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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,412 1,717 18.8 17.5-20.1 440 6.0 5.2- 7.0 2,462 23.2 22.0-24.5 4,793 52.0 50.4-53.6
-Piedmont NC 4,032 652 17.5 15.8-19.3 195 5.9 4.8- 7.2 1,058 23.2 21.4-25.1 2,127 53.4 51.2-55.7
GENDER
Male 1,524 296 19.9 17.1-22.9 82 6.5 4.7- 8.9 497 27.8 24.8-31.0 649 45.9 42.2-49.5
Female 2,508 356 15.2 13.3-17.3 113 5.3 4.1- 6.8 561 18.9 16.9-21.0 1,478 60.6 57.9-63.3
RACE
White 2,957 499 18.2 16.3-20.4 130 5.7 4.4- 7.4 867 26.0 23.8-28.2 1,461 50.1 47.4-52.7
African American 812 124 17.5 14.0-21.6 44 5.7 3.8- 8.5 155 17.5 13.9-21.7 489 59.4 54.4-64.2
Other Minorities 203 26 13.2 7.5-22.1 18 8.2 4.3-15.1 29 15.0 9.1-23.6 130 63.6 53.5-72.6
AGE
18-24 245 38 15.0 9.6-22.5 14 8.0 4.0-15.1 35 14.4 9.2-21.8 158 62.7 53.6-70.9
25-34 636 100 14.9 11.6-19.1 46 9.0 6.0-13.3 87 13.3 10.1-17.2 403 62.8 57.4-67.9
35-44 847 155 18.9 15.5-22.9 43 4.9 3.2- 7.4 158 18.2 14.9-22.0 491 58.0 53.3-62.5
45-54 812 168 23.2 19.1-27.9 48 6.7 4.6- 9.5 236 25.6 21.5-30.2 360 44.5 39.7-49.5
55-64 609 119 23.3 18.5-28.8 26 3.8 2.2- 6.4 201 35.1 30.0-40.6 263 37.9 32.8-43.3
65-74 465 40 8.6 5.7-12.8 13 3.7 1.8- 7.4 188 38.5 32.7-44.7 224 49.2 42.9-55.5
75+ 387 28 10.0 6.4-15.1 4 1.2 0.4- 4.2 142 37.8 31.5-44.5 213 51.0 44.3-57.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 589 138 24.8 20.0-30.5 30 5.7 3.4- 9.2 167 27.3 22.4-32.9 254 42.2 36.3-48.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,071 244 23.7 20.2-27.7 50 6.3 4.1- 9.6 292 22.7 19.3-26.5 485 47.2 42.7-51.8
Some Post-H.S. 945 164 17.5 14.1-21.5 44 5.2 3.2- 8.4 231 22.6 19.0-26.7 506 54.7 49.9-59.4
College Graduate 1,412 103 8.3 6.4-10.7 71 6.2 4.5- 8.3 365 21.9 19.3-24.9 873 63.6 60.1-67.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 363 90 26.2 19.4-34.4 14 3.0 1.3- 6.5 78 18.5 13.6-24.7 181 52.3 44.2-60.2
$15,000- 24,999 666 165 27.7 22.7-33.4 44 6.1 4.2- 9.0 154 21.0 16.8-25.9 303 45.2 39.4-51.1
$25,000- 34,999 400 74 19.6 14.3-26.1 21 5.9 3.2-10.7 90 17.7 13.0-23.5 215 56.8 49.4-63.9
$35,000- 49,999 545 94 17.3 13.2-22.2 24 4.7 2.7- 8.1 155 26.7 21.9-32.1 272 51.3 45.4-57.2
$50,000-74,999 471 60 15.2 11.1-20.3 24 5.5 3.2- 9.3 131 23.6 19.1-28.9 256 55.7 49.4-61.8
$75,000+ 658 56 10.1 7.3-13.9 32 8.4 5.0-13.7 183 25.3 21.2-30.0 387 56.2 50.8-61.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 91 19.4 15.4-24.0 16 4.5 2.6- 7.8 132 28.3 23.6-33.5 215 47.8 42.4-53.4
Guilford 446 61 18.2 13.8-23.7 25 5.0 3.2- 7.8 128 27.3 22.7-32.4 232 49.4 43.9-55.0
Mecklenburg 445 65 12.1 9.2-15.8 24 7.7 4.5-12.9 115 26.0 20.9-31.8 241 54.3 48.2-60.2
Orange 450 30 8.6 4.5-15.7 21 6.2 3.2-11.5 139 28.0 21.6-35.4 260 57.3 49.6-64.7
Wake 453 44 9.8 6.6-14.1 25 6.4 4.0- 9.9 104 21.3 17.3-26.0 280 62.5 57.0-67.8
Chatham/Lee 399 77 18.8 14.6-23.9 11 3.0 1.4- 6.3 111 22.6 18.4-27.3 200 55.6 49.4-61.6
Nash/Wilson 378 76 21.4 16.9-26.7 16 7.2 3.8-13.1 84 22.0 17.5-27.3 202 49.5 43.5-55.4
Craven/Pamlico 456 85 18.6 14.8-23.1 18 4.2 2.4- 7.2 147 29.1 24.7-33.9 206 48.1 42.5-53.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 112 27.0 22.2-32.3 23 5.7 3.6- 8.9 102 24.6 19.2-30.8 199 42.8 37.2-48.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 81 21.1 15.5-27.9 30 7.2 4.7-11.0 123 22.7 18.5-27.5 218 49.1 42.4-55.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 88 18.5 14.0-23.9 19 6.5 3.4-12.0 126 22.1 16.9-28.4 240 53.0 44.9-60.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 80 18.5 13.5-24.8 21 12.8 4.1-33.5 132 26.1 19.8-33.5 193 42.5 32.5-53.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 110 25.2 20.8-30.2 22 5.2 3.2- 8.4 114 24.6 20.3-29.4 225 45.0 39.9-50.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 91 25.5 20.5-31.2 16 3.6 2.0- 6.3 97 24.7 19.1-31.2 214 46.2 40.2-52.4
Northeast NC I 458 76 18.1 14.0-23.1 23 4.3 2.7- 6.8 122 26.0 21.3-31.4 237 51.5 45.2-57.7
Northeast NC II 514 98 20.9 16.9-25.7 24 5.8 3.6- 9.3 124 23.9 19.6-28.8 268 49.3 44.1-54.6
Northeastern Partnership 972 174 20.0 16.9-23.4 47 5.3 3.7- 7.6 246 24.7 21.4-28.3 505 50.1 46.0-54.2
Mountain AHEC 1,308 252 21.0 17.0-25.6 51 5.6 3.6- 8.7 395 27.8 24.5-31.4 610 45.6 41.4-49.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,306 647 19.5 17.4-21.8 148 6.3 4.8- 8.2 823 22.6 20.4-25.0 1,688 51.6 48.6-54.5
Piedmont 4,032 652 17.5 15.8-19.3 195 5.9 4.8- 7.2 1,058 23.2 21.4-25.1 2,127 53.4 51.2-55.7
Western NC 2,074 418 22.5 19.3-26.0 97 6.0 4.3- 8.5 581 24.5 21.9-27.2 978 47.0 43.6-50.6

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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