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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,735 2,224 81.9 79.5-84.0 511 18.1 16.0-20.5
RACE
White 1,981 1,626 81.7 78.8-84.3 355 18.3 15.7-21.2
African American 606 487 81.6 76.6-85.7 119 18.4 14.3-23.4
Asian 12 9 71.7 30.1-93.7 3 28.3 6.3-69.9
Native American 61 45 84.1 70.6-92.1 16 15.9 7.9-29.4
Other Minorities 68 52 87.9 76.7-94.1 16 12.1 5.9-23.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 78 60 83.5 70.1-91.7 18 16.5 8.3-29.9
-English Speaking 38 32 78.9 56.9-91.4 6 21.1 8.6-43.1
-Spanish Speaking 40 28 84.9 68.0-93.6 12 15.1 6.4-32.0
Non-Hispanic 2,654 2,162 81.8 79.4-84.0 492 18.2 16.0-20.6
AGE
18-24 146 111 78.7 66.2-87.5 35 21.3 12.5-33.8
25-34 574 453 82.3 77.6-86.2 121 17.7 13.8-22.4
35-44 727 594 83.7 79.6-87.1 133 16.3 12.9-20.4
45-54 750 627 82.2 77.6-86.0 123 17.8 14.0-22.4
55-64 399 321 76.2 68.2-82.7 78 23.8 17.3-31.8
65-74 102 88 88.8 76.7-95.1 14 11.2 4.9-23.3
75+ 14 11 88.6 61.7-97.4 3 11.4 2.6-38.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 131 75.3 64.0-83.9 58 24.7 16.1-36.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 774 578 75.7 70.6-80.1 196 24.3 19.9-29.4
Some Post-H.S. 797 631 80.2 75.5-84.2 166 19.8 15.8-24.5
College Graduate 975 884 89.5 86.4-92.0 91 10.5 8.0-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 128 81.4 72.3-88.1 39 18.6 11.9-27.7
$15,000- 24,999 481 333 70.7 63.8-76.7 148 29.3 23.3-36.2
$25,000- 34,999 391 335 84.4 77.4-89.5 56 15.6 10.5-22.6
$35,000- 49,999 452 368 84.8 79.7-88.8 84 15.2 11.2-20.3
$50,000-74,999 385 332 86.3 80.7-90.4 53 13.7 9.6-19.3
$75,000+ 444 385 83.6 77.9-88.0 59 16.4 12.0-22.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 129 116 90.9 84.0-95.0 13 9.1 5.0-16.0
Guilford 155 127 80.3 71.9-86.7 28 19.7 13.3-28.1
Mecklenburg 135 109 80.9 72.1-87.4 26 19.1 12.6-27.9
Orange 142 132 92.0 84.1-96.2 10 8.0 3.8-15.9
Wake 149 135 90.9 84.6-94.8 14 9.1 5.2-15.4
Chatham/Lee 108 99 92.0 84.6-96.0 9 8.0 4.0-15.4
Nash/Wilson 111 90 82.1 73.4-88.5 21 17.9 11.5-26.6
Craven/Pamlico 115 93 79.6 69.0-87.2 22 20.4 12.8-31.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 112 76 67.8 57.6-76.5 36 32.2 23.5-42.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 125 99 80.9 72.2-87.3 26 19.1 12.7-27.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 137 109 80.9 72.5-87.1 28 19.1 12.9-27.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 124 100 74.7 62.1-84.2 24 25.3 15.8-37.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 133 101 74.5 65.1-82.0 32 25.5 18.0-34.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 129 96 74.4 65.3-81.8 33 25.6 18.2-34.7
Northeast NC I 147 106 70.5 61.5-78.1 41 29.5 21.9-38.5
Northeast NC II 148 125 84.8 76.7-90.4 23 15.2 9.6-23.3
Northeastern Partnership 295 231 79.3 73.5-84.1 64 20.7 15.9-26.5
Mountain AHEC 367 306 83.0 77.3-87.5 61 17.0 12.5-22.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 966 765 82.0 77.6-85.7 201 18.0 14.3-22.4
Piedmont 1,202 1,002 81.9 78.5-84.8 200 18.1 15.2-21.5
Western NC 567 457 81.6 77.2-85.4 110 18.4 14.6-22.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.

^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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