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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,947 2,556 41.3 39.3-43.2 3,391 58.7 56.8-60.7
RACE
White 4,339 1,996 44.7 42.5-47.0 2,343 55.3 53.0-57.5
African American 1,257 420 32.1 28.3-36.2 837 67.9 63.8-71.7
Asian 25 5 11.7 3.4-33.2 20 88.3 66.8-96.6
Native American 145 82 58.2 44.9-70.4 63 41.8 29.6-55.1
Other Minorities 162 48 27.3 18.0-39.2 114 72.7 60.8-82.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 39 19.3 11.3-30.8 129 80.7 69.2-88.7
-English Speaking 83 31 47.9 30.8-65.5 52 52.1 34.5-69.2
-Spanish Speaking 85 8 6.4 1.8-20.0 77 93.6 80.0-98.2
Non-Hispanic 5,772 2,515 42.3 40.4-44.3 3,257 57.7 55.7-59.6
AGE
18-24 363 142 39.4 32.1-47.2 221 60.6 52.8-67.9
25-34 880 320 34.6 30.2-39.2 560 65.4 60.8-69.8
35-44 1,096 485 42.0 37.7-46.3 611 58.0 53.7-62.3
45-54 1,151 588 50.1 45.8-54.4 563 49.9 45.6-54.2
55-64 945 431 45.0 40.2-49.8 514 55.0 50.2-59.8
65-74 809 354 38.8 34.2-43.7 455 61.2 56.3-65.8
75+ 655 218 36.2 30.8-41.9 437 63.8 58.1-69.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 992 455 48.0 42.9-53.1 537 52.0 46.9-57.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,796 840 44.9 41.3-48.5 956 55.1 51.5-58.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,529 673 41.1 37.3-45.0 856 58.9 55.0-62.7
College Graduate 1,613 584 33.6 30.3-37.0 1,029 66.4 63.0-69.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 804 386 44.8 39.6-50.2 418 55.2 49.8-60.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,114 550 49.4 44.7-54.1 564 50.6 45.9-55.3
$25,000- 34,999 668 298 43.1 37.1-49.2 370 56.9 50.8-62.9
$35,000- 49,999 714 319 42.7 37.3-48.2 395 57.3 51.8-62.7
$50,000-74,999 573 226 35.6 30.3-41.2 347 64.4 58.8-69.7
$75,000+ 651 236 37.8 32.8-43.0 415 62.2 57.0-67.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 275 128 45.8 39.1-52.7 147 54.2 47.3-60.9
Guilford 281 118 42.3 35.6-49.3 163 57.7 50.7-64.4
Mecklenburg 278 114 37.6 31.6-44.1 164 62.4 55.9-68.4
Orange 280 102 33.4 24.4-43.9 178 66.6 56.1-75.6
Wake 277 93 30.0 24.3-36.5 184 70.0 63.5-75.7
Chatham/Lee 248 111 39.4 32.8-46.5 137 60.6 53.5-67.2
Nash/Wilson 239 91 39.7 32.9-46.9 148 60.3 53.1-67.1
Craven/Pamlico 286 145 49.7 42.9-56.5 141 50.3 43.5-57.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 274 124 45.1 38.3-52.1 150 54.9 47.9-61.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 283 138 44.9 36.8-53.3 145 55.1 46.7-63.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 120 33.1 27.1-39.7 178 66.9 60.3-72.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 132 50.2 43.1-57.3 132 49.8 42.7-56.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 134 44.0 37.8-50.5 162 56.0 49.5-62.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 291 115 40.0 33.7-46.5 176 60.0 53.5-66.3
Northeast NC I 315 130 43.0 36.8-49.4 185 57.0 50.6-63.2
Northeast NC II 328 130 41.8 35.8-48.1 198 58.2 51.9-64.2
Northeastern Partnership 643 260 42.3 37.8-46.8 383 57.7 53.2-62.2
Mountain AHEC 815 394 48.1 43.5-52.7 421 51.9 47.3-56.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,144 900 42.0 38.6-45.5 1,244 58.0 54.5-61.4
Piedmont 2,508 1,030 39.4 36.7-42.1 1,478 60.6 57.9-63.3
Western NC 1,295 626 47.2 43.2-51.2 669 52.8 48.8-56.8

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^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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