BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Within 6 months	Within 1 year	Within 5 years	Within 10 years	More than 10 years ago
TOTAL	2,178	116	7.0	5.1- 9.5	73	4.2	3.0- 5.9	323	16.7	14.3-19.4	215	8.3	6.8-10.0	1,451	63.9	60.6-67.1
GENDER
Male	1,031	50	7.5	4.9-11.4	27	3.7	2.2- 6.1	138	14.8	11.7-18.7	83	6.4	4.6- 8.8	733	67.6	62.8-72.0
Female	1,147	66	6.2	4.1- 9.5	46	4.9	3.1- 7.7	185	19.1	15.7-23.1	132	10.8	8.6-13.6	718	58.9	54.4-63.2
RACE
White	1,750	85	5.8	4.0- 8.3	53	4.0	2.7- 5.9	259	16.8	14.2-19.9	156	7.4	6.0- 9.2	1,197	66.0	62.4-69.4
African American	324	21	13.3	6.8-24.3	14	3.6	1.6- 8.1	46	13.8	8.9-21.0	44	11.6	7.7-17.1	199	57.7	48.4-66.5
Asian	5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.2	1.3-58.8	2	71.9	27.2-94.6	2	16.0	2.6-57.9
Native American	50	3	23.1	6.1-58.2	2	4.9	1.1-18.4	11	29.5	10.9-58.8	7	8.6	3.0-22.0	27	34.0	16.8-56.7
Other Minorities	45	7	2.8	1.2- 6.4	4	9.7	2.0-36.1	6	18.8	7.5-40.1	5	11.5	2.7-37.3	23	57.2	35.6-76.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	50	3	1.4	0.4- 4.6	7	11.7	2.9-37.4	9	16.9	7.0-35.6	6	16.1	4.9-41.8	25	53.8	32.3-74.0
-English Speaking	26	1	1.4	0.2-10.4	4	28.5	5.9-71.6	4	9.1	2.5-27.9	4	15.6	2.9-53.3	13	45.3	17.4-76.6
-Spanish Speaking	24	2	1.4	0.3- 6.0	3	3.1	0.9-10.3	5	21.0	7.2-47.5	2	16.4	3.3-53.2	12	58.2	30.8-81.4
Non-Hispanic	2,128	113	7.2	5.2- 9.8	66	3.9	2.7- 5.5	314	16.7	14.2-19.4	209	8.0	6.6- 9.6	1,426	64.3	61.0-67.5
AGE
18-24	66	23	43.8	27.3-61.8	12	13.6	6.0-27.9	29	40.2	25.4-57.0	1	0.3	0.0- 2.1	1	2.1	0.3-13.9
25-34	168	18	9.2	4.7-17.3	19	9.0	4.4-17.4	58	37.4	26.9-49.3	38	19.6	12.3-30.0	35	24.7	15.5-37.1
35-44	298	17	6.0	3.0-11.8	12	4.6	2.0-10.2	64	21.4	14.9-29.7	42	9.5	6.2-14.2	163	58.5	49.9-66.6
45-54	442	20	3.9	2.1- 7.3	12	2.6	1.1- 6.1	76	14.8	10.7-20.1	52	9.5	6.4-13.9	282	69.2	62.6-75.1
55-64	451	23	3.1	1.5- 6.1	10	4.1	1.8- 9.4	37	8.0	5.3-12.0	37	7.2	4.6-11.1	344	77.5	71.5-82.6
65-74	439	8	0.9	0.4- 2.1	6	0.9	0.3- 2.7	42	8.7	5.9-12.7	32	6.8	4.2-10.7	351	82.6	77.5-86.7
75+	301	7	3.2	1.2- 8.1	2	0.7	0.1- 3.3	15	4.4	1.8-10.2	13	3.9	1.9- 7.8	264	87.9	81.3-92.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	380	18	6.6	3.4-12.4	20	5.9	2.8-12.0	50	14.8	10.0-21.3	36	9.4	5.6-15.4	256	63.3	55.2-70.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	638	45	9.2	5.3-15.5	15	3.4	1.6- 7.0	106	18.4	13.7-24.3	68	9.1	6.6-12.5	404	59.9	53.3-66.1
Some Post-H.S.	541	31	8.9	4.9-15.7	20	4.0	2.1- 7.5	93	19.9	14.9-25.9	47	6.3	4.0- 9.7	350	60.9	54.0-67.4
College Graduate	611	22	3.4	1.9- 5.8	18	4.1	2.1- 7.8	74	13.5	9.9-18.2	64	8.7	6.3-11.9	433	70.3	64.8-75.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	228	18	9.2	4.7-17.2	8	4.2	1.4-12.0	32	14.9	8.9-23.7	27	8.7	5.2-14.2	143	63.0	52.9-72.0
$15,000- 24,999	375	29	11.1	6.4-18.6	19	6.9	3.4-13.5	69	18.6	13.1-25.8	28	5.1	2.8- 9.0	230	58.3	50.0-66.2
$25,000- 34,999	236	10	5.4	1.7-15.9	8	3.1	1.3- 7.0	41	25.1	16.6-36.1	24	7.8	4.7-12.7	153	58.6	48.0-68.5
$35,000- 49,999	309	20	7.8	4.4-13.5	5	2.2	0.5- 9.1	45	17.4	12.0-24.6	36	10.4	6.8-15.7	203	62.2	54.0-69.7
$50,000-74,999	269	4	1.0	0.2- 4.2	7	1.8	0.7- 4.3	40	16.2	10.5-24.2	26	8.0	4.7-13.1	192	73.0	64.7-79.9
$75,000+	280	12	4.4	1.7-10.4	9	5.7	2.3-13.3	35	13.2	8.7-19.7	27	6.4	3.8-10.6	197	70.3	62.0-77.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	122	7	8.2	2.8-21.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.6	15	12.5	7.2-20.7	14	9.2	5.2-16.0	84	69.1	58.0-78.4
Guilford	118	6	10.9	4.7-23.4	3	4.1	1.2-12.8	17	14.9	8.8-24.0	12	10.7	5.9-18.6	80	59.5	48.3-69.7
Mecklenburg	103	2	8.1	1.5-33.7	4	2.2	0.8- 6.0	15	14.9	8.4-25.1	9	5.0	2.4-10.4	73	69.8	55.2-81.2
Orange	118	7	8.8	3.6-20.3	3	3.2	0.9-10.8	15	14.7	7.8-26.2	7	6.8	3.0-14.4	86	66.4	51.8-78.5
Wake	95	2	1.4	0.3- 5.4	3	6.9	1.9-21.7	12	13.3	7.4-22.7	6	4.8	2.1-10.7	72	73.7	61.6-83.0
Chatham/Lee	90	7	6.7	3.0-14.4	2	1.9	0.4- 8.6	10	9.9	5.2-18.1	7	7.5	3.5-15.2	64	74.0	63.5-82.3
Nash/Wilson	76	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4	0	0.0	. - .	15	24.3	14.6-37.8	8	7.6	3.7-14.9	52	67.6	54.5-78.4
Craven/Pamlico	136	5	3.2	1.2- 7.8	6	5.5	2.3-12.9	19	16.1	10.1-24.6	14	9.7	5.4-16.9	92	65.5	56.0-73.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	87	8	7.5	3.4-15.8	3	6.4	1.8-20.1	13	14.5	7.5-26.2	9	10.6	5.1-20.6	54	61.1	46.2-74.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	114	7	6.9	2.9-15.6	5	5.0	1.7-14.1	19	18.8	11.8-28.7	10	5.4	2.8-10.2	73	63.9	53.3-73.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	106	8	7.8	3.7-15.8	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3	21	20.0	12.3-31.0	14	12.5	6.9-21.4	62	58.9	46.8-70.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	113	6	9.3	3.8-21.0	2	4.2	0.9-18.6	12	10.6	5.7-18.8	14	8.5	4.8-14.4	79	67.4	55.6-77.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	100	3	1.9	0.6- 5.9	7	8.6	3.9-17.9	16	17.1	10.5-26.8	13	13.8	7.7-23.6	61	58.6	47.3-69.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	90	5	5.6	1.9-15.7	5	5.0	1.9-12.3	16	18.9	10.4-31.7	11	9.1	4.5-17.5	53	61.4	46.9-74.2
Northeast NC I	101	6	4.7	2.0-10.7	3	3.9	1.2-12.3	13	12.6	7.1-21.5	10	14.3	7.2-26.3	69	64.5	52.8-74.6
Northeast NC II	110	7	6.5	2.9-14.0	6	4.4	1.8-10.2	18	21.6	12.2-35.4	12	11.7	6.3-20.5	67	55.8	43.7-67.2
Northeastern Partnership	211	13	5.9	3.2-10.9	9	4.2	2.1- 8.4	31	18.6	11.7-28.2	22	12.5	7.9-19.2	136	58.7	49.7-67.2
Mountain AHEC	350	19	6.1	3.3-10.9	5	0.8	0.3- 2.2	46	15.9	11.2-22.1	39	9.1	5.9-13.7	241	68.0	61.0-74.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	732	34	5.3	3.1- 9.1	32	4.5	2.6- 7.8	116	21.5	16.3-27.8	78	10.1	7.1-14.3	472	58.5	52.3-64.5
Piedmont	928	54	8.2	5.4-12.4	27	4.5	2.8- 7.3	131	13.6	10.8-16.8	84	7.3	5.5- 9.5	632	66.5	61.8-70.8
Western NC	518	28	5.4	3.3- 8.8	14	2.5	1.3- 5.0	76	18.9	13.9-25.1	53	8.6	5.8-12.5	347	64.6	58.2-70.5

Total
Respond.^

Within 6 months

Within 1 year

Within 5 years

Within 10 years

More than 10 years ago

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,178

116

7.0

5.1- 9.5

4.2

3.0- 5.9

323

16.7

14.3-19.4

215

8.3

6.8-10.0

1,451

63.9

60.6-67.1

GENDER

Male

1,031

7.5

4.9-11.4

3.7

2.2- 6.1

138

14.8

11.7-18.7

6.4

4.6- 8.8

733

67.6

62.8-72.0

Female

1,147

6.2

4.1- 9.5

4.9

3.1- 7.7

185

19.1

15.7-23.1

132

10.8

8.6-13.6

718

58.9

54.4-63.2

RACE

White

1,750

5.8

4.0- 8.3

4.0

2.7- 5.9

259

16.8

14.2-19.9

156

7.4

6.0- 9.2

1,197

66.0

62.4-69.4

African American

324

13.3

6.8-24.3

3.6

1.6- 8.1

13.8

8.9-21.0

11.6

7.7-17.1

199

57.7

48.4-66.5

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

12.2

1.3-58.8

71.9

27.2-94.6

16.0

2.6-57.9

Native American

23.1

6.1-58.2

4.9

1.1-18.4

29.5

10.9-58.8

8.6

3.0-22.0

34.0

16.8-56.7

Other Minorities

2.8

1.2- 6.4

9.7

2.0-36.1

18.8

7.5-40.1

11.5

2.7-37.3

57.2

35.6-76.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

1.4

0.4- 4.6

11.7

2.9-37.4

16.9

7.0-35.6

16.1

4.9-41.8

53.8

32.3-74.0

-English Speaking

1.4

0.2-10.4

28.5

5.9-71.6

9.1

2.5-27.9

15.6

2.9-53.3

45.3

17.4-76.6

-Spanish Speaking

1.4

0.3- 6.0

3.1

0.9-10.3

21.0

7.2-47.5

16.4

3.3-53.2

58.2

30.8-81.4

Non-Hispanic

2,128

113

7.2

5.2- 9.8

3.9

2.7- 5.5

314

16.7

14.2-19.4

209

8.0

6.6- 9.6

1,426

64.3

61.0-67.5

AGE

18-24

43.8

27.3-61.8

13.6

6.0-27.9

40.2

25.4-57.0

0.3

0.0- 2.1

2.1

0.3-13.9

25-34

168

9.2

4.7-17.3

9.0

4.4-17.4

37.4

26.9-49.3

19.6

12.3-30.0

24.7

15.5-37.1

35-44

298

6.0

3.0-11.8

4.6

2.0-10.2

21.4

14.9-29.7

9.5

6.2-14.2

163

58.5

49.9-66.6

45-54

442

3.9

2.1- 7.3

2.6

1.1- 6.1

14.8

10.7-20.1

9.5

6.4-13.9

282

69.2

62.6-75.1

55-64

451

3.1

1.5- 6.1

4.1

1.8- 9.4

8.0

5.3-12.0

7.2

4.6-11.1

344

77.5

71.5-82.6

65-74

439

0.9

0.4- 2.1

0.9

0.3- 2.7

8.7

5.9-12.7

6.8

4.2-10.7

351

82.6

77.5-86.7

75+

301

3.2

1.2- 8.1

0.7

0.1- 3.3

4.4

1.8-10.2

3.9

1.9- 7.8

264

87.9

81.3-92.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

380

6.6

3.4-12.4

5.9

2.8-12.0

14.8

10.0-21.3

9.4

5.6-15.4

256

63.3

55.2-70.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

638

9.2

5.3-15.5

3.4

1.6- 7.0

106

18.4

13.7-24.3

9.1

6.6-12.5

404

59.9

53.3-66.1

Some Post-H.S.

541

8.9

4.9-15.7

4.0

2.1- 7.5

19.9

14.9-25.9

6.3

4.0- 9.7

350

60.9

54.0-67.4

College Graduate

611

3.4

1.9- 5.8

4.1

2.1- 7.8

13.5

9.9-18.2

8.7

6.3-11.9

433

70.3

64.8-75.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

228

9.2

4.7-17.2

4.2

1.4-12.0

14.9

8.9-23.7

8.7

5.2-14.2

143

63.0

52.9-72.0

$15,000- 24,999

375

11.1

6.4-18.6

6.9

3.4-13.5

18.6

13.1-25.8

5.1

2.8- 9.0

230

58.3

50.0-66.2

$25,000- 34,999

236

5.4

1.7-15.9

3.1

1.3- 7.0

25.1

16.6-36.1

7.8

4.7-12.7

153

58.6

48.0-68.5

$35,000- 49,999

309

7.8

4.4-13.5

2.2

0.5- 9.1

17.4

12.0-24.6

10.4

6.8-15.7

203

62.2

54.0-69.7

$50,000-74,999

269

1.0

0.2- 4.2

1.8

0.7- 4.3

16.2

10.5-24.2

8.0

4.7-13.1

192

73.0

64.7-79.9

$75,000+

280

4.4

1.7-10.4

5.7

2.3-13.3

13.2

8.7-19.7

6.4

3.8-10.6

197

70.3

62.0-77.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

122

8.2

2.8-21.8

0.9

0.2- 3.6

12.5

7.2-20.7

9.2

5.2-16.0

69.1

58.0-78.4

Guilford

118

10.9

4.7-23.4

4.1

1.2-12.8

14.9

8.8-24.0

10.7

5.9-18.6

59.5

48.3-69.7

Mecklenburg

103

8.1

1.5-33.7

2.2

0.8- 6.0

14.9

8.4-25.1

5.0

2.4-10.4

69.8

55.2-81.2

Orange

118

8.8

3.6-20.3

3.2

0.9-10.8

14.7

7.8-26.2

6.8

3.0-14.4

66.4

51.8-78.5

Wake

1.4

0.3- 5.4

6.9

1.9-21.7

13.3

7.4-22.7

4.8

2.1-10.7

73.7

61.6-83.0

Chatham/Lee

6.7

3.0-14.4

1.9

0.4- 8.6

9.9

5.2-18.1

7.5

3.5-15.2

74.0

63.5-82.3

Nash/Wilson

0.5

0.1- 3.4

0.0

. - .

24.3

14.6-37.8

7.6

3.7-14.9

67.6

54.5-78.4

Craven/Pamlico

136

3.2

1.2- 7.8

5.5

2.3-12.9

16.1

10.1-24.6

9.7

5.4-16.9

65.5

56.0-73.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.5

3.4-15.8

6.4

1.8-20.1

14.5

7.5-26.2

10.6

5.1-20.6

61.1

46.2-74.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

114

6.9

2.9-15.6

5.0

1.7-14.1

18.8

11.8-28.7

5.4

2.8-10.2

63.9

53.3-73.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

106

7.8

3.7-15.8

0.8

0.1- 5.3

20.0

12.3-31.0

12.5

6.9-21.4

58.9

46.8-70.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

113

9.3

3.8-21.0

4.2

0.9-18.6

10.6

5.7-18.8

8.5

4.8-14.4

67.4

55.6-77.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

100

1.9

0.6- 5.9

8.6

3.9-17.9

17.1

10.5-26.8

13.8

7.7-23.6

58.6

47.3-69.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

5.6

1.9-15.7

5.0

1.9-12.3

18.9

10.4-31.7

9.1

4.5-17.5

61.4

46.9-74.2

Northeast NC I

101

4.7

2.0-10.7

3.9

1.2-12.3

12.6

7.1-21.5

14.3

7.2-26.3

64.5

52.8-74.6

Northeast NC II

110

6.5

2.9-14.0

4.4

1.8-10.2

21.6

12.2-35.4

11.7

6.3-20.5

55.8

43.7-67.2

Northeastern Partnership

211

5.9

3.2-10.9

4.2

2.1- 8.4

18.6

11.7-28.2

12.5

7.9-19.2

136

58.7

49.7-67.2

Mountain AHEC

350

6.1

3.3-10.9

0.8

0.3- 2.2

15.9

11.2-22.1

9.1

5.9-13.7

241

68.0

61.0-74.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

732

5.3

3.1- 9.1

4.5

2.6- 7.8

116

21.5

16.3-27.8

10.1

7.1-14.3

472

58.5

52.3-64.5

Piedmont

928

8.2

5.4-12.4

4.5

2.8- 7.3

131

13.6

10.8-16.8

7.3

5.5- 9.5

632

66.5

61.8-70.8

Western NC

518

5.4

3.3- 8.8

2.5

1.3- 5.0

18.9

13.9-25.1

8.6

5.8-12.5

347

64.6

58.2-70.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who were former smokers.

^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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