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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,397 2,238 68.1 65.6-70.5 272 8.4 7.0-10.1 305 8.6 7.3-10.2 582 14.9 13.1-16.8
RACE
White 2,531 1,660 67.5 64.6-70.3 186 8.0 6.4-10.0 226 9.1 7.4-11.0 459 15.4 13.4-17.6
African American 584 364 60.3 54.0-66.4 63 12.2 8.4-17.6 60 9.8 6.7-14.0 97 17.6 13.2-23.2
Asian 23 22 99.4 95.7-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Native American 80 44 53.6 33.8-72.3 8 10.6 4.4-23.4 13 11.9 5.0-26.0 15 23.9 9.0-50.1
Other Minorities 162 136 87.0 79.0-92.2 13 5.2 2.5-10.4 5 3.2 1.2- 8.8 8 4.6 1.7-11.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 139 86.0 77.6-91.6 15 4.9 2.4- 9.9 7 5.1 2.0-12.3 8 4.0 1.4-10.8
-English Speaking 53 39 69.9 47.4-85.7 5 3.2 1.0- 9.3 4 19.6 6.9-44.4 5 7.4 2.1-22.8
-Spanish Speaking 116 100 90.6 82.0-95.3 10 5.4 2.4-11.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 3 3.0 0.6-13.0
Non-Hispanic 3,225 2,096 66.5 63.9-69.0 257 8.7 7.2-10.5 298 9.0 7.5-10.6 574 15.8 14.0-17.9
AGE
18-24 213 135 64.2 54.5-72.9 26 12.4 7.2-20.5 20 7.1 3.9-12.8 32 16.3 10.3-24.8
25-34 521 384 74.5 68.7-79.6 43 7.8 5.0-11.9 31 6.2 3.8-10.1 63 11.5 8.2-15.8
35-44 675 476 73.7 68.8-78.1 52 7.0 4.7-10.3 66 8.3 5.9-11.6 81 10.9 8.1-14.6
45-54 679 442 65.5 59.8-70.9 58 9.4 6.6-13.3 79 13.8 9.9-18.8 100 11.3 8.4-15.1
55-64 575 354 64.7 58.9-70.0 56 10.1 7.1-14.1 32 4.4 2.7- 7.0 133 20.9 16.5-26.1
65-74 451 266 60.5 53.8-66.8 19 2.9 1.5- 5.4 51 12.3 8.4-17.6 115 24.3 19.1-30.5
75+ 269 169 60.3 51.8-68.2 18 6.9 3.7-12.6 26 10.3 6.0-17.0 56 22.5 16.3-30.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 591 320 59.6 53.1-65.7 63 7.0 5.0- 9.7 86 15.0 11.0-20.1 122 18.5 14.3-23.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,003 604 63.0 58.2-67.6 98 11.6 8.7-15.5 113 9.4 7.1-12.3 188 15.9 12.7-19.7
Some Post-H.S. 796 527 66.4 60.8-71.5 63 9.2 6.2-13.4 70 8.1 5.6-11.5 136 16.3 12.6-20.9
College Graduate 998 781 80.4 76.7-83.7 48 5.1 3.5- 7.5 35 4.2 2.5- 7.0 134 10.2 8.1-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 154 51.0 41.2-60.7 29 14.3 7.8-24.8 45 15.0 9.5-22.9 68 19.7 13.7-27.5
$15,000- 24,999 603 341 57.3 50.7-63.6 60 6.6 4.5- 9.7 84 14.5 10.5-19.8 118 21.5 16.4-27.8
$25,000- 34,999 359 202 61.0 53.0-68.4 31 8.0 4.8-13.0 39 10.0 6.3-15.6 87 21.0 15.2-28.2
$35,000- 49,999 516 347 69.5 63.6-74.9 42 10.0 6.6-14.9 42 7.1 4.8-10.6 85 13.3 9.9-17.7
$50,000-74,999 432 329 77.4 71.2-82.6 25 6.7 3.9-11.3 22 4.8 2.6- 8.6 56 11.1 7.6-15.9
$75,000+ 496 414 83.5 77.9-88.0 19 4.0 2.2- 7.2 16 4.2 1.9- 9.1 47 8.3 5.4-12.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 176 121 73.0 65.2-79.6 9 4.4 2.0- 9.2 14 6.8 3.9-11.6 32 15.8 10.8-22.7
Guilford 164 104 63.0 53.9-71.4 18 10.2 5.9-17.0 14 8.2 4.4-14.9 28 18.6 12.2-27.2
Mecklenburg 166 130 78.5 68.5-85.9 9 9.7 4.1-21.2 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7 19 7.7 4.6-12.7
Orange 168 134 83.9 76.7-89.1 6 2.3 1.0- 5.4 9 5.1 2.4-10.7 19 8.7 5.2-14.2
Wake 170 133 82.5 75.2-88.1 10 4.9 2.4- 9.7 5 3.4 1.3- 8.3 22 9.2 5.4-15.3
Chatham/Lee 147 94 65.7 54.6-75.4 14 10.8 5.9-19.1 13 10.3 3.9-24.5 26 13.1 8.5-19.8
Nash/Wilson 133 88 65.4 54.9-74.6 11 7.5 3.9-14.1 14 11.4 6.5-19.1 20 15.7 8.7-26.6
Craven/Pamlico 166 113 68.0 58.8-75.9 11 7.5 3.8-14.2 12 7.3 3.7-14.0 30 17.2 11.3-25.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 76 51.5 41.7-61.2 16 10.9 6.0-19.0 27 15.6 10.3-22.9 39 22.0 15.5-30.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 98 53.1 42.4-63.5 14 11.2 6.0-19.9 18 18.0 8.8-33.2 35 17.7 12.1-25.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 96 46.8 33.4-60.7 22 14.3 8.3-23.6 16 8.8 4.3-17.4 39 30.1 15.5-50.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 110 60.0 39.6-77.4 12 5.8 2.7-11.8 9 6.3 2.4-15.4 30 28.0 11.8-53.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 107 63.6 55.1-71.3 15 10.0 5.9-16.5 18 9.4 5.5-15.4 33 17.1 11.8-24.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 84 72.1 62.2-80.2 11 11.0 5.9-19.5 12 7.1 3.9-12.6 16 9.8 5.7-16.3
Northeast NC I 139 92 66.0 54.4-76.0 13 9.4 5.0-17.2 9 4.5 2.1- 9.2 25 20.1 12.4-30.9
Northeast NC II 180 110 64.1 55.5-71.9 14 8.6 4.4-16.2 23 10.7 6.7-16.7 33 16.5 11.5-23.3
Northeastern Partnership 319 202 64.7 57.9-71.0 27 8.9 5.4-14.2 32 8.8 5.8-13.0 58 17.7 13.2-23.2
Mountain AHEC 487 336 71.6 65.2-77.3 32 5.4 3.4- 8.5 39 8.8 5.7-13.5 80 14.1 10.1-19.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,134 740 69.3 64.9-73.3 97 8.4 6.3-11.2 111 9.5 7.1-12.7 186 12.8 10.3-15.7
Piedmont 1,495 999 68.0 64.4-71.4 117 8.9 6.8-11.5 123 7.9 6.1-10.1 256 15.2 12.8-18.1
Western NC 768 499 66.1 60.5-71.3 58 6.4 4.6- 9.0 71 9.8 6.9-13.7 140 17.7 13.7-22.5

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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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