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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-FEMALES

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,555 983 40.4 37.4-43.4 258 12.5 10.4-14.9 1,314 47.1 44.2-50.1
RACE
White 1,995 756 39.6 36.3-42.9 192 12.0 9.7-14.8 1,047 48.4 45.0-51.7
African American 420 161 42.9 35.8-50.3 49 13.2 9.2-18.6 210 43.9 36.9-51.2
Asian 5 1 9.7 1.0-52.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 90.3 47.5-99.0
Native American 82 41 52.5 33.0-71.2 9 14.2 4.6-36.0 32 33.4 17.1-54.8
Other Minorities 48 23 41.9 23.0-63.5 7 19.1 6.2-45.6 18 39.1 19.4-63.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 39 14 35.3 15.2-62.5 4 13.2 3.1-42.3 21 51.4 25.9-76.2
-English Speaking 31 12 41.0 16.7-70.7 2 13.1 2.1-51.0 17 45.9 19.7-74.6
-Spanish Speaking 8 2 16.1 2.3-61.2 2 13.7 1.6-60.3 4 70.2 23.0-94.9
Non-Hispanic 2,514 967 40.4 37.4-43.4 254 12.5 10.4-14.9 1,293 47.1 44.2-50.1
AGE
18-24 142 70 39.7 28.9-51.5 24 22.6 13.1-36.1 48 37.8 26.7-50.2
25-34 320 164 49.2 41.3-57.2 45 17.1 11.7-24.4 111 33.7 26.6-41.5
35-44 485 245 49.0 42.4-55.6 50 11.9 7.8-17.7 190 39.2 33.0-45.7
45-54 588 246 43.6 37.7-49.7 68 13.2 9.5-18.0 274 43.3 37.4-49.3
55-64 431 149 39.5 32.1-47.4 36 9.0 5.9-13.4 246 51.6 44.1-59.0
65-74 353 72 21.5 16.0-28.3 26 8.3 4.8-14.0 255 70.2 62.8-76.7
75+ 218 32 18.6 11.7-28.2 9 2.5 1.0- 5.8 177 78.9 69.4-86.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 455 201 47.0 39.9-54.3 35 6.6 4.1-10.5 219 46.4 39.3-53.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 840 391 51.8 46.6-57.0 64 9.9 7.0-13.9 385 38.3 33.5-43.3
Some Post-H.S. 673 254 37.2 31.7-43.0 78 14.5 9.9-20.6 341 48.4 42.4-54.4
College Graduate 583 136 21.9 17.4-27.3 81 19.2 14.4-25.1 366 58.9 52.7-64.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 386 199 57.5 50.0-64.6 31 7.7 4.7-12.3 156 34.8 28.2-42.0
$15,000- 24,999 550 255 46.6 40.0-53.3 63 13.6 9.7-18.8 232 39.8 33.4-46.5
$25,000- 34,999 298 116 43.4 34.5-52.7 37 11.3 6.3-19.3 145 45.3 36.3-54.8
$35,000- 49,999 319 130 45.1 37.0-53.4 28 10.7 6.4-17.4 161 44.2 36.4-52.3
$50,000-74,999 226 70 41.1 31.9-51.0 25 12.3 7.4-19.7 131 46.6 37.6-55.8
$75,000+ 236 38 18.7 12.2-27.5 33 17.7 11.9-25.6 165 63.6 54.5-71.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 128 52 38.3 29.0-48.5 11 10.7 5.5-19.9 65 51.0 40.6-61.3
Guilford 118 28 31.4 21.4-43.5 18 16.3 9.6-26.2 72 52.3 41.3-63.1
Mecklenburg 114 33 23.8 16.6-32.9 20 22.7 14.7-33.2 61 53.6 43.4-63.5
Orange 102 14 25.1 9.3-52.2 10 16.0 5.2-39.8 78 58.9 37.5-77.5
Wake 93 29 27.8 19.1-38.6 13 15.1 8.6-25.1 51 57.1 45.6-67.9
Chatham/Lee 111 42 39.0 29.6-49.4 7 7.2 3.3-15.1 62 53.7 43.5-63.7
Nash/Wilson 91 43 50.4 38.9-61.8 5 6.0 2.5-13.7 43 43.6 32.7-55.3
Craven/Pamlico 145 50 36.5 28.2-45.7 13 9.0 5.0-15.6 82 54.5 45.5-63.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 124 66 55.4 45.2-65.2 14 11.4 6.3-19.6 44 33.2 24.3-43.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 138 46 38.5 29.5-48.4 22 17.8 11.3-26.9 70 43.7 34.8-53.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 120 42 42.3 32.2-53.1 7 4.4 1.9-10.0 71 53.3 42.7-63.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 132 50 42.9 32.9-53.6 11 8.8 4.5-16.4 71 48.3 37.9-58.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 134 64 51.5 42.2-60.7 11 6.9 3.7-12.5 59 41.6 32.8-51.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 115 50 50.8 40.6-60.9 11 8.6 4.6-15.3 54 40.7 31.3-50.7
Northeast NC I 130 49 38.0 28.9-48.0 16 11.9 6.8-19.9 65 50.2 40.3-60.0
Northeast NC II 130 55 44.8 35.2-54.8 13 11.1 5.8-20.0 62 44.1 34.7-54.0
Northeastern Partnership 260 104 42.2 35.2-49.5 29 11.4 7.3-17.2 127 46.5 39.4-53.6
Mountain AHEC 394 156 41.0 34.5-47.9 30 8.3 5.2-13.1 208 50.6 43.8-57.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 899 372 41.3 36.0-46.7 84 12.2 8.4-17.3 443 46.6 41.2-52.0
Piedmont 1,030 356 38.6 34.4-43.0 113 13.4 10.5-16.9 561 48.0 43.6-52.3
Western NC 626 255 44.5 38.9-50.1 61 10.1 7.1-14.2 310 45.5 40.0-51.1

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.

^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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