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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Do you now smoke a pipe every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,233 12 1.1 0.4- 2.9 43 5.3 3.5- 7.9 1,178 93.6 90.8-95.6
GENDER
Male 1,027 12 1.3 0.5- 3.3 40 5.8 3.8- 8.7 975 93.0 89.8-95.2
Female 206 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 203 99.1 96.7-99.8
AGE
18-24 35 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 2 9.9 2.4-33.5 32 89.4 66.6-97.3
25-34 85 1 4.7 0.7-26.8 6 7.4 2.5-19.5 78 87.9 71.3-95.5
35-44 162 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.5 1.1-10.8 156 96.5 89.2-98.9
45-54 269 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 9 5.0 2.1-11.5 258 94.7 88.3-97.7
55-64 312 3 1.9 0.4- 8.3 13 9.0 4.7-16.6 296 89.1 81.0-93.9
65-74 219 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 6 1.4 0.6- 3.4 210 97.9 95.7-99.0
75+ 144 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 141 99.5 97.8-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 6 4.0 1.1-13.8 5 3.3 0.9-10.6 170 92.7 83.2-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 317 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 14 8.2 4.2-15.3 301 91.7 84.6-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 317 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 10 4.7 2.0-10.9 304 94.8 88.9-97.7
College Graduate 415 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 14 4.3 2.1- 8.9 400 94.6 89.3-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 5 6.2 1.5-23.0 4 3.7 0.8-15.0 115 90.1 74.7-96.5
$15,000- 24,999 186 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 11 9.9 4.7-19.7 173 89.8 80.1-95.0
$25,000- 34,999 132 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 3 2.2 0.5- 9.0 128 97.2 90.9-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 202 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 4 1.8 0.4- 7.7 197 97.9 92.5-99.4
$50,000-74,999 177 2 2.6 0.4-14.3 5 3.8 1.3-10.5 170 93.6 84.4-97.5
$75,000+ 175 0 0.0 . - . 8 7.3 3.0-16.8 167 92.7 83.2-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 90 2 2.0 0.4- 8.5 6 6.6 2.7-14.9 82 91.4 82.7-96.0
Guilford 57 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.5 0.6-25.3 56 95.5 74.7-99.4
Mecklenburg 47 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 2 6.8 1.7-23.5 44 91.9 76.3-97.6
Orange 71 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 2 4.0 0.8-18.2 68 93.7 80.1-98.2
Wake 44 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.8 0.6-11.6 42 97.2 88.4-99.4
Chatham/Lee 52 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 50 97.1 87.8-99.3
Nash/Wilson 32 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 31 98.3 88.7-99.8
Craven/Pamlico 72 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 70 98.1 92.0-99.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 68 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.6 3.8-18.4 62 91.4 81.6-96.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 89 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 87 98.2 92.5-99.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 39 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 39 100 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 65 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.1 1.0- 9.7 62 96.9 90.3-99.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 38 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 37 98.9 92.3-99.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 48 1 2.3 0.3-14.5 0 0.0 . - . 47 97.7 85.5-99.7
Northeast NC I 38 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 38 100 . - .
Northeast NC II 58 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.0 56 95.9 84.7-99.0
Northeastern Partnership 96 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 94 97.0 88.6-99.3
Mountain AHEC 228 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9 10 3.4 1.5- 7.6 216 95.9 91.8-98.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 354 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 8 5.4 2.2-12.7 342 94.1 87.0-97.4
Piedmont 520 5 1.6 0.5- 5.1 20 5.5 3.2- 9.1 495 93.0 88.8-95.7
Western NC 359 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 15 4.6 1.9-11.0 341 94.8 88.7-97.7

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking tobacco in a pipe.

^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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