.5-54.4

43.7

19.6-71.2

Guilford

10.0

2.8-29.8

13.6

6.4-26.6

21.5

12.4-34.6

55.0

40.6-68.6

Mecklenburg

11.3

6.0-20.3

8.1

3.1-19.7

13.3

7.5-22.5

67.2

55.2-77.3

Orange

7.8

2.0-26.2

3.2

0.4-19.7

10.6

3.5-28.1

78.4

59.5-89.9

Wake

9.0

3.5-21.1

10.0

3.9-23.2

5.5

1.7-16.3

75.6

61.1-86.0

Chatham/Lee

11.3

5.3-22.6

5.4

1.3-20.0

17.0

8.7-30.7

66.3

51.2-78.7

Nash/Wilson

17.8

10.0-29.7

2.3

0.6- 8.8

11.8

5.7-22.9

68.1

55.5-78.6

Craven/Pamlico

8.6

3.5-19.4

2.4

0.3-15.2

15.9

8.5-27.9

73.2

58.5-84.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

13.3

2.3-50.3

6.3

0.7-39.1

0.0

. - .

80.4

41.9-95.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

11.8

1.5-54.0

0.0

. - .

32.3

7.6-73.4

55.9

19.1-87.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

103

8.1

3.9-16.1

0.0

. - .

13.8

8.2-22.3

78.1

68.3-85.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

24.2

5.4-64.2

0.0

. - .

14.7

2.1-58.4

61.1

26.7-87.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

12.5

6.3-23.3

3.2

1.1- 8.7

13.5

8.1-21.6

70.8

59.7-79.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

101

14.9

8.6-24.4

0.8

0.1- 5.4

18.1

11.8-26.8

66.2

55.7-75.4

Northeast NC I

170

12.0

7.5-18.5

4.8

2.0-10.8

17.1

11.1-25.6

114

66.1

57.1-74.1

Northeast NC II

100

12.8

7.1-21.9

4.0

1.6- 9.7

7.4

3.4-15.3

75.8

65.4-83.8

Northeastern Partnership

270

12.4

8.6-17.5

4.4

2.4- 8.1

12.5

8.5-18.0

187

70.7

64.0-76.6

Mountain AHEC

15.2

4.7-39.4

2.7

0.4-17.3

23.6

11.3-42.7

58.5

37.2-77.0

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

667

13.5

9.9-18.2

2.7

1.4- 5.2

110

14.2

10.7-18.6

448

69.5

63.7-74.7

Piedmont

544

13.0

9.5-17.5

5.4

3.4- 8.4

14.0

10.4-18.6

365

67.6

61.9-72.8

Western NC

38.0

14.3-69.4

2.7

0.6-11.2

15.2

6.8-30.4

44.1

22.3-68.4

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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