BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators-WHITE MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Within 6 months	Within 1 year	Within 5 years	Within 10 years	More than 10 years ago
TOTAL	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
AGE
18-24	16	8	60.1	26.6-86.2	2	5.0	1.1-20.9	6	34.9	11.4-69.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	53	4	3.8	1.2-11.1	6	10.8	3.0-32.1	19	46.1	27.7-65.7	9	13.1	5.3-28.8	15	26.2	12.4-47.3
35-44	102	9	11.5	4.9-24.6	4	6.4	1.9-19.3	22	26.0	14.3-42.4	12	5.4	2.1-13.2	55	50.8	36.5-64.9
45-54	150	4	3.7	1.2-10.4	4	4.3	1.4-12.5	24	13.6	7.5-23.3	9	4.2	1.4-11.5	109	74.3	63.1-83.0
55-64	200	4	1.2	0.3- 4.3	4	5.3	1.8-14.7	18	7.6	4.2-13.5	14	5.0	2.6- 9.6	160	80.9	72.2-87.3
65-74	191	3	0.5	0.1- 1.8	3	0.6	0.2- 2.0	15	4.4	2.3- 8.1	10	6.8	3.2-13.8	160	87.8	80.8-92.4
75+	122	2	3.1	0.5-16.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.8	0.2- 3.7	4	2.6	0.9- 7.7	114	93.4	83.8-97.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	124	6	5.5	1.8-15.7	4	4.2	1.0-15.6	13	6.6	3.2-13.0	12	8.4	4.0-16.5	89	75.4	63.6-84.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	240	16	11.5	5.0-24.0	5	3.2	0.9-10.9	34	18.3	11.0-28.9	21	6.3	3.4-11.6	164	60.7	49.6-70.8
Some Post-H.S.	199	6	3.3	1.2- 8.6	4	3.7	1.1-12.5	31	22.1	14.1-32.9	12	4.8	2.0-10.9	146	66.2	55.3-75.5
College Graduate	269	6	3.1	1.2- 7.6	10	6.0	2.7-12.8	29	9.1	5.7-14.2	13	4.0	2.0- 7.9	211	77.7	70.2-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	67	6	9.8	2.8-29.2	2	6.5	1.0-31.6	10	11.3	5.2-22.8	6	10.7	4.1-25.1	43	61.8	43.8-77.0
$15,000- 24,999	114	7	7.1	2.5-18.2	5	2.5	0.9- 6.3	17	17.1	8.4-31.8	5	1.4	0.5- 3.5	80	72.0	57.9-82.7
$25,000- 34,999	89	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	4	5.5	1.8-15.1	12	22.9	11.4-40.7	6	3.6	1.4- 8.7	66	67.6	51.3-80.5
$35,000- 49,999	149	8	6.9	3.0-15.0	3	3.9	0.8-16.6	14	10.5	5.2-19.8	13	5.7	2.8-11.2	111	73.0	61.8-81.9
$50,000-74,999	126	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	0	0.0	. - .	21	20.4	11.8-33.0	8	5.5	2.2-13.1	96	72.9	60.4-82.6
$75,000+	129	3	5.7	1.7-17.2	4	7.6	2.5-21.0	13	10.3	4.9-20.2	7	4.4	1.6-11.5	102	72.0	59.0-82.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	62	2	9.8	2.3-33.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.0	9	13.2	6.7-24.3	3	4.2	1.3-13.1	47	71.9	55.5-84.0
Guilford	41	2	7.8	2.0-26.1	0	0.0	. - .	6	15.2	6.7-30.9	4	7.5	2.7-19.3	29	69.5	52.4-82.5
Mecklenburg	36	1	16.0	2.5-58.4	1	1.4	0.2- 9.7	3	9.0	2.7-25.9	2	4.3	1.0-17.3	29	69.3	41.0-88.0
Orange	46	1	6.2	0.9-32.6	1	2.5	0.3-15.7	7	23.3	10.7-43.4	3	5.3	1.6-16.2	34	62.7	44.2-78.2
Wake	40	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	1	2.8	0.4-17.6	7	19.1	9.1-35.9	0	0.0	. - .	31	76.4	59.7-87.7
Chatham/Lee	35	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.7	2.4-22.3	0	0.0	. - .	31	90.9	76.7-96.8
Nash/Wilson	20	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	25.1	10.1-49.8	2	6.7	1.6-24.5	13	68.3	44.4-85.3
Craven/Pamlico	48	1	2.2	0.3-14.3	0	0.0	. - .	7	15.9	7.7-30.3	1	1.2	0.2- 8.4	39	80.6	66.1-89.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	47	4	7.4	2.5-20.3	1	3.0	0.4-18.6	5	8.2	2.9-20.7	6	11.7	4.8-26.1	31	69.7	51.0-83.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	48	4	10.5	3.6-27.1	2	5.7	1.1-24.8	5	7.7	2.9-18.8	3	4.1	1.2-12.7	34	72.0	55.6-84.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	30	1	4.4	0.6-25.8	0	0.0	. - .	5	17.8	6.7-39.4	6	16.4	6.6-35.2	18	61.5	38.9-80.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	47	4	15.2	5.4-36.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.5	3.4-23.8	5	7.5	3.0-17.8	34	67.7	50.1-81.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	28	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.3	2.2-31.5	2	7.4	1.8-25.5	3	7.7	2.4-22.3	21	75.6	55.0-88.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	29	1	1.9	0.3-12.8	1	4.0	0.6-23.4	6	22.5	10.4-42.0	3	11.9	3.8-31.9	18	59.6	40.3-76.4
Northeast NC I	32	1	2.0	0.3-13.0	1	3.2	0.4-19.6	4	15.5	5.6-36.3	2	8.0	2.0-26.9	24	71.3	51.4-85.4
Northeast NC II	42	2	5.3	1.1-21.6	2	4.0	0.9-16.8	4	17.3	4.6-47.8	5	14.2	5.8-31.1	29	59.2	38.8-76.8
Northeastern Partnership	74	3	4.4	1.1-15.8	3	3.8	1.1-12.5	8	16.8	6.1-38.6	7	12.5	5.8-25.0	53	62.5	46.1-76.5
Mountain AHEC	157	6	4.8	1.5-14.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	24	18.2	11.6-27.5	10	5.5	2.1-13.3	116	71.2	60.7-79.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	243	8	4.7	1.8-11.4	9	5.5	2.0-13.9	34	20.8	12.2-33.2	18	6.2	3.3-11.4	174	62.8	51.5-72.9
Piedmont	362	15	6.7	3.1-13.8	10	4.7	2.3- 9.5	41	11.0	7.5-15.8	25	5.2	3.1- 8.6	271	72.3	65.2-78.5
Western NC	231	11	5.0	2.2-11.1	4	1.4	0.5- 4.3	32	17.8	11.0-27.3	15	5.0	2.3-10.3	169	70.8	61.3-78.8

Total
Respond.^

Within 6 months

Within 1 year

Within 5 years

Within 10 years

More than 10 years ago

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

836

5.9

3.4-10.0

4.3

2.5- 7.5

107

14.7

11.2-19.0

5.4

3.8- 7.7

614

69.7

64.4-74.4

AGE

18-24

60.1

26.6-86.2

5.0

1.1-20.9

34.9

11.4-69.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

3.8

1.2-11.1

10.8

3.0-32.1

46.1

27.7-65.7

13.1

5.3-28.8

26.2

12.4-47.3

35-44

102

11.5

4.9-24.6

6.4

1.9-19.3

26.0

14.3-42.4

5.4

2.1-13.2

50.8

36.5-64.9

45-54

150

3.7

1.2-10.4

4.3

1.4-12.5

13.6

7.5-23.3

4.2

1.4-11.5

109

74.3

63.1-83.0

55-64

200

1.2

0.3- 4.3

5.3

1.8-14.7

7.6

4.2-13.5

5.0

2.6- 9.6

160

80.9

72.2-87.3

65-74

191

0.5

0.1- 1.8

0.6

0.2- 2.0

4.4

2.3- 8.1

6.8

3.2-13.8

160

87.8

80.8-92.4

75+

122

3.1

0.5-16.5

0.0

. - .

0.8

0.2- 3.7

2.6

0.9- 7.7

114

93.4

83.8-97.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

124

5.5

1.8-15.7

4.2

1.0-15.6

6.6

3.2-13.0

8.4

4.0-16.5

75.4

63.6-84.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

240

11.5

5.0-24.0

3.2

0.9-10.9

18.3

11.0-28.9

6.3

3.4-11.6

164

60.7

49.6-70.8

Some Post-H.S.

199

3.3

1.2- 8.6

3.7

1.1-12.5

22.1

14.1-32.9

4.8

2.0-10.9

146

66.2

55.3-75.5

College Graduate

269

3.1

1.2- 7.6

6.0

2.7-12.8

9.1

5.7-14.2

4.0

2.0- 7.9

211

77.7

70.2-83.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

9.8

2.8-29.2

6.5

1.0-31.6

11.3

5.2-22.8

10.7

4.1-25.1

61.8

43.8-77.0

$15,000- 24,999

114

7.1

2.5-18.2

2.5

0.9- 6.3

17.1

8.4-31.8

1.4

0.5- 3.5

72.0

57.9-82.7

$25,000- 34,999

0.5

0.1- 3.2

5.5

1.8-15.1

22.9

11.4-40.7

3.6

1.4- 8.7

67.6

51.3-80.5

$35,000- 49,999

149

6.9

3.0-15.0

3.9

0.8-16.6

10.5

5.2-19.8

5.7

2.8-11.2

111

73.0

61.8-81.9

$50,000-74,999

126

1.2

0.2- 8.2

0.0

. - .

20.4

11.8-33.0

5.5

2.2-13.1

72.9

60.4-82.6

$75,000+

129

5.7

1.7-17.2

7.6

2.5-21.0

10.3

4.9-20.2

4.4

1.6-11.5

102

72.0

59.0-82.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

9.8

2.3-33.9

0.9

0.1- 6.0

13.2

6.7-24.3

4.2

1.3-13.1

71.9

55.5-84.0

Guilford

7.8

2.0-26.1

0.0

. - .

15.2

6.7-30.9

7.5

2.7-19.3

69.5

52.4-82.5

Mecklenburg

16.0

2.5-58.4

1.4

0.2- 9.7

9.0

2.7-25.9

4.3

1.0-17.3

69.3

41.0-88.0

Orange

6.2

0.9-32.6

2.5

0.3-15.7

23.3

10.7-43.4

5.3

1.6-16.2

62.7

44.2-78.2

Wake

1.6

0.2-10.5

2.8

0.4-17.6

19.1

9.1-35.9

0.0

. - .

76.4

59.7-87.7

Chatham/Lee

1.4

0.2- 9.3

0.0

. - .

7.7

2.4-22.3

0.0

. - .

90.9

76.7-96.8

Nash/Wilson

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25.1

10.1-49.8

6.7

1.6-24.5

68.3

44.4-85.3

Craven/Pamlico

2.2

0.3-14.3

0.0

. - .

15.9

7.7-30.3

1.2

0.2- 8.4

80.6

66.1-89.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.4

2.5-20.3

3.0

0.4-18.6

8.2

2.9-20.7

11.7

4.8-26.1

69.7

51.0-83.6

Appalachian/Wilkes

10.5

3.6-27.1

5.7

1.1-24.8

7.7

2.9-18.8

4.1

1.2-12.7

72.0

55.6-84.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

4.4

0.6-25.8

0.0

. - .

17.8

6.7-39.4

16.4

6.6-35.2

61.5

38.9-80.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

15.2

5.4-36.3

0.0

. - .

9.5

3.4-23.8

7.5

3.0-17.8

67.7

50.1-81.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

0.0

. - .

9.3

2.2-31.5

7.4

1.8-25.5

7.7

2.4-22.3

75.6

55.0-88.8

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

1.9

0.3-12.8

4.0

0.6-23.4

22.5

10.4-42.0

11.9

3.8-31.9

59.6

40.3-76.4

Northeast NC I

2.0

0.3-13.0

3.2

0.4-19.6

15.5

5.6-36.3

8.0

2.0-26.9

71.3

51.4-85.4

Northeast NC II

5.3

1.1-21.6

4.0

0.9-16.8

17.3

4.6-47.8

14.2

5.8-31.1

59.2

38.8-76.8

Northeastern Partnership

4.4

1.1-15.8

3.8

1.1-12.5

16.8

6.1-38.6

12.5

5.8-25.0

62.5

46.1-76.5

Mountain AHEC

157

4.8

1.5-14.1

0.3

0.0- 2.2

18.2

11.6-27.5

5.5

2.1-13.3

116

71.2

60.7-79.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

243

4.7

1.8-11.4

5.5

2.0-13.9

20.8

12.2-33.2

6.2

3.3-11.4

174

62.8

51.5-72.9

Piedmont

362

6.7

3.1-13.8

4.7

2.3- 9.5

11.0

7.5-15.8

5.2

3.1- 8.6

271

72.3

65.2-78.5

Western NC

231

5.0

2.2-11.1

1.4

0.5- 4.3

17.8

11.0-27.3

5.0

2.3-10.3

169

70.8

61.3-78.8

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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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