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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-WHITES

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Within 6 months Within 1 year Within 5 years Within 10 years More than 10 years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,750 85 5.8 4.0- 8.3 53 4.0 2.7- 5.9 259 16.8 14.2-19.9 156 7.4 6.0- 9.2 1,197 66.0 62.4-69.4
GENDER
Male 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
Female 914 51 5.6 3.5- 8.9 30 3.6 2.2- 5.7 152 19.7 16.0-24.1 98 10.1 7.7-13.1 583 61.0 56.2-65.6
AGE
18-24 51 16 39.0 20.6-61.2 7 9.7 4.0-21.6 26 47.6 28.9-66.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 1 3.3 0.5-20.2
25-34 140 14 7.1 3.8-13.1 18 12.1 5.9-23.0 51 43.4 31.6-56.1 31 18.1 11.2-27.8 26 19.3 10.9-31.9
35-44 233 14 7.0 3.2-14.4 7 4.0 1.4-10.9 48 23.0 15.3-33.0 30 7.9 4.7-13.2 134 58.1 48.3-67.3
45-54 327 10 2.8 1.2- 6.6 9 3.2 1.2- 7.8 55 15.2 10.4-21.7 34 8.1 5.0-13.0 219 70.8 63.1-77.4
55-64 368 19 3.1 1.5- 6.7 8 4.6 1.9-10.7 31 7.8 4.9-12.1 28 6.6 3.9-10.8 282 77.9 71.2-83.4
65-74 366 6 0.8 0.3- 2.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 33 7.6 4.8-11.7 22 6.4 3.7-10.9 302 84.8 79.4-89.0
75+ 253 6 3.0 1.0- 8.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 13 3.0 1.5- 6.0 10 4.1 1.9- 8.9 223 89.7 83.5-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 247 11 5.6 2.5-12.1 11 4.9 2.2-10.7 32 14.5 9.1-22.3 20 7.5 4.3-12.9 173 67.5 58.5-75.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 483 31 8.8 4.4-16.8 9 2.9 1.1- 7.5 81 20.1 14.5-27.3 45 8.1 5.4-12.1 317 60.0 52.3-67.3
Some Post-H.S. 462 25 6.2 3.3-11.3 15 4.0 1.9- 8.1 81 20.4 15.1-27.0 39 6.1 3.7-10.0 302 63.3 56.2-69.9
College Graduate 552 18 3.1 1.6- 5.6 18 4.6 2.4- 8.8 65 12.2 8.9-16.4 52 8.0 5.6-11.2 399 72.1 66.6-77.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 12 9.0 3.8-19.8 3 3.6 0.7-17.9 24 13.3 7.9-21.6 13 8.9 4.5-16.7 96 65.1 53.3-75.3
$15,000- 24,999 272 20 8.4 4.5-15.3 15 5.6 2.8-10.9 50 20.0 13.3-29.0 20 6.5 3.3-12.4 167 59.4 50.2-67.9
$25,000- 34,999 189 8 7.0 2.0-21.2 7 4.1 1.7- 9.5 31 24.8 15.7-36.9 15 6.0 3.1-11.4 128 58.0 46.4-68.8
$35,000- 49,999 275 16 6.1 3.2-11.2 4 2.5 0.6-10.7 40 18.2 12.2-26.1 30 8.9 5.5-13.9 185 64.3 55.7-72.1
$50,000-74,999 234 3 1.0 0.2- 4.9 5 1.5 0.5- 4.3 36 17.3 10.9-26.1 21 7.3 4.1-12.8 169 72.9 63.9-80.4
$75,000+ 256 11 4.5 1.8-11.0 8 5.9 2.4-13.9 32 13.3 8.6-20.1 23 5.8 3.3-10.2 182 70.4 61.7-77.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 111 6 8.3 2.7-23.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 14 12.8 7.3-21.5 12 8.5 4.5-15.5 77 69.4 57.7-79.1
Guilford 88 3 5.1 1.4-16.4 2 3.4 0.7-14.8 11 13.6 7.3-24.0 7 8.1 3.8-16.5 65 69.8 57.5-79.8
Mecklenburg 79 1 9.3 1.4-42.6 3 1.8 0.6- 5.8 10 12.7 6.6-23.2 6 4.4 1.7-11.0 59 71.7 53.7-84.8
Orange 104 6 10.5 4.1-24.3 3 4.3 1.2-13.8 15 19.6 11.1-32.1 6 7.1 3.1-15.3 74 58.5 46.2-69.8
Wake 81 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 2 3.5 0.9-13.0 12 16.9 9.5-28.2 4 4.0 1.4-10.5 62 74.7 62.9-83.7
Chatham/Lee 76 6 6.8 2.8-15.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 7 9.4 4.4-18.9 6 8.2 3.7-17.3 56 73.9 62.2-83.0
Nash/Wilson 50 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 11 27.0 15.1-43.4 4 6.2 2.3-16.1 34 65.9 50.0-78.9
Craven/Pamlico 109 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7 3 4.4 1.3-13.6 17 18.7 11.6-28.7 7 5.3 2.4-11.1 78 68.9 58.4-77.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 84 8 7.7 3.5-16.3 3 6.6 1.9-20.7 13 15.0 7.8-27.0 8 9.3 4.3-19.0 52 61.4 46.2-74.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 108 7 7.2 3.0-16.3 5 5.3 1.8-14.7 19 19.7 12.4-29.9 10 5.7 2.9-10.7 67 62.2 51.3-71.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 74 2 3.1 0.6-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 17 21.4 12.3-34.7 13 16.9 9.2-29.2 42 58.6 43.6-72.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 97 5 9.4 3.4-23.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 8.0 3.7-16.5 12 8.9 4.8-15.8 72 73.7 61.4-83.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 53 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.8 2.5-22.0 9 16.8 8.6-30.3 9 14.9 7.6-27.3 32 60.5 45.2-73.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 55 4 5.2 1.9-13.7 2 4.3 1.1-16.0 9 19.1 10.0-33.4 5 10.2 4.0-23.5 35 61.2 46.6-74.0
Northeast NC I 59 3 3.1 1.0- 9.5 2 3.7 0.9-13.8 9 18.5 9.5-32.9 2 4.8 1.2-17.3 43 69.8 55.4-81.2
Northeast NC II 87 5 6.1 2.4-14.9 6 5.8 2.4-13.3 12 18.8 9.0-35.2 8 11.0 5.3-21.4 56 58.3 44.9-70.6
Northeastern Partnership 146 8 5.3 2.4-11.6 8 5.2 2.5-10.8 21 18.7 10.6-30.9 10 9.4 4.9-17.3 99 61.3 50.5-71.1
Mountain AHEC 318 17 6.1 3.3-11.2 3 0.5 0.2- 1.5 41 16.3 11.3-22.8 34 8.9 5.6-13.8 223 68.3 60.9-74.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 514 23 5.8 3.0-11.1 20 4.4 2.2- 8.8 82 21.2 15.2-28.8 42 7.0 4.6-10.7 347 61.5 54.0-68.5
Piedmont 756 36 5.9 3.4-10.1 21 4.3 2.6- 7.3 106 14.0 10.9-17.7 66 7.2 5.3- 9.8 527 68.6 63.6-73.1
Western NC 480 26 5.4 3.2- 9.0 12 2.4 1.1- 5.0 71 19.3 14.2-25.8 48 8.5 5.6-12.5 323 64.4 57.8-70.5

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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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