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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Other Tobacco Products-WHITE MALES

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 1,027 12 1.3 0.5- 3.3 40 5.8 3.8- 8.7 975 93.0 89.8-95.2
AGE
18-24 28 1 0.7 0.1- 5.4 2 11.7 2.7-38.1 25 87.6 62.0-96.8
25-34 66 1 5.3 0.8-29.5 5 7.9 2.6-21.8 60 86.7 68.2-95.2
35-44 134 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.9 1.2-12.2 129 96.1 87.8-98.8
45-54 199 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 8 5.5 2.2-12.8 189 94.2 87.0-97.5
55-64 277 3 2.0 0.5- 8.7 13 9.5 4.9-17.4 261 88.5 80.1-93.6
65-74 195 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7 186 97.7 95.3-98.9
75+ 122 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 119 99.4 97.4-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 151 6 4.7 1.3-15.8 5 3.8 1.1-12.2 140 91.6 80.8-96.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 268 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 14 9.1 4.6-16.9 252 90.8 83.0-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 253 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 9 5.0 2.0-12.0 241 94.4 87.7-97.6
College Graduate 352 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 12 4.6 2.2- 9.7 339 94.2 88.4-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 5 7.1 1.7-25.7 3 3.8 0.7-17.5 86 89.0 71.7-96.3
$15,000- 24,999 147 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 11 11.1 5.3-21.9 134 88.6 77.9-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 114 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 2 2.4 0.5-10.2 111 97.0 89.8-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 173 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 4 2.0 0.5- 8.5 168 97.6 91.7-99.4
$50,000-74,999 154 2 2.7 0.4-15.3 5 4.1 1.4-11.3 147 93.1 83.3-97.4
$75,000+ 151 0 0.0 . - . 7 7.6 3.0-18.0 144 92.4 82.0-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 74 2 2.2 0.5- 9.5 5 6.5 2.5-15.9 67 91.3 81.6-96.1
Guilford 47 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.7-27.4 46 95.1 72.6-99.3
Mecklenburg 41 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 2 7.3 1.8-25.2 38 91.3 74.6-97.4
Orange 52 1 3.0 0.4-18.6 2 5.4 1.1-23.1 49 91.6 74.8-97.6
Wake 40 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 39 98.0 86.8-99.7
Chatham/Lee 47 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 45 96.8 86.9-99.3
Nash/Wilson 30 1 1.7 0.2-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 29 98.3 88.4-99.8
Craven/Pamlico 53 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 52 98.4 89.7-99.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 57 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.8 4.3-20.8 51 90.2 79.2-95.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 72 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 70 97.9 91.5-99.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 33 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 33 100 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 52 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.7 1.1-11.4 49 96.3 88.6-98.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 33 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 32 98.7 91.4-99.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 42 1 2.5 0.3-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 41 97.5 84.2-99.7
Northeast NC I 32 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 32 100 . - .
Northeast NC II 50 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 1 2.6 0.4-16.2 48 95.5 83.5-98.9
Northeastern Partnership 82 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 80 96.7 87.5-99.2
Mountain AHEC 184 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2 9 3.6 1.5- 8.3 173 95.7 91.0-98.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 293 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 7 6.2 2.5-14.5 282 93.2 85.2-97.0
Piedmont 444 5 1.7 0.5- 5.6 19 5.8 3.4- 9.8 420 92.4 87.9-95.4
Western NC 290 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 14 5.1 2.0-12.4 273 94.2 87.2-97.5

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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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