BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Do you now smoke cigars every day, some days, or not at all?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Everyday	Some days	Not at all
TOTAL	2,336	26	1.1	0.6- 2.0	237	13.4	11.1-16.1	2,073	85.4	82.7-87.8
GENDER
Male	1,638	22	1.3	0.7- 2.5	218	16.7	13.8-20.1	1,398	82.0	78.5-85.0
Female	698	4	0.5	0.1- 2.0	19	2.5	1.2- 5.0	675	97.0	94.4-98.4
AGE
18-24	153	0	0.0	. - .	24	20.4	11.2-34.2	129	79.6	65.8-88.8
25-34	339	3	1.5	0.3- 6.6	46	18.8	12.4-27.4	290	79.7	71.0-86.2
35-44	459	2	0.2	0.0- 1.0	52	12.4	8.7-17.5	405	87.4	82.3-91.2
45-54	469	8	0.8	0.4- 1.8	54	12.8	8.8-18.2	407	86.4	81.0-90.4
55-64	405	5	0.8	0.2- 3.0	44	13.8	9.4-19.7	356	85.4	79.5-89.8
65-74	324	5	3.9	1.2-12.2	12	3.8	1.6- 8.6	307	92.3	84.8-96.3
75+	178	3	3.2	0.9-10.6	3	2.1	0.4-10.7	172	94.7	86.3-98.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	294	6	1.5	0.5- 4.1	26	13.3	7.9-21.6	262	85.2	76.9-90.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	602	10	2.2	0.8- 5.6	66	15.3	10.6-21.5	526	82.5	76.1-87.5
Some Post-H.S.	635	5	0.4	0.2- 1.1	55	12.0	7.7-18.4	575	87.5	81.2-92.0
College Graduate	801	5	0.7	0.2- 2.4	90	13.2	10.0-17.2	706	86.0	81.9-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	196	6	5.3	1.6-16.0	16	12.3	6.2-22.8	174	82.4	70.8-90.0
$15,000- 24,999	364	2	0.5	0.1- 2.0	37	16.5	10.6-24.7	325	83.0	74.9-88.9
$25,000- 34,999	257	0	0.0	. - .	26	11.5	6.6-19.2	231	88.5	80.8-93.4
$35,000- 49,999	369	3	1.1	0.3- 4.5	29	7.0	4.2-11.3	337	91.9	87.3-94.9
$50,000-74,999	332	4	0.4	0.1- 1.3	31	13.6	7.6-23.2	297	86.0	76.5-92.1
$75,000+	406	4	1.2	0.2- 5.7	64	20.5	14.3-28.4	338	78.3	70.3-84.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	154	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	17	13.9	8.0-23.0	136	85.9	76.8-91.8
Guilford	114	2	1.6	0.4- 6.4	12	12.5	6.9-21.6	100	85.9	76.6-91.8
Mecklenburg	109	1	0.6	0.1- 3.8	14	20.3	10.6-35.5	94	79.1	64.1-88.9
Orange	129	0	0.0	. - .	15	14.7	8.6-24.1	114	85.3	75.9-91.4
Wake	117	0	0.0	. - .	11	13.5	7.0-24.4	106	86.5	75.6-93.0
Chatham/Lee	94	1	1.1	0.2- 7.7	7	5.9	2.6-13.2	86	92.9	85.3-96.7
Nash/Wilson	64	1	0.9	0.1- 6.0	5	5.5	2.1-13.4	58	93.7	85.7-97.3
Craven/Pamlico	115	2	2.6	0.6-10.2	13	11.7	6.5-20.0	100	85.7	76.7-91.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	129	0	0.0	. - .	14	14.3	7.6-25.3	115	85.7	74.7-92.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	149	0	0.0	. - .	14	17.2	7.5-34.8	135	82.8	65.2-92.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance	92	2	3.7	0.8-14.8	6	7.0	3.1-15.2	84	89.3	79.0-94.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	142	1	0.6	0.1- 4.0	8	6.4	3.0-13.3	133	93.0	86.1-96.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	69	1	2.5	0.4-15.9	13	18.5	10.5-30.6	55	79.0	66.2-87.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	80	2	2.7	0.7-10.1	3	7.9	2.4-22.9	75	89.5	75.6-95.9
Northeast NC I	62	2	2.8	0.6-12.4	3	5.2	1.4-17.6	57	92.0	79.9-97.1
Northeast NC II	112	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3	15	15.7	8.6-26.8	96	83.4	72.3-90.6
Northeastern Partnership	174	3	1.3	0.4- 4.7	18	13.4	7.7-22.4	153	85.3	76.3-91.2
Mountain AHEC	429	5	0.8	0.3- 2.5	34	9.1	6.0-13.5	390	90.1	85.6-93.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	649	12	2.2	0.9- 5.0	70	12.3	8.8-17.0	567	85.6	80.6-89.4
Piedmont	1,016	9	0.9	0.3- 2.2	106	14.5	11.0-18.8	901	84.6	80.3-88.2
Western NC	671	5	0.5	0.2- 1.6	61	11.7	8.2-16.4	605	87.8	83.1-91.3

Total
Respond.^

Everyday

Some days

Not at all

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,336

1.1

0.6- 2.0

237

13.4

11.1-16.1

2,073

85.4

82.7-87.8

GENDER

Male

1,638

1.3

0.7- 2.5

218

16.7

13.8-20.1

1,398

82.0

78.5-85.0

Female

698

0.5

0.1- 2.0

2.5

1.2- 5.0

675

97.0

94.4-98.4

AGE

18-24

153

0.0

. - .

20.4

11.2-34.2

129

79.6

65.8-88.8

25-34

339

1.5

0.3- 6.6

18.8

12.4-27.4

290

79.7

71.0-86.2

35-44

459

0.2

0.0- 1.0

12.4

8.7-17.5

405

87.4

82.3-91.2

45-54

469

0.8

0.4- 1.8

12.8

8.8-18.2

407

86.4

81.0-90.4

55-64

405

0.8

0.2- 3.0

13.8

9.4-19.7

356

85.4

79.5-89.8

65-74

324

3.9

1.2-12.2

3.8

1.6- 8.6

307

92.3

84.8-96.3

75+

178

3.2

0.9-10.6

2.1

0.4-10.7

172

94.7

86.3-98.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

294

1.5

0.5- 4.1

13.3

7.9-21.6

262

85.2

76.9-90.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

602

2.2

0.8- 5.6

15.3

10.6-21.5

526

82.5

76.1-87.5

Some Post-H.S.

635

0.4

0.2- 1.1

12.0

7.7-18.4

575

87.5

81.2-92.0

College Graduate

801

0.7

0.2- 2.4

13.2

10.0-17.2

706

86.0

81.9-89.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

196

5.3

1.6-16.0

12.3

6.2-22.8

174

82.4

70.8-90.0

$15,000- 24,999

364

0.5

0.1- 2.0

16.5

10.6-24.7

325

83.0

74.9-88.9

$25,000- 34,999

257

0.0

. - .

11.5

6.6-19.2

231

88.5

80.8-93.4

$35,000- 49,999

369

1.1

0.3- 4.5

7.0

4.2-11.3

337

91.9

87.3-94.9

$50,000-74,999

332

0.4

0.1- 1.3

13.6

7.6-23.2

297

86.0

76.5-92.1

$75,000+

406

1.2

0.2- 5.7

20.5

14.3-28.4

338

78.3

70.3-84.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

154

0.3

0.0- 2.0

13.9

8.0-23.0

136

85.9

76.8-91.8

Guilford

114

1.6

0.4- 6.4

12.5

6.9-21.6

100

85.9

76.6-91.8

Mecklenburg

109

0.6

0.1- 3.8

20.3

10.6-35.5

79.1

64.1-88.9

Orange

129

0.0

. - .

14.7

8.6-24.1

114

85.3

75.9-91.4

Wake

117

0.0

. - .

13.5

7.0-24.4

106

86.5

75.6-93.0

Chatham/Lee

1.1

0.2- 7.7

5.9

2.6-13.2

92.9

85.3-96.7

Nash/Wilson

0.9

0.1- 6.0

5.5

2.1-13.4

93.7

85.7-97.3

Craven/Pamlico

115

2.6

0.6-10.2

11.7

6.5-20.0

100

85.7

76.7-91.6

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

129

0.0

. - .

14.3

7.6-25.3

115

85.7

74.7-92.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

149

0.0

. - .

17.2

7.5-34.8

135

82.8

65.2-92.5

Franklin/Gran./Vance

3.7

0.8-14.8

7.0

3.1-15.2

89.3

79.0-94.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

142

0.6

0.1- 4.0

6.4

3.0-13.3

133

93.0

86.1-96.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

2.5

0.4-15.9

18.5

10.5-30.6

79.0

66.2-87.8

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

2.7

0.7-10.1

7.9

2.4-22.9

89.5

75.6-95.9

Northeast NC I

2.8

0.6-12.4

5.2

1.4-17.6

92.0

79.9-97.1

Northeast NC II

112

0.9

0.1- 6.3

15.7

8.6-26.8

83.4

72.3-90.6

Northeastern Partnership

174

1.3

0.4- 4.7

13.4

7.7-22.4

153

85.3

76.3-91.2

Mountain AHEC

429

0.8

0.3- 2.5

9.1

6.0-13.5

390

90.1

85.6-93.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

649

2.2

0.9- 5.0

12.3

8.8-17.0

567

85.6

80.6-89.4

Piedmont

1,016

0.9

0.3- 2.2

106

14.5

11.0-18.8

901

84.6

80.3-88.2

Western NC

671

0.5

0.2- 1.6

11.7

8.2-16.4

605

87.8

83.1-91.3

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking cigars.

^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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