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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-WHITES

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,438 801 24.4 22.2-26.8 674 20.7 18.5-23.1 920 27.6 25.3-30.0 500 14.1 12.4-16.0 543 13.2 11.6-14.9
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,921 345 18.7 16.2-21.4 341 18.9 16.4-21.8 540 28.6 25.5-31.8 319 16.9 14.4-19.7 376 17.0 14.7-19.6
AGE
18-24 172 47 22.2 14.4-32.6 48 32.0 22.4-43.5 54 30.6 21.5-41.6 20 14.0 7.1-25.9 3 1.1 0.2- 5.6
25-34 422 105 27.9 21.2-35.7 101 22.6 16.2-30.7 126 27.8 21.9-34.6 49 12.3 8.4-17.8 41 9.4 6.0-14.4
35-44 621 156 24.8 20.2-30.1 166 25.8 21.2-31.0 166 27.8 22.7-33.5 68 9.9 7.0-13.9 65 11.6 8.3-16.1
45-54 726 168 25.8 20.7-31.7 137 18.4 14.2-23.4 205 27.6 22.7-33.1 101 12.3 9.3-16.1 115 15.9 12.1-20.6
55-64 656 139 19.9 15.7-24.9 122 19.4 15.2-24.3 161 27.2 22.2-32.8 116 19.2 15.0-24.2 118 14.4 10.9-18.7
65-74 521 128 28.4 22.9-34.7 71 12.3 8.9-16.8 126 27.0 21.7-33.0 87 14.5 10.8-19.1 109 17.7 13.7-22.7
75+ 303 55 21.3 15.2-28.9 24 9.5 5.5-15.9 77 23.8 17.8-31.2 57 21.7 15.6-29.3 90 23.7 17.9-30.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 525 176 34.4 28.3-41.1 113 26.2 19.7-33.9 115 18.5 14.0-24.1 60 12.4 8.7-17.4 61 8.4 5.4-12.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,079 248 25.3 21.0-30.1 224 22.9 19.1-27.2 292 27.2 23.1-31.6 142 11.8 9.2-14.9 173 12.9 10.2-16.1
Some Post-H.S. 922 186 18.7 15.2-22.7 182 20.5 16.5-25.3 274 30.7 26.2-35.7 138 15.7 12.0-20.3 142 14.3 11.2-18.2
College Graduate 905 188 23.2 19.1-28.0 154 14.5 11.7-17.8 237 30.4 26.0-35.2 160 16.6 13.4-20.4 166 15.3 12.4-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 370 108 30.3 23.5-38.1 66 19.5 12.9-28.6 85 21.8 15.6-29.6 49 14.5 9.8-21.0 62 13.9 9.7-19.5
$15,000- 24,999 657 164 26.9 21.8-32.9 131 21.4 16.6-27.1 181 28.3 23.1-34.2 84 11.1 8.1-15.2 97 12.3 8.7-17.0
$25,000- 34,999 402 96 28.5 21.6-36.5 81 21.6 15.7-29.0 106 24.4 18.6-31.4 57 11.0 7.4-16.0 62 14.5 9.9-20.8
$35,000- 49,999 522 97 17.9 13.7-23.2 113 27.0 21.3-33.5 156 30.7 25.1-36.9 81 13.7 10.1-18.2 75 10.7 7.8-14.5
$50,000-74,999 406 90 21.2 16.1-27.4 87 19.6 14.5-25.8 114 33.4 27.0-40.5 63 15.2 10.7-21.2 52 10.5 7.1-15.3
$75,000+ 414 84 24.1 17.6-32.1 73 15.7 11.5-21.0 115 28.1 22.1-35.1 72 17.6 12.4-24.3 70 14.5 10.5-19.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 203 55 28.2 21.2-36.5 31 18.2 12.6-25.7 54 28.8 21.7-37.2 27 10.0 6.6-14.9 36 14.7 10.1-20.9
Guilford 149 32 20.9 14.5-29.1 36 30.0 21.2-40.7 44 27.1 19.8-35.8 23 13.1 7.9-21.1 14 8.8 4.7-16.0
Mecklenburg 135 27 24.8 15.2-37.7 19 10.2 6.2-16.3 47 35.0 25.5-45.7 17 14.3 6.7-28.1 25 15.8 10.3-23.4
Orange 165 35 20.2 13.5-29.0 33 17.7 11.6-26.3 44 33.6 22.0-47.5 25 11.7 7.2-18.6 28 16.8 9.0-29.2
Wake 132 23 17.6 11.1-26.7 30 19.8 13.6-27.9 32 30.6 21.8-41.1 27 17.6 11.7-25.6 20 14.4 8.9-22.5
Chatham/Lee 154 29 19.2 12.4-28.6 32 21.9 15.3-30.3 41 25.0 18.3-33.2 23 13.6 8.8-20.3 29 20.3 13.9-28.6
Nash/Wilson 107 14 12.7 6.9-22.3 26 26.1 17.4-37.1 36 32.5 22.9-43.8 16 18.9 9.2-34.8 15 9.8 5.6-16.5
Craven/Pamlico 191 41 22.4 16.2-30.1 38 20.6 14.8-27.9 50 22.7 17.1-29.6 24 14.8 9.5-22.3 38 19.4 14.0-26.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 208 53 29.0 22.0-37.2 40 18.5 12.8-25.9 57 25.6 19.2-33.2 26 10.0 6.5-15.2 32 16.9 9.4-28.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 212 58 31.1 21.7-42.3 34 15.3 10.0-22.6 60 29.9 22.5-38.5 26 9.9 6.5-14.9 34 13.9 9.5-19.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 158 33 26.4 17.4-38.0 33 20.9 14.4-29.4 36 26.5 17.8-37.7 24 10.1 6.5-15.4 32 16.0 10.7-23.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 191 40 21.1 15.1-28.7 42 21.9 15.7-29.8 51 24.5 17.8-32.8 25 17.8 11.0-27.6 33 14.6 10.0-20.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 109 35 36.3 26.1-48.0 18 15.7 9.7-24.4 22 19.7 12.2-30.2 16 14.3 8.3-23.3 18 14.0 8.6-22.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 133 36 27.9 20.2-37.2 31 25.8 17.7-35.8 29 19.1 13.1-26.9 17 11.2 6.6-18.2 20 16.1 9.8-25.1
Northeast NC I 114 29 26.6 18.5-36.7 27 24.0 16.4-33.6 25 25.8 16.7-37.6 18 13.6 8.2-21.9 15 10.0 5.7-16.8
Northeast NC II 174 44 26.9 19.4-35.9 33 20.0 14.0-27.8 55 31.5 24.2-39.8 24 14.7 8.7-23.6 18 7.0 4.2-11.4
Northeastern Partnership 288 73 26.8 20.8-33.8 60 21.1 16.0-27.2 80 30.0 24.0-36.7 42 14.4 9.6-21.1 33 7.8 5.3-11.3
Mountain AHEC 594 137 23.1 18.5-28.6 118 27.6 20.4-36.2 154 22.6 18.3-27.7 85 13.5 10.3-17.5 100 13.1 9.9-17.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,046 246 23.7 19.7-28.3 215 20.6 16.9-24.9 271 27.2 22.9-32.0 155 15.6 12.2-19.8 159 12.8 10.1-16.2
Piedmont 1,441 318 24.5 21.2-28.0 281 19.7 16.8-23.0 393 28.7 25.4-32.2 217 13.7 11.3-16.5 232 13.4 11.2-16.0
Western NC 951 237 25.4 21.2-30.1 178 23.9 18.6-30.1 256 24.7 20.9-29.0 128 13.1 10.2-16.6 152 13.0 10.1-16.5

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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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