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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	Within 6 months	Within 1 year	Within 5 years	Within 10 years	More than 10 years ago
TOTAL	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	914	51	5.6	3.5- 8.9	30	3.6	2.2- 5.7	152	19.7	16.0-24.1	98	10.1	7.7-13.1	583	61.0	56.2-65.6
African American	185	12	10.8	3.9-26.6	13	7.6	3.2-16.7	28	13.6	8.3-21.5	23	14.1	7.9-24.1	109	53.9	42.4-65.0
Asian	4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	81.8	35.3-97.4	2	18.2	2.6-64.7
Native American	26	1	2.2	0.3-16.1	1	6.2	0.8-36.1	4	47.5	13.6-83.8	6	13.8	4.1-37.5	14	30.4	10.6-61.6
Other Minorities	16	2	2.7	0.5-12.4	2	27.5	4.7-74.5	1	19.7	2.7-68.0	2	3.4	0.6-17.5	9	46.7	14.6-81.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	20	1	1.8	0.2-13.9	5	38.8	8.6-81.0	3	9.2	1.9-34.1	2	2.5	0.5-12.4	9	47.7	13.5-84.2
-English Speaking	16	1	2.8	0.3-20.6	4	55.0	15.6-89.0	3	13.8	2.7-47.9	2	3.8	0.7-18.9	6	24.7	5.3-65.8
-Spanish Speaking	4	0	0.0	. - .	1	6.6	0.5-51.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	93.4	49.0-99.5
Non-Hispanic	1,127	65	6.4	4.1- 9.7	41	4.1	2.7- 6.1	182	19.4	15.9-23.4	130	11.0	8.7-13.9	709	59.1	54.7-63.5
AGE
18-24	43	10	25.9	11.1-49.5	9	20.1	8.2-41.4	22	49.9	30.1-69.7	1	0.5	0.1- 3.5	1	3.6	0.5-21.9
25-34	100	12	11.7	6.0-21.5	13	11.6	5.5-22.8	33	33.5	21.8-47.7	27	24.7	15.3-37.3	15	18.5	8.3-36.4
35-44	169	6	1.7	0.6- 4.9	5	3.2	0.8-11.2	36	18.8	12.1-28.0	24	12.1	7.0-20.0	98	64.3	54.0-73.5
45-54	238	13	3.6	1.5- 8.3	8	1.5	0.7- 3.3	42	17.2	11.5-25.0	35	15.7	10.0-23.7	140	62.0	52.9-70.4
55-64	214	17	6.3	2.6-14.3	6	3.1	1.0- 8.9	16	8.7	4.6-15.9	19	10.5	5.4-19.4	156	71.4	61.3-79.7
65-74	220	4	1.3	0.4- 4.0	3	1.5	0.3- 6.5	23	13.8	8.3-22.0	18	6.0	3.3-10.8	172	77.4	68.9-84.1
75+	152	4	2.5	0.7- 8.3	2	1.5	0.3- 7.1	12	4.9	2.3-10.2	8	5.8	2.3-14.0	126	85.2	76.4-91.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	184	9	5.8	2.3-13.8	14	9.5	3.8-21.9	28	18.9	11.5-29.5	13	7.6	3.6-15.0	120	58.2	46.6-69.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	332	22	4.6	2.6- 8.2	9	4.5	1.8-10.5	61	21.2	15.1-28.9	39	11.8	7.8-17.5	201	57.9	49.9-65.5
Some Post-H.S.	311	21	10.8	5.2-21.3	15	4.9	2.5- 9.3	56	19.1	13.0-27.1	33	8.3	4.9-13.9	186	56.9	47.9-65.4
College Graduate	317	14	3.3	1.7- 6.1	8	2.2	0.8- 5.9	40	17.7	11.8-25.7	47	14.9	10.3-21.3	208	61.9	53.8-69.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	134	11	11.4	5.2-23.2	5	3.2	1.0- 9.9	19	15.7	8.6-26.9	17	7.8	4.3-13.7	82	61.9	49.6-72.8
$15,000- 24,999	207	15	11.7	5.0-25.1	13	13.2	6.1-26.2	41	19.8	12.4-30.1	22	9.4	4.9-17.4	116	45.8	35.3-56.7
$25,000- 34,999	127	9	10.5	3.2-29.1	4	2.1	0.6- 7.3	25	27.1	15.4-43.2	15	9.8	5.1-18.0	74	50.5	35.7-65.1
$35,000- 49,999	145	10	5.2	2.5-10.7	2	0.4	0.1- 1.6	28	27.4	17.5-40.2	20	17.7	10.2-29.1	85	49.3	37.7-61.0
$50,000-74,999	120	2	0.5	0.1- 2.0	5	3.9	1.3-11.0	17	11.1	6.1-19.2	15	12.4	6.4-22.8	81	72.1	60.7-81.2
$75,000+	141	8	2.6	1.0- 6.5	5	3.4	1.0-10.8	20	17.3	10.4-27.5	18	8.2	4.5-14.5	90	68.4	57.8-77.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	57	4	5.1	1.7-13.8	1	1.0	0.1- 6.9	6	12.2	4.8-28.0	10	15.8	7.8-29.4	36	65.8	49.8-78.9
Guilford	64	2	5.1	1.0-22.7	3	10.1	3.1-28.2	8	11.8	5.5-23.5	6	12.2	5.3-25.6	45	60.9	45.6-74.3
Mecklenburg	55	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.9	1.1-12.2	10	19.3	10.5-32.6	5	5.1	2.0-12.4	37	71.8	58.2-82.3
Orange	63	5	14.4	5.1-34.5	2	6.0	1.3-24.0	8	14.1	6.7-27.1	3	8.6	2.8-23.2	45	57.0	41.5-71.2
Wake	48	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.9	3.0-41.6	5	10.4	4.1-23.8	5	9.8	3.9-22.4	36	66.9	47.5-81.9
Chatham/Lee	51	6	12.5	5.3-26.6	2	4.0	0.9-16.6	7	13.3	6.2-26.4	6	14.0	6.4-28.0	30	56.2	41.4-69.9
Nash/Wilson	38	1	1.3	0.2- 8.6	0	0.0	. - .	6	21.8	9.7-42.1	3	6.2	1.9-18.2	28	70.7	51.6-84.5
Craven/Pamlico	75	3	2.8	0.9- 8.7	5	9.0	3.3-22.0	12	19.8	10.9-33.3	12	14.7	8.2-25.1	43	53.7	41.2-65.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	39	4	7.8	2.8-20.1	2	13.1	2.8-43.8	8	26.9	12.4-48.9	3	8.6	2.4-26.0	22	43.6	26.9-61.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	65	3	3.3	1.0-10.3	3	4.5	1.2-15.5	14	31.0	19.0-46.3	7	7.0	3.2-14.5	38	54.2	40.6-67.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	60	5	8.6	3.5-19.6	1	1.8	0.3-11.9	13	20.4	11.7-33.3	7	12.5	5.5-25.9	34	56.6	42.5-69.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	57	2	5.4	1.1-22.2	1	2.1	0.3-13.4	5	7.8	3.0-18.9	9	12.3	6.0-23.5	40	72.5	56.8-84.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	51	3	4.6	1.4-14.0	4	8.7	3.1-22.2	10	25.6	14.2-41.7	7	15.8	7.4-30.6	27	45.2	31.3-59.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	49	3	6.1	1.9-18.3	3	6.3	1.9-18.8	7	14.7	6.7-29.0	7	11.9	5.5-24.0	29	60.9	45.9-74.2
Northeast NC I	55	3	3.6	1.1-11.1	2	5.8	1.4-21.9	8	13.6	6.5-26.2	5	9.6	3.8-22.1	37	67.4	52.2-79.6
Northeast NC II	55	5	10.9	4.4-24.6	4	6.8	2.4-17.8	10	19.9	10.5-34.4	5	9.3	3.6-21.9	31	53.2	38.5-67.4
Northeastern Partnership	110	8	8.0	3.7-16.6	6	6.4	2.7-14.2	18	17.4	10.6-27.2	10	9.4	4.8-17.6	68	58.8	47.8-68.9
Mountain AHEC	177	12	7.8	4.0-14.7	3	0.8	0.3- 2.7	19	13.8	7.7-23.5	27	13.2	8.1-20.7	116	64.4	54.0-73.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	390	22	6.9	3.2-14.1	20	4.5	2.3- 8.5	65	22.7	16.0-31.1	46	11.1	7.1-16.8	237	54.8	46.7-62.7
Piedmont	487	28	6.0	3.1-11.1	17	5.6	2.9-10.6	79	16.7	12.5-21.9	50	10.1	7.2-14.1	313	61.7	55.2-67.8
Western NC	270	16	6.0	3.3-10.8	9	3.5	1.3- 8.8	41	20.9	14.1-29.8	36	12.7	8.0-19.6	168	56.9	48.0-65.4

Total
Respond.^

Within 6 months

Within 1 year

Within 5 years

Within 10 years

More than 10 years ago

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

914

5.6

3.5- 8.9

3.6

2.2- 5.7

152

19.7

16.0-24.1

10.1

7.7-13.1

583

61.0

56.2-65.6

African American

185

10.8

3.9-26.6

7.6

3.2-16.7

13.6

8.3-21.5

14.1

7.9-24.1

109

53.9

42.4-65.0

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

81.8

35.3-97.4

18.2

2.6-64.7

Native American

2.2

0.3-16.1

6.2

0.8-36.1

47.5

13.6-83.8

13.8

4.1-37.5

30.4

10.6-61.6

Other Minorities

2.7

0.5-12.4

27.5

4.7-74.5

19.7

2.7-68.0

3.4

0.6-17.5

46.7

14.6-81.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

1.8

0.2-13.9

38.8

8.6-81.0

9.2

1.9-34.1

2.5

0.5-12.4

47.7

13.5-84.2

-English Speaking

2.8

0.3-20.6

55.0

15.6-89.0

13.8

2.7-47.9

3.8

0.7-18.9

24.7

5.3-65.8

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

6.6

0.5-51.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

93.4

49.0-99.5

Non-Hispanic

1,127

6.4

4.1- 9.7

4.1

2.7- 6.1

182

19.4

15.9-23.4

130

11.0

8.7-13.9

709

59.1

54.7-63.5

AGE

18-24

25.9

11.1-49.5

20.1

8.2-41.4

49.9

30.1-69.7

0.5

0.1- 3.5

3.6

0.5-21.9

25-34

100

11.7

6.0-21.5

11.6

5.5-22.8

33.5

21.8-47.7

24.7

15.3-37.3

18.5

8.3-36.4

35-44

169

1.7

0.6- 4.9

3.2

0.8-11.2

18.8

12.1-28.0

12.1

7.0-20.0

64.3

54.0-73.5

45-54

238

3.6

1.5- 8.3

1.5

0.7- 3.3

17.2

11.5-25.0

15.7

10.0-23.7

140

62.0

52.9-70.4

55-64

214

6.3

2.6-14.3

3.1

1.0- 8.9

8.7

4.6-15.9

10.5

5.4-19.4

156

71.4

61.3-79.7

65-74

220

1.3

0.4- 4.0

1.5

0.3- 6.5

13.8

8.3-22.0

6.0

3.3-10.8

172

77.4

68.9-84.1

75+

152

2.5

0.7- 8.3

1.5

0.3- 7.1

4.9

2.3-10.2

5.8

2.3-14.0

126

85.2

76.4-91.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

184

5.8

2.3-13.8

9.5

3.8-21.9

18.9

11.5-29.5

7.6

3.6-15.0

120

58.2

46.6-69.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

332

4.6

2.6- 8.2

4.5

1.8-10.5

21.2

15.1-28.9

11.8

7.8-17.5

201

57.9

49.9-65.5

Some Post-H.S.

311

10.8

5.2-21.3

4.9

2.5- 9.3

19.1

13.0-27.1

8.3

4.9-13.9

186

56.9

47.9-65.4

College Graduate

317

3.3

1.7- 6.1

2.2

0.8- 5.9

17.7

11.8-25.7

14.9

10.3-21.3

208

61.9

53.8-69.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

134

11.4

5.2-23.2

3.2

1.0- 9.9

15.7

8.6-26.9

7.8

4.3-13.7

61.9

49.6-72.8

$15,000- 24,999

207

11.7

5.0-25.1

13.2

6.1-26.2

19.8

12.4-30.1

9.4

4.9-17.4

116

45.8

35.3-56.7

$25,000- 34,999

127

10.5

3.2-29.1

2.1

0.6- 7.3

27.1

15.4-43.2

9.8

5.1-18.0

50.5

35.7-65.1

$35,000- 49,999

145

5.2

2.5-10.7

0.4

0.1- 1.6

27.4

17.5-40.2

17.7

10.2-29.1

49.3

37.7-61.0

$50,000-74,999

120

0.5

0.1- 2.0

3.9

1.3-11.0

11.1

6.1-19.2

12.4

6.4-22.8

72.1

60.7-81.2

$75,000+

141

2.6

1.0- 6.5

3.4

1.0-10.8

17.3

10.4-27.5

8.2

4.5-14.5

68.4

57.8-77.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

5.1

1.7-13.8

1.0

0.1- 6.9

12.2

4.8-28.0

15.8

7.8-29.4

65.8

49.8-78.9

Guilford

5.1

1.0-22.7

10.1

3.1-28.2

11.8

5.5-23.5

12.2

5.3-25.6

60.9

45.6-74.3

Mecklenburg

0.0

. - .

3.9

1.1-12.2

19.3

10.5-32.6

5.1

2.0-12.4

71.8

58.2-82.3

Orange

14.4

5.1-34.5

6.0

1.3-24.0

14.1

6.7-27.1

8.6

2.8-23.2

57.0

41.5-71.2

Wake

0.0

. - .

12.9

3.0-41.6

10.4

4.1-23.8

9.8

3.9-22.4

66.9

47.5-81.9

Chatham/Lee

12.5

5.3-26.6

4.0

0.9-16.6

13.3

6.2-26.4

14.0

6.4-28.0

56.2

41.4-69.9

Nash/Wilson

1.3

0.2- 8.6

0.0

. - .

21.8

9.7-42.1

6.2

1.9-18.2

70.7

51.6-84.5

Craven/Pamlico

2.8

0.9- 8.7

9.0

3.3-22.0

19.8

10.9-33.3

14.7

8.2-25.1

53.7

41.2-65.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.8

2.8-20.1

13.1

2.8-43.8

26.9

12.4-48.9

8.6

2.4-26.0

43.6

26.9-61.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

3.3

1.0-10.3

4.5

1.2-15.5

31.0

19.0-46.3

7.0

3.2-14.5

54.2

40.6-67.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

8.6

3.5-19.6

1.8

0.3-11.9

20.4

11.7-33.3

12.5

5.5-25.9

56.6

42.5-69.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

5.4

1.1-22.2

2.1

0.3-13.4

7.8

3.0-18.9

12.3

6.0-23.5

72.5

56.8-84.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

4.6

1.4-14.0

8.7

3.1-22.2

25.6

14.2-41.7

15.8

7.4-30.6

45.2

31.3-59.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

6.1

1.9-18.3

6.3

1.9-18.8

14.7

6.7-29.0

11.9

5.5-24.0

60.9

45.9-74.2

Northeast NC I

3.6

1.1-11.1

5.8

1.4-21.9

13.6

6.5-26.2

9.6

3.8-22.1

67.4

52.2-79.6

Northeast NC II

10.9

4.4-24.6

6.8

2.4-17.8

19.9

10.5-34.4

9.3

3.6-21.9

53.2

38.5-67.4

Northeastern Partnership

110

8.0

3.7-16.6

6.4

2.7-14.2

17.4

10.6-27.2

9.4

4.8-17.6

58.8

47.8-68.9

Mountain AHEC

177

7.8

4.0-14.7

0.8

0.3- 2.7

13.8

7.7-23.5

13.2

8.1-20.7

116

64.4

54.0-73.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

390

6.9

3.2-14.1

4.5

2.3- 8.5

22.7

16.0-31.1

11.1

7.1-16.8

237

54.8

46.7-62.7

Piedmont

487

6.0

3.1-11.1

5.6

2.9-10.6

16.7

12.5-21.9

10.1

7.2-14.1

313

61.7

55.2-67.8

Western NC

270

6.0

3.3-10.8

3.5

1.3- 8.8

20.9

14.1-29.8

12.7

8.0-19.6

168

56.9

48.0-65.4

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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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