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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Within 6 months	Within 1 year	Within 5 years	Within 10 years	More than 10 years ago
TOTAL	1,031	50	7.5	4.9-11.4	27	3.7	2.2- 6.1	138	14.8	11.7-18.7	83	6.4	4.6- 8.8	733	67.6	62.8-72.0
RACE
White	836	34	5.9	3.4-10.0	23	4.3	2.5- 7.5	107	14.7	11.2-19.0	58	5.4	3.8- 7.7	614	69.7	64.4-74.4
African American	139	9	15.4	6.4-32.9	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	18	14.1	6.9-26.6	21	9.4	5.4-15.7	90	60.9	46.6-73.5
Asian	1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	24	2	35.8	10.0-73.6	1	4.1	0.5-25.2	7	18.6	6.3-43.6	1	5.4	0.7-31.3	13	36.2	14.0-66.3
Other Minorities	29	5	2.8	1.0- 7.5	2	1.9	0.4- 8.0	5	18.5	6.5-42.4	3	15.0	3.2-48.6	14	61.8	36.3-82.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic	30	2	1.3	0.3- 5.3	2	2.0	0.4- 8.1	6	19.7	7.2-43.7	4	21.0	6.2-51.9	16	56.0	31.1-78.2
-English Speaking	10	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.1	0.5-27.7	2	28.4	4.3-77.8	7	67.6	21.5-94.1
-Spanish Speaking	20	2	1.6	0.4- 7.0	2	2.5	0.6-10.6	5	24.2	8.3-53.0	2	18.9	3.8-57.8	9	52.7	25.0-78.9
Non-Hispanic	1,001	48	7.8	5.1-11.9	25	3.8	2.2- 6.4	132	14.6	11.3-18.5	79	5.6	4.2- 7.5	717	68.2	63.4-72.7
AGE
18-24	23	13	69.6	43.3-87.3	3	4.2	1.2-14.0	7	26.2	10.2-52.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	68	6	7.4	2.1-22.8	6	7.1	1.9-22.7	25	40.3	24.9-57.9	11	15.9	6.7-33.4	20	29.3	16.1-47.3
35-44	129	11	9.6	4.3-19.9	7	5.9	2.1-15.4	28	23.6	13.9-37.2	18	7.3	3.7-13.8	65	53.7	40.9-66.0
45-54	204	7	4.1	1.7- 9.8	4	3.3	1.1- 9.9	34	13.1	8.0-20.8	17	5.2	2.5-10.5	142	74.3	65.0-81.8
55-64	237	6	1.4	0.5- 3.9	4	4.7	1.6-13.1	21	7.6	4.4-12.9	18	5.5	3.0- 9.6	188	80.8	73.0-86.8
65-74	219	4	0.7	0.2- 2.1	3	0.5	0.2- 1.8	19	5.4	3.1- 9.4	14	7.3	3.8-13.5	179	86.1	79.5-90.8
75+	149	3	3.7	1.0-13.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.9	0.7-17.9	5	2.4	0.9- 6.2	138	90.0	78.9-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	196	9	7.2	2.9-16.9	6	3.1	1.0- 9.1	22	11.5	6.1-20.4	23	10.9	5.4-20.7	136	67.3	56.0-77.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	306	23	12.1	6.2-22.2	6	2.7	0.8- 8.8	45	16.7	10.5-25.4	29	7.4	4.5-12.0	203	61.2	51.6-70.0
Some Post-H.S.	230	10	7.1	2.6-18.2	5	3.2	1.0-10.4	37	20.6	13.5-30.1	14	4.5	2.0- 9.6	164	64.6	54.1-73.8
College Graduate	294	8	3.4	1.5- 7.6	10	5.5	2.5-11.7	34	10.6	6.6-16.5	17	4.3	2.3- 7.8	225	76.3	68.8-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	94	7	7.1	2.2-21.1	3	5.2	1.1-21.9	13	14.1	6.0-29.6	10	9.5	4.3-19.7	61	64.0	48.1-77.4
$15,000- 24,999	168	14	10.5	5.1-20.5	6	1.6	0.7- 3.8	28	17.6	10.3-28.5	6	1.4	0.5- 3.9	114	68.8	57.3-78.4
$25,000- 34,999	109	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4	4	4.1	1.4-11.5	16	23.2	12.4-39.1	9	5.7	2.4-12.9	79	66.7	51.9-78.9
$35,000- 49,999	164	10	9.3	4.5-18.4	3	3.3	0.7-14.5	17	11.3	6.1-19.9	16	6.0	3.2-10.9	118	70.1	59.3-79.0
$50,000-74,999	149	2	1.3	0.2- 6.7	2	0.7	0.2- 3.3	23	18.8	11.0-30.2	11	5.7	2.6-12.4	111	73.5	62.1-82.4
$75,000+	139	4	5.6	1.7-16.5	4	7.3	2.4-20.1	15	10.4	5.2-19.7	9	5.2	2.2-11.8	107	71.5	59.1-81.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	65	3	10.2	2.6-32.5	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	9	12.7	6.4-23.4	4	5.2	1.8-13.7	48	71.2	55.4-83.1
Guilford	54	4	14.8	5.7-33.6	0	0.0	. - .	9	17.0	8.5-31.1	6	9.6	4.1-20.9	35	58.5	42.9-72.6
Mecklenburg	48	2	13.5	2.6-47.7	1	1.0	0.1- 7.2	5	12.0	4.4-28.8	4	5.0	1.7-14.0	36	68.5	46.0-84.7
Orange	55	2	5.5	1.2-22.7	1	1.6	0.2-11.1	7	15.1	6.0-33.3	4	5.7	1.8-16.3	41	72.0	51.4-86.2
Wake	47	2	2.4	0.6- 9.4	1	2.3	0.3-14.6	7	15.5	7.2-30.0	1	1.0	0.1- 7.0	36	78.8	64.1-88.6
Chatham/Lee	39	1	1.2	0.2- 8.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.6	2.0-19.5	1	1.3	0.2- 8.9	34	90.9	78.5-96.5
Nash/Wilson	38	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	9	25.9	13.2-44.7	5	8.4	3.4-19.5	24	65.7	47.6-80.1
Craven/Pamlico	61	2	3.5	0.9-13.0	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	7	12.5	5.9-24.3	2	4.9	1.0-20.9	49	76.9	62.9-86.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	48	4	7.3	2.4-20.0	1	2.9	0.4-18.4	5	8.1	2.9-20.4	6	11.6	4.7-25.8	32	70.1	51.6-83.7
Appalachian/Wilkes	49	4	10.2	3.5-26.5	2	5.5	1.1-24.2	5	7.4	2.8-18.3	3	4.0	1.2-12.3	35	72.9	56.7-84.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	46	3	7.3	2.2-21.0	0	0.0	. - .	8	19.7	9.2-37.5	7	12.5	5.4-26.1	28	60.5	42.4-76.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	56	4	12.0	4.1-30.1	1	5.7	0.8-30.6	7	12.5	5.7-25.1	5	5.9	2.3-14.2	39	64.0	47.6-77.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	49	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.6	2.7-23.8	6	11.3	4.9-23.9	6	12.4	5.1-27.3	34	67.7	51.6-80.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	41	2	5.4	1.0-23.4	2	4.2	1.0-16.0	9	21.2	9.6-40.6	4	7.5	2.5-20.6	24	61.7	40.7-79.1
Northeast NC I	46	3	5.9	1.8-17.3	1	2.0	0.3-13.2	5	11.6	4.6-26.4	5	19.0	7.6-40.0	32	61.5	44.0-76.5
Northeast NC II	55	2	3.7	0.8-15.8	2	2.8	0.6-12.1	8	22.8	9.8-44.4	7	13.2	6.0-26.7	36	57.5	40.0-73.3
Northeastern Partnership	101	5	4.3	1.5-11.7	3	2.6	0.7- 8.7	13	19.5	9.6-35.7	12	14.9	8.2-25.7	68	58.7	45.2-71.0
Mountain AHEC	173	7	4.8	1.6-13.4	2	0.9	0.2- 3.6	27	17.6	11.3-26.4	12	5.8	2.5-13.0	125	70.9	61.0-79.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	342	12	4.1	1.8- 8.8	12	4.5	1.9-10.5	51	20.6	13.5-30.3	32	9.3	5.3-15.9	235	61.5	52.2-70.0
Piedmont	441	26	9.8	5.7-16.4	10	3.7	1.8- 7.6	52	11.4	8.1-15.8	34	5.3	3.4- 8.1	319	69.8	63.2-75.7
Western NC	248	12	4.9	2.2-10.7	5	1.8	0.7- 4.6	35	17.3	10.8-26.5	17	5.2	2.6-10.2	179	70.8	61.6-78.5

Total
Respond.^

Within 6 months

Within 1 year

Within 5 years

Within 10 years

More than 10 years ago

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,031

7.5

4.9-11.4

3.7

2.2- 6.1

138

14.8

11.7-18.7

6.4

4.6- 8.8

733

67.6

62.8-72.0

RACE

White

836

5.9

3.4-10.0

4.3

2.5- 7.5

107

14.7

11.2-19.0

5.4

3.8- 7.7

614

69.7

64.4-74.4

African American

139

15.4

6.4-32.9

0.3

0.0- 1.8

14.1

6.9-26.6

9.4

5.4-15.7

60.9

46.6-73.5

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

35.8

10.0-73.6

4.1

0.5-25.2

18.6

6.3-43.6

5.4

0.7-31.3

36.2

14.0-66.3

Other Minorities

2.8

1.0- 7.5

1.9

0.4- 8.0

18.5

6.5-42.4

15.0

3.2-48.6

61.8

36.3-82.1

HISPANIC

Hispanic

1.3

0.3- 5.3

2.0

0.4- 8.1

19.7

7.2-43.7

21.0

6.2-51.9

56.0

31.1-78.2

-English Speaking

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

4.1

0.5-27.7

28.4

4.3-77.8

67.6

21.5-94.1

-Spanish Speaking

1.6

0.4- 7.0

2.5

0.6-10.6

24.2

8.3-53.0

18.9

3.8-57.8

52.7

25.0-78.9

Non-Hispanic

1,001

7.8

5.1-11.9

3.8

2.2- 6.4

132

14.6

11.3-18.5

5.6

4.2- 7.5

717

68.2

63.4-72.7

AGE

18-24

69.6

43.3-87.3

4.2

1.2-14.0

26.2

10.2-52.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

7.4

2.1-22.8

7.1

1.9-22.7

40.3

24.9-57.9

15.9

6.7-33.4

29.3

16.1-47.3

35-44

129

9.6

4.3-19.9

5.9

2.1-15.4

23.6

13.9-37.2

7.3

3.7-13.8

53.7

40.9-66.0

45-54

204

4.1

1.7- 9.8

3.3

1.1- 9.9

13.1

8.0-20.8

5.2

2.5-10.5

142

74.3

65.0-81.8

55-64

237

1.4

0.5- 3.9

4.7

1.6-13.1

7.6

4.4-12.9

5.5

3.0- 9.6

188

80.8

73.0-86.8

65-74

219

0.7

0.2- 2.1

0.5

0.2- 1.8

5.4

3.1- 9.4

7.3

3.8-13.5

179

86.1

79.5-90.8

75+

149

3.7

1.0-13.1

0.0

. - .

3.9

0.7-17.9

2.4

0.9- 6.2

138

90.0

78.9-95.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

196

7.2

2.9-16.9

3.1

1.0- 9.1

11.5

6.1-20.4

10.9

5.4-20.7

136

67.3

56.0-77.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

306

12.1

6.2-22.2

2.7

0.8- 8.8

16.7

10.5-25.4

7.4

4.5-12.0

203

61.2

51.6-70.0

Some Post-H.S.

230

7.1

2.6-18.2

3.2

1.0-10.4

20.6

13.5-30.1

4.5

2.0- 9.6

164

64.6

54.1-73.8

College Graduate

294

3.4

1.5- 7.6

5.5

2.5-11.7

10.6

6.6-16.5

4.3

2.3- 7.8

225

76.3

68.8-82.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

7.1

2.2-21.1

5.2

1.1-21.9

14.1

6.0-29.6

9.5

4.3-19.7

64.0

48.1-77.4

$15,000- 24,999

168

10.5

5.1-20.5

1.6

0.7- 3.8

17.6

10.3-28.5

1.4

0.5- 3.9

114

68.8

57.3-78.4

$25,000- 34,999

109

0.3

0.0- 2.4

4.1

1.4-11.5

23.2

12.4-39.1

5.7

2.4-12.9

66.7

51.9-78.9

$35,000- 49,999

164

9.3

4.5-18.4

3.3

0.7-14.5

11.3

6.1-19.9

6.0

3.2-10.9

118

70.1

59.3-79.0

$50,000-74,999

149

1.3

0.2- 6.7

0.7

0.2- 3.3

18.8

11.0-30.2

5.7

2.6-12.4

111

73.5

62.1-82.4

$75,000+

139

5.6

1.7-16.5

7.3

2.4-20.1

10.4

5.2-19.7

5.2

2.2-11.8

107

71.5

59.1-81.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

10.2

2.6-32.5

0.8

0.1- 5.7

12.7

6.4-23.4

5.2

1.8-13.7

71.2

55.4-83.1

Guilford

14.8

5.7-33.6

0.0

. - .

17.0

8.5-31.1

9.6

4.1-20.9

58.5

42.9-72.6

Mecklenburg

13.5

2.6-47.7

1.0

0.1- 7.2

12.0

4.4-28.8

5.0

1.7-14.0

68.5

46.0-84.7

Orange

5.5

1.2-22.7

1.6

0.2-11.1

15.1

6.0-33.3

5.7

1.8-16.3

72.0

51.4-86.2

Wake

2.4

0.6- 9.4

2.3

0.3-14.6

15.5

7.2-30.0

1.0

0.1- 7.0

78.8

64.1-88.6

Chatham/Lee

1.2

0.2- 8.1

0.0

. - .

6.6

2.0-19.5

1.3

0.2- 8.9

90.9

78.5-96.5

Nash/Wilson

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25.9

13.2-44.7

8.4

3.4-19.5

65.7

47.6-80.1

Craven/Pamlico

3.5

0.9-13.0

2.2

0.3-14.1

12.5

5.9-24.3

4.9

1.0-20.9

76.9

62.9-86.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.3

2.4-20.0

2.9

0.4-18.4

8.1

2.9-20.4

11.6

4.7-25.8

70.1

51.6-83.7

Appalachian/Wilkes

10.2

3.5-26.5

5.5

1.1-24.2

7.4

2.8-18.3

4.0

1.2-12.3

72.9

56.7-84.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

7.3

2.2-21.0

0.0

. - .

19.7

9.2-37.5

12.5

5.4-26.1

60.5

42.4-76.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

12.0

4.1-30.1

5.7

0.8-30.6

12.5

5.7-25.1

5.9

2.3-14.2

64.0

47.6-77.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

0.0

. - .

8.6

2.7-23.8

11.3

4.9-23.9

12.4

5.1-27.3

67.7

51.6-80.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

5.4

1.0-23.4

4.2

1.0-16.0

21.2

9.6-40.6

7.5

2.5-20.6

61.7

40.7-79.1

Northeast NC I

5.9

1.8-17.3

2.0

0.3-13.2

11.6

4.6-26.4

19.0

7.6-40.0

61.5

44.0-76.5

Northeast NC II

3.7

0.8-15.8

2.8

0.6-12.1

22.8

9.8-44.4

13.2

6.0-26.7

57.5

40.0-73.3

Northeastern Partnership

101

4.3

1.5-11.7

2.6

0.7- 8.7

19.5

9.6-35.7

14.9

8.2-25.7

58.7

45.2-71.0

Mountain AHEC

173

4.8

1.6-13.4

0.9

0.2- 3.6

17.6

11.3-26.4

5.8

2.5-13.0

125

70.9

61.0-79.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

342

4.1

1.8- 8.8

4.5

1.9-10.5

20.6

13.5-30.3

9.3

5.3-15.9

235

61.5

52.2-70.0

Piedmont

441

9.8

5.7-16.4

3.7

1.8- 7.6

11.4

8.1-15.8

5.3

3.4- 8.1

319

69.8

63.2-75.7

Western NC

248

4.9

2.2-10.7

1.8

0.7- 4.6

17.3

10.8-26.5

5.2

2.6-10.2

179

70.8

61.6-78.5

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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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