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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-WHITES

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,913 3,580 51.2 49.3-53.0 3,333 48.8 47.0-50.7
GENDER
Male 2,574 1,584 58.1 55.0-61.1 990 41.9 38.9-45.0
Female 4,339 1,996 44.7 42.5-47.0 2,343 55.3 53.0-57.5
AGE
18-24 365 174 42.9 35.2-51.0 191 57.1 49.0-64.8
25-34 948 428 46.1 41.2-51.0 520 53.9 49.0-58.8
35-44 1,272 636 47.8 43.8-51.8 636 52.2 48.2-56.2
45-54 1,322 747 56.9 52.7-60.9 575 43.1 39.1-47.3
55-64 1,180 677 61.9 57.9-65.8 503 38.1 34.2-42.1
65-74 1,023 555 52.7 48.2-57.2 468 47.3 42.8-51.8
75+ 762 344 48.0 42.9-53.2 418 52.0 46.8-57.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 917 572 69.3 64.6-73.6 345 30.7 26.4-35.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,010 1,128 55.8 52.3-59.3 882 44.2 40.7-47.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,792 953 50.0 46.2-53.9 839 50.0 46.1-53.8
College Graduate 2,179 919 40.5 37.5-43.6 1,260 59.5 56.4-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 645 390 63.2 57.2-68.9 255 36.8 31.1-42.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 678 62.7 57.7-67.5 422 37.3 32.5-42.3
$25,000- 34,999 749 417 50.8 45.1-56.6 332 49.2 43.4-54.9
$35,000- 49,999 993 535 51.8 47.1-56.5 458 48.2 43.5-52.9
$50,000-74,999 846 419 46.1 41.1-51.1 427 53.9 48.9-58.9
$75,000+ 1,025 419 45.6 41.0-50.2 606 54.4 49.8-59.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 402 212 54.1 48.3-59.7 190 45.9 40.3-51.7
Guilford 313 153 50.7 44.1-57.2 160 49.3 42.8-55.9
Mecklenburg 290 142 50.3 42.6-58.0 148 49.7 42.0-57.4
Orange 370 165 43.1 35.4-51.1 205 56.9 48.9-64.6
Wake 325 135 39.9 34.0-46.2 190 60.1 53.8-66.0
Chatham/Lee 291 161 53.5 46.3-60.6 130 46.5 39.4-53.7
Nash/Wilson 235 110 50.5 43.0-58.1 125 49.5 41.9-57.0
Craven/Pamlico 352 201 55.1 48.6-61.3 151 44.9 38.7-51.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 405 222 58.1 52.2-63.7 183 41.9 36.3-47.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 431 222 50.8 43.9-57.6 209 49.2 42.4-56.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 165 56.5 48.2-64.4 122 43.5 35.6-51.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 197 55.6 49.3-61.7 170 44.4 38.3-50.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 201 114 59.9 51.9-67.3 87 40.1 32.7-48.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 262 137 58.0 51.0-64.7 125 42.0 35.3-49.0
Northeast NC I 210 120 58.4 50.7-65.8 90 41.6 34.2-49.3
Northeast NC II 349 181 54.8 48.6-60.9 168 45.2 39.1-51.4
Northeastern Partnership 559 301 55.8 50.7-60.7 258 44.2 39.3-49.3
Mountain AHEC 1,167 621 55.1 50.8-59.4 546 44.9 40.6-49.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,068 1,088 52.4 48.8-56.1 980 47.6 43.9-51.2
Piedmont 2,958 1,497 50.0 47.3-52.6 1,461 50.0 47.4-52.7
Western NC 1,887 995 53.1 49.5-56.7 892 46.9 43.3-50.5

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^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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