BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How old were you the first time you smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-MALES

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
TOTAL	1,970	541	27.1	24.0-30.4	414	20.3	17.5-23.4	505	28.2	25.1-31.4	252	12.5	10.5-14.9	258	11.9	10.0-14.2
RACE
White	1,517	456	29.2	25.7-33.0	333	22.2	18.9-25.8	380	26.8	23.5-30.3	181	11.8	9.6-14.6	167	10.0	8.0-12.4
African American	321	57	16.1	11.2-22.6	54	13.2	8.7-19.6	84	32.0	24.2-41.0	55	18.0	12.5-25.0	71	20.8	14.9-28.2
Asian	5	1	15.6	1.8-64.9	1	6.7	0.7-40.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	77.7	32.4-96.2
Native American	47	13	40.2	17.3-68.4	6	24.4	5.7-63.0	13	16.5	7.4-33.1	7	12.2	3.8-32.4	8	6.7	2.2-18.5
Other Minorities	72	13	25.5	11.9-46.3	17	11.8	5.5-23.3	27	42.9	26.8-60.6	9	8.7	3.5-20.3	6	11.1	4.4-25.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	77	13	24.0	10.9-44.9	19	13.4	6.8-24.8	30	44.4	28.4-61.7	7	6.6	2.2-18.3	8	11.6	4.8-25.3
-English Speaking	24	5	20.8	5.4-54.5	8	47.2	20.4-75.7	9	30.3	11.0-60.5	1	0.7	0.1- 4.9	1	1.1	0.1- 8.0
-Spanish Speaking	53	8	24.7	10.0-49.2	11	6.4	3.0-13.3	21	47.3	28.7-66.7	6	7.9	2.6-21.8	7	13.7	5.6-30.0
Non-Hispanic	1,893	528	27.3	24.2-30.6	395	20.8	17.9-24.0	475	27.1	24.1-30.4	245	12.9	10.8-15.4	250	11.9	10.0-14.2
AGE
18-24	101	25	22.0	12.1-36.5	26	28.3	17.2-43.0	31	33.5	22.0-47.5	18	15.9	8.0-29.2	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7
25-34	237	48	23.6	15.8-33.8	43	16.7	9.6-27.5	80	33.4	25.1-42.7	31	11.6	7.1-18.3	35	14.7	9.5-22.2
35-44	340	75	21.0	15.5-27.9	91	22.9	17.3-29.7	88	29.6	22.5-37.9	35	10.1	6.4-15.4	51	16.4	11.2-23.4
45-54	419	114	30.7	23.7-38.8	96	20.6	15.2-27.3	110	25.2	19.2-32.2	44	10.0	6.6-14.9	55	13.5	9.2-19.3
55-64	403	116	26.9	21.3-33.5	93	22.4	17.1-28.7	95	26.2	20.4-32.9	58	15.5	11.0-21.6	41	9.0	5.8-13.7
65-74	294	109	39.0	31.3-47.2	44	13.0	8.2-20.0	62	24.6	18.2-32.2	37	11.1	7.2-16.6	42	12.4	8.2-18.2
75+	170	52	32.6	23.5-43.1	20	13.2	7.4-22.6	37	22.4	14.9-32.3	29	18.5	11.7-28.0	32	13.3	8.5-20.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	402	148	36.5	29.1-44.6	80	20.1	13.5-28.7	96	25.9	19.5-33.6	44	9.3	5.9-14.2	34	8.2	4.8-13.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	644	178	28.4	22.9-34.8	148	22.2	17.6-27.5	168	27.4	22.3-33.3	75	11.0	7.9-14.9	75	11.0	8.0-14.9
Some Post-H.S.	465	103	17.3	13.1-22.4	100	22.5	16.6-29.7	121	30.6	24.3-37.7	70	15.0	10.4-21.2	71	14.7	10.4-20.3
College Graduate	453	110	27.4	21.5-34.2	85	15.0	11.2-19.7	117	28.5	22.8-34.9	63	15.4	11.2-20.7	78	13.8	10.1-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	197	70	40.5	29.6-52.4	41	17.7	9.5-30.7	42	20.3	13.2-29.8	22	9.3	5.3-15.9	22	12.2	6.3-22.2
$15,000- 24,999	402	111	27.4	20.8-35.1	82	16.9	12.0-23.5	108	31.9	25.0-39.8	46	9.9	6.4-15.0	55	13.8	9.4-19.9
$25,000- 34,999	231	58	24.1	16.6-33.7	47	22.3	14.3-33.0	61	26.3	18.6-35.8	35	14.9	9.4-22.9	30	12.4	7.2-20.4
$35,000- 49,999	292	66	17.3	12.3-23.9	65	27.5	20.3-36.1	83	33.6	26.1-42.1	44	12.5	8.2-18.5	34	9.1	5.6-14.3
$50,000-74,999	249	66	25.9	19.1-34.2	58	22.6	16.0-30.8	68	30.0	22.5-38.6	27	12.1	7.2-19.8	30	9.4	5.7-15.2
$75,000+	222	60	29.1	20.1-40.3	42	16.0	10.5-23.4	58	27.3	19.5-36.9	32	15.4	9.1-24.9	30	12.1	7.4-19.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	108	36	30.1	21.3-40.7	18	18.0	11.0-28.0	35	36.5	26.4-47.9	8	6.2	2.9-12.8	11	9.2	4.9-16.8
Guilford	94	23	21.0	13.7-30.9	18	25.7	15.9-38.8	26	27.2	17.9-39.1	14	12.7	7.0-22.1	13	13.3	7.2-23.3
Mecklenburg	85	20	25.4	14.5-40.6	10	8.0	4.0-15.3	27	33.1	22.1-46.5	12	15.6	6.7-32.2	16	17.9	10.3-29.2
Orange	88	20	31.9	15.2-55.1	28	26.6	16.3-40.2	25	28.2	17.2-42.5	8	8.0	3.6-17.1	7	5.3	2.3-11.7
Wake	76	12	18.6	9.1-34.2	16	15.4	8.6-26.2	22	35.3	23.3-49.4	14	17.0	9.2-29.5	12	13.6	7.2-24.3
Chatham/Lee	85	19	20.5	11.7-33.4	19	20.1	12.4-30.9	18	21.6	13.3-33.2	12	12.8	7.2-21.9	17	24.9	15.4-37.8
Nash/Wilson	81	14	13.3	7.5-22.7	17	17.9	10.8-28.1	27	35.7	24.2-49.0	10	18.6	8.5-35.9	13	14.6	8.1-24.8
Craven/Pamlico	98	26	28.0	18.9-39.3	16	13.3	7.9-21.5	19	18.5	11.7-28.1	15	18.4	10.6-29.8	22	21.9	14.3-31.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	106	33	27.7	18.9-38.6	25	22.8	14.5-34.1	28	25.5	17.0-36.5	10	8.1	4.0-15.6	10	15.9	5.9-36.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	89	38	47.1	31.9-62.8	17	17.2	9.3-29.8	17	19.7	11.0-32.8	9	8.4	4.1-16.5	8	7.5	3.3-16.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	104	25	32.6	20.6-47.3	23	18.6	11.8-28.1	24	29.3	18.6-42.9	13	7.4	4.1-13.1	19	12.1	7.2-19.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	98	23	19.5	10.3-33.7	26	18.7	9.9-32.5	25	39.2	16.5-67.8	12	15.4	7.3-29.6	12	7.2	3.4-14.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	108	26	25.7	16.9-36.9	19	14.1	8.7-22.1	29	28.2	19.4-39.2	14	14.8	8.2-25.1	20	17.2	10.7-26.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	86	26	24.7	16.1-35.9	24	27.5	17.5-40.6	16	16.7	9.7-27.3	9	9.4	4.4-19.0	11	21.6	9.8-41.1
Northeast NC I	85	28	32.1	22.0-44.1	18	20.1	12.0-31.7	19	23.6	14.1-36.7	13	17.7	9.1-31.6	7	6.5	3.0-13.5
Northeast NC II	111	34	27.2	18.6-37.9	24	18.4	11.9-27.4	27	24.0	16.0-34.4	16	20.6	11.7-33.7	10	9.7	4.6-19.6
Northeastern Partnership	196	62	28.6	21.6-36.8	42	18.9	13.5-25.9	46	23.9	17.3-32.0	29	19.8	12.6-29.6	17	8.8	4.8-15.7
Mountain AHEC	293	82	23.6	17.5-31.1	67	29.9	19.5-42.9	80	27.6	19.9-36.8	33	10.8	7.0-16.3	31	8.1	4.8-13.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	687	191	27.6	22.3-33.6	134	17.0	13.1-21.7	167	26.8	21.6-32.7	97	15.1	11.5-19.8	98	13.5	10.0-18.0
Piedmont	834	212	27.2	22.9-31.9	181	20.7	17.0-25.1	220	28.7	24.5-33.3	107	11.7	8.9-15.1	114	11.7	9.1-14.9
Western NC	449	138	25.6	19.7-32.5	99	25.2	17.5-34.7	118	28.9	22.1-36.8	48	10.6	7.1-15.7	46	9.7	5.9-15.3

Total
Respond.^

12 or under

13-14

15-16

17-18

19 0r older

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,970

541

27.1

24.0-30.4

414

20.3

17.5-23.4

505

28.2

25.1-31.4

252

12.5

10.5-14.9

258

11.9

10.0-14.2

RACE

White

1,517

456

29.2

25.7-33.0

333

22.2

18.9-25.8

380

26.8

23.5-30.3

181

11.8

9.6-14.6

167

10.0

8.0-12.4

African American

321

16.1

11.2-22.6

13.2

8.7-19.6

32.0

24.2-41.0

18.0

12.5-25.0

20.8

14.9-28.2

Asian

15.6

1.8-64.9

6.7

0.7-40.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

77.7

32.4-96.2

Native American

40.2

17.3-68.4

24.4

5.7-63.0

16.5

7.4-33.1

12.2

3.8-32.4

6.7

2.2-18.5

Other Minorities

25.5

11.9-46.3

11.8

5.5-23.3

42.9

26.8-60.6

8.7

3.5-20.3

11.1

4.4-25.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

24.0

10.9-44.9

13.4

6.8-24.8

44.4

28.4-61.7

6.6

2.2-18.3

11.6

4.8-25.3

-English Speaking

20.8

5.4-54.5

47.2

20.4-75.7

30.3

11.0-60.5

0.7

0.1- 4.9

1.1

0.1- 8.0

-Spanish Speaking

24.7

10.0-49.2

6.4

3.0-13.3

47.3

28.7-66.7

7.9

2.6-21.8

13.7

5.6-30.0

Non-Hispanic

1,893

528

27.3

24.2-30.6

395

20.8

17.9-24.0

475

27.1

24.1-30.4

245

12.9

10.8-15.4

250

11.9

10.0-14.2

AGE

18-24

101

22.0

12.1-36.5

28.3

17.2-43.0

33.5

22.0-47.5

15.9

8.0-29.2

0.2

0.0- 1.7

25-34

237

23.6

15.8-33.8

16.7

9.6-27.5

33.4

25.1-42.7

11.6

7.1-18.3

14.7

9.5-22.2

35-44

340

21.0

15.5-27.9

22.9

17.3-29.7

29.6

22.5-37.9

10.1

6.4-15.4

16.4

11.2-23.4

45-54

419

114

30.7

23.7-38.8

20.6

15.2-27.3

110

25.2

19.2-32.2

10.0

6.6-14.9

13.5

9.2-19.3

55-64

403

116

26.9

21.3-33.5

22.4

17.1-28.7

26.2

20.4-32.9

15.5

11.0-21.6

9.0

5.8-13.7

65-74

294

109

39.0

31.3-47.2

13.0

8.2-20.0

24.6

18.2-32.2

11.1

7.2-16.6

12.4

8.2-18.2

75+

170

32.6

23.5-43.1

13.2

7.4-22.6

22.4

14.9-32.3

18.5

11.7-28.0

13.3

8.5-20.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

402

148

36.5

29.1-44.6

20.1

13.5-28.7

25.9

19.5-33.6

9.3

5.9-14.2

8.2

4.8-13.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

644

178

28.4

22.9-34.8

148

22.2

17.6-27.5

168

27.4

22.3-33.3

11.0

7.9-14.9

11.0

8.0-14.9

Some Post-H.S.

465

103

17.3

13.1-22.4

100

22.5

16.6-29.7

121

30.6

24.3-37.7

15.0

10.4-21.2

14.7

10.4-20.3

College Graduate

453

110

27.4

21.5-34.2

15.0

11.2-19.7

117

28.5

22.8-34.9

15.4

11.2-20.7

13.8

10.1-18.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

197

40.5

29.6-52.4

17.7

9.5-30.7

20.3

13.2-29.8

9.3

5.3-15.9

12.2

6.3-22.2

$15,000- 24,999

402

111

27.4

20.8-35.1

16.9

12.0-23.5

108

31.9

25.0-39.8

9.9

6.4-15.0

13.8

9.4-19.9

$25,000- 34,999

231

24.1

16.6-33.7

22.3

14.3-33.0

26.3

18.6-35.8

14.9

9.4-22.9

12.4

7.2-20.4

$35,000- 49,999

292

17.3

12.3-23.9

27.5

20.3-36.1

33.6

26.1-42.1

12.5

8.2-18.5

9.1

5.6-14.3

$50,000-74,999

249

25.9

19.1-34.2

22.6

16.0-30.8

30.0

22.5-38.6

12.1

7.2-19.8

9.4

5.7-15.2

$75,000+

222

29.1

20.1-40.3

16.0

10.5-23.4

27.3

19.5-36.9

15.4

9.1-24.9

12.1

7.4-19.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

108

30.1

21.3-40.7

18.0

11.0-28.0

36.5

26.4-47.9

6.2

2.9-12.8

9.2

4.9-16.8

Guilford

21.0

13.7-30.9

25.7

15.9-38.8

27.2

17.9-39.1

12.7

7.0-22.1

13.3

7.2-23.3

Mecklenburg

25.4

14.5-40.6

8.0

4.0-15.3

33.1

22.1-46.5

15.6

6.7-32.2

17.9

10.3-29.2

Orange

31.9

15.2-55.1

26.6

16.3-40.2

28.2

17.2-42.5

8.0

3.6-17.1

5.3

2.3-11.7

Wake

18.6

9.1-34.2

15.4

8.6-26.2

35.3

23.3-49.4

17.0

9.2-29.5

13.6

7.2-24.3

Chatham/Lee

20.5

11.7-33.4

20.1

12.4-30.9

21.6

13.3-33.2

12.8

7.2-21.9

24.9

15.4-37.8

Nash/Wilson

13.3

7.5-22.7

17.9

10.8-28.1

35.7

24.2-49.0

18.6

8.5-35.9

14.6

8.1-24.8

Craven/Pamlico

28.0

18.9-39.3

13.3

7.9-21.5

18.5

11.7-28.1

18.4

10.6-29.8

21.9

14.3-31.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

106

27.7

18.9-38.6

22.8

14.5-34.1

25.5

17.0-36.5

8.1

4.0-15.6

15.9

5.9-36.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

47.1

31.9-62.8

17.2

9.3-29.8

19.7

11.0-32.8

8.4

4.1-16.5

7.5

3.3-16.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

104

32.6

20.6-47.3

18.6

11.8-28.1

29.3

18.6-42.9

7.4

4.1-13.1

12.1

7.2-19.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

19.5

10.3-33.7

18.7

9.9-32.5

39.2

16.5-67.8

15.4

7.3-29.6

7.2

3.4-14.8

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

108

25.7

16.9-36.9

14.1

8.7-22.1

28.2

19.4-39.2

14.8

8.2-25.1

17.2

10.7-26.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

24.7

16.1-35.9

27.5

17.5-40.6

16.7

9.7-27.3

9.4

4.4-19.0

21.6

9.8-41.1

Northeast NC I

32.1

22.0-44.1

20.1

12.0-31.7

23.6

14.1-36.7

17.7

9.1-31.6

6.5

3.0-13.5

Northeast NC II

111

27.2

18.6-37.9

18.4

11.9-27.4

24.0

16.0-34.4

20.6

11.7-33.7

9.7

4.6-19.6

Northeastern Partnership

196

28.6

21.6-36.8

18.9

13.5-25.9

23.9

17.3-32.0

19.8

12.6-29.6

8.8

4.8-15.7

Mountain AHEC

293

23.6

17.5-31.1

29.9

19.5-42.9

27.6

19.9-36.8

10.8

7.0-16.3

8.1

4.8-13.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

687

191

27.6

22.3-33.6

134

17.0

13.1-21.7

167

26.8

21.6-32.7

15.1

11.5-19.8

13.5

10.0-18.0

Piedmont

834

212

27.2

22.9-31.9

181

20.7

17.0-25.1

220

28.7

24.5-33.3

107

11.7

8.9-15.1

114

11.7

9.1-14.9

Western NC

449

138

25.6

19.7-32.5

25.2

17.5-34.7

118

28.9

22.1-36.8

10.6

7.1-15.7

9.7

5.9-15.3

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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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