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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-FEMALES

How old were you the first time you smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 12 or under 13-14 15-16 17-18 19 0r older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,447 407 17.5 15.3-20.0 416 18.8 16.5-21.5 660 27.5 24.8-30.4 426 16.8 14.6-19.1 538 19.4 17.2-21.8
RACE
White 1,921 345 18.7 16.2-21.4 341 18.9 16.4-21.8 540 28.6 25.5-31.8 319 16.9 14.4-19.7 376 17.0 14.7-19.6
African American 394 42 9.8 5.8-16.1 48 14.0 9.4-20.4 85 25.8 19.5-33.2 86 19.2 14.4-25.2 133 31.2 24.8-38.3
Asian 4 1 5.9 0.6-40.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.3 1.2-61.2 1 58.8 12.1-93.7 1 23.0 2.4-78.3
Native American 80 12 23.2 8.7-48.8 16 22.7 9.7-44.8 25 16.5 9.1-28.2 11 9.5 4.0-20.7 16 28.1 13.8-48.8
Other Minorities 45 7 23.0 9.0-47.3 10 36.3 16.8-61.7 9 17.7 5.8-42.7 8 5.8 2.3-13.8 11 17.3 6.9-37.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 38 4 25.4 8.3-56.0 7 34.7 12.4-66.6 12 16.7 6.6-36.4 6 6.4 2.1-18.1 9 16.8 5.1-43.3
-English Speaking 31 4 32.6 11.0-65.3 5 25.0 5.8-64.2 12 21.4 8.2-45.3 3 3.4 0.9-12.0 7 17.7 4.4-49.9
-Spanish Speaking 7 0 0.0 . - . 2 69.1 20.6-95.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.1 2.3-64.2 2 13.7 1.6-61.2
Non-Hispanic 2,407 402 17.2 15.0-19.7 408 18.5 16.2-21.0 648 27.8 25.0-30.7 420 17.0 14.8-19.5 529 19.5 17.3-22.0
AGE
18-24 139 40 27.8 18.3-39.8 34 28.3 18.6-40.6 43 30.1 20.1-42.4 16 11.6 5.3-23.6 6 2.2 0.6- 7.4
25-34 317 73 24.3 18.2-31.7 81 24.9 18.4-32.7 82 25.0 18.8-32.4 40 13.7 9.0-20.2 41 12.2 7.8-18.4
35-44 475 110 21.6 16.8-27.4 114 23.5 18.4-29.5 120 27.9 22.0-34.7 61 12.2 8.5-17.3 70 14.7 10.7-19.9
45-54 570 86 15.7 11.7-20.8 84 15.0 11.0-20.1 166 27.2 22.3-32.7 104 17.1 13.1-22.0 130 25.0 19.8-31.1
55-64 414 50 8.3 5.5-12.5 50 12.1 8.1-17.6 112 31.6 24.5-39.7 91 23.6 18.0-30.4 111 24.3 18.5-31.3
65-74 324 32 9.1 5.8-14.0 37 12.6 8.5-18.3 84 25.9 19.5-33.6 76 23.5 17.3-31.0 95 28.9 22.2-36.7
75+ 191 15 10.2 5.1-19.2 11 7.4 3.2-16.2 48 21.1 14.3-29.9 35 22.7 14.8-33.1 82 38.7 29.3-48.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 413 86 21.8 16.4-28.3 79 22.6 16.5-30.0 100 24.4 18.3-31.7 63 16.6 11.8-22.7 85 14.7 10.2-20.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 800 120 16.0 12.4-20.3 139 20.7 16.4-25.9 220 26.6 22.2-31.5 129 14.0 10.9-17.8 192 22.7 18.5-27.5
Some Post-H.S. 654 111 19.4 14.7-25.2 109 16.8 12.9-21.6 197 29.8 24.5-35.6 111 18.2 13.7-23.9 126 15.9 12.4-20.1
College Graduate 576 89 14.0 10.5-18.5 89 15.6 11.7-20.4 142 28.6 23.1-34.9 123 19.1 15.0-23.9 133 22.7 18.2-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 363 67 16.5 11.7-22.6 49 14.3 9.5-20.9 96 28.7 21.4-37.2 67 19.1 13.7-26.1 84 21.5 16.2-27.8
$15,000- 24,999 534 100 23.4 17.8-30.1 87 18.9 13.9-25.3 145 25.3 20.1-31.2 81 14.2 10.4-19.1 121 18.2 13.6-24.0
$25,000- 34,999 288 53 24.5 16.7-34.3 47 20.3 13.1-30.0 84 26.3 19.1-35.1 44 11.5 7.5-17.4 60 17.4 11.9-24.7
$35,000- 49,999 313 42 15.3 10.3-22.2 64 23.0 16.4-31.3 87 24.6 18.1-32.4 55 15.8 10.9-22.3 65 21.3 15.4-28.6
$50,000-74,999 219 37 14.9 9.5-22.4 44 15.0 10.0-21.9 61 37.0 28.0-47.1 45 19.9 13.5-28.4 32 13.2 8.2-20.7
$75,000+ 235 29 14.3 9.1-21.7 41 17.6 12.1-24.9 65 27.2 20.1-35.6 50 21.1 14.5-29.8 50 19.9 14.2-27.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 120 23 23.2 14.2-35.5 15 16.9 9.9-27.4 24 16.4 10.6-24.5 24 18.7 12.1-27.7 34 24.8 17.1-34.5
Guilford 114 15 10.4 5.9-17.6 24 21.1 13.4-31.7 32 30.6 21.0-42.2 26 21.9 13.7-33.1 17 16.0 9.5-25.6
Mecklenburg 108 17 15.7 9.5-24.8 20 17.9 11.4-27.0 35 33.2 23.9-44.0 15 13.1 7.6-21.6 21 20.1 13.0-29.8
Orange 102 18 17.1 9.0-29.9 15 10.8 5.6-19.7 25 32.8 15.8-55.8 21 13.9 7.8-23.6 23 25.5 12.3-45.4
Wake 93 17 17.9 10.5-28.8 18 22.6 13.3-35.6 17 17.3 10.6-26.9 21 20.2 12.8-30.5 20 22.1 14.1-32.8
Chatham/Lee 101 11 9.6 5.1-17.3 17 20.0 12.3-30.7 30 33.6 24.1-44.6 14 11.4 6.6-18.9 29 25.5 17.7-35.2
Nash/Wilson 88 8 10.1 4.3-22.1 16 22.4 13.5-34.9 31 35.9 25.5-47.8 12 11.2 6.2-19.5 21 20.4 12.9-30.6
Craven/Pamlico 136 21 15.8 10.1-23.9 27 25.1 17.3-34.9 40 26.0 19.0-34.5 18 13.1 8.0-20.7 30 20.0 13.9-27.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 116 21 28.7 19.1-40.6 18 13.3 8.1-21.0 33 25.6 18.0-35.0 18 12.4 7.5-19.7 26 20.0 13.4-28.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 135 23 14.2 9.2-21.3 19 13.4 8.0-21.6 48 41.9 32.6-51.9 18 10.9 6.6-17.4 27 19.6 13.3-27.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 117 16 16.2 9.0-27.2 17 13.5 8.1-21.6 31 27.4 19.0-37.7 22 17.5 11.0-26.7 31 25.5 17.5-35.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 128 22 16.1 10.2-24.5 24 21.5 13.9-31.9 37 25.4 17.8-34.9 19 17.8 9.4-31.2 26 19.2 12.6-28.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 131 30 26.2 18.5-35.7 19 15.6 9.8-24.1 29 20.2 13.7-28.7 28 19.9 13.5-28.4 25 18.1 12.0-26.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 109 20 18.8 11.8-28.5 21 20.6 12.9-31.2 24 22.1 14.7-31.6 21 17.1 11.0-25.7 23 21.5 13.7-32.0
Northeast NC I 124 18 12.4 7.4-20.2 23 21.5 14.3-31.0 25 25.9 17.3-36.9 23 18.4 11.7-27.6 35 21.8 15.2-30.2
Northeast NC II 127 20 17.6 10.7-27.7 20 17.3 10.7-26.6 41 33.6 24.9-43.5 21 15.3 9.5-23.8 25 16.2 10.5-24.1
Northeastern Partnership 251 38 15.7 10.7-22.4 43 18.9 13.7-25.4 66 30.7 24.2-38.0 44 16.5 11.8-22.5 60 18.3 13.7-23.9
Mountain AHEC 374 68 21.2 15.4-28.5 62 21.1 15.5-28.2 95 21.8 16.8-27.8 64 16.6 12.3-22.1 85 19.2 14.7-24.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 862 135 15.4 11.8-19.9 158 21.2 16.8-26.3 228 28.1 23.3-33.5 150 16.6 12.8-21.4 191 18.7 15.1-22.8
Piedmont 986 155 17.1 14.0-20.9 164 17.3 14.1-21.1 265 27.6 23.7-31.8 182 17.4 14.4-20.9 220 20.6 17.3-24.4
Western NC 599 117 22.9 18.1-28.4 94 19.3 14.7-25.0 167 25.9 21.2-31.3 94 14.9 11.5-19.3 127 16.9 13.6-20.9

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* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.

^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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