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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Indicators

How old were you the first time you smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 12 or under 13-14 15-16 17-18 19 0r older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,417 948 22.8 20.8-25.0 830 19.7 17.8-21.7 1,165 27.9 25.8-30.1 678 14.4 12.9-16.1 796 15.2 13.7-16.9
-Piedmont NC 1,820 367 22.8 20.0-26.0 345 19.3 16.6-22.2 485 28.2 25.3-31.4 289 14.1 12.0-16.6 334 15.6 13.4-18.0
GENDER
Male 834 212 27.2 22.9-31.9 181 20.7 17.0-25.1 220 28.7 24.5-33.3 107 11.7 8.9-15.1 114 11.7 9.1-14.9
Female 986 155 17.1 14.0-20.9 164 17.3 14.1-21.1 265 27.6 23.7-31.8 182 17.4 14.4-20.9 220 20.6 17.3-24.4
RACE
White 1,441 318 24.5 21.2-28.0 281 19.7 16.8-23.0 393 28.7 25.4-32.2 217 13.7 11.3-16.5 232 13.4 11.2-16.0
African American 297 40 14.9 9.7-22.2 43 13.5 8.9-20.0 71 27.9 20.5-36.6 59 19.1 13.5-26.1 84 24.7 18.6-32.0
Other Minorities 71 9 24.3 12.1-42.8 18 25.9 13.3-44.4 19 25.2 13.7-41.6 11 7.6 3.0-17.9 14 17.0 8.6-31.0
AGE
18-24 85 21 20.3 10.9-34.6 23 32.9 20.3-48.5 27 32.3 20.3-47.2 11 14.1 6.3-28.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3
25-34 228 54 28.3 20.2-38.2 54 21.6 15.2-29.8 63 25.8 19.0-34.1 30 11.6 7.2-18.1 27 12.6 8.0-19.4
35-44 342 75 20.5 15.3-26.9 78 19.7 14.7-25.8 90 29.1 22.7-36.4 43 12.3 8.3-17.8 56 18.4 13.2-25.1
45-54 439 88 25.2 19.1-32.4 88 17.9 13.3-23.7 127 28.7 22.8-35.4 57 10.6 7.4-15.0 79 17.6 12.9-23.5
55-64 333 50 16.4 11.4-22.9 69 20.2 14.9-26.7 89 31.0 24.3-38.5 66 18.3 13.3-24.6 59 14.2 9.9-20.1
65-74 225 49 27.4 19.8-36.5 21 9.5 5.5-15.9 52 25.0 18.1-33.5 47 17.4 12.0-24.7 56 20.7 14.6-28.4
75+ 154 30 24.9 16.9-35.2 9 7.1 3.1-15.4 32 20.8 13.6-30.5 32 21.8 14.4-31.6 51 25.4 18.1-34.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 300 90 36.3 28.6-44.8 55 18.7 13.1-26.0 69 21.3 15.6-28.5 45 13.8 9.3-20.1 41 9.8 5.9-15.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 555 101 22.2 16.9-28.7 118 20.9 16.3-26.3 156 27.8 22.6-33.5 70 10.6 7.5-14.6 110 18.6 14.4-23.6
Some Post-H.S. 426 78 16.6 12.4-21.9 78 21.4 15.5-28.8 131 32.6 26.2-39.7 62 14.6 10.0-20.7 77 14.8 10.8-19.8
College Graduate 535 97 19.5 15.0-24.8 93 15.3 11.8-19.7 128 29.7 24.4-35.7 112 18.4 14.5-23.1 105 17.1 13.4-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 38 29.4 19.3-42.1 23 13.1 5.7-27.3 44 22.3 14.7-32.4 30 13.4 8.5-20.5 37 21.8 14.1-32.1
$15,000- 24,999 346 75 28.1 21.3-36.0 64 20.0 14.0-27.6 99 26.1 19.9-33.3 48 11.9 7.8-17.9 60 13.9 9.5-20.0
$25,000- 34,999 179 36 20.8 13.3-31.0 32 26.0 16.8-38.1 45 24.0 15.9-34.4 30 13.5 8.1-21.7 36 15.7 9.7-24.3
$35,000- 49,999 265 43 15.1 10.3-21.6 55 23.6 16.9-31.9 79 30.4 23.0-39.0 46 16.1 11.0-22.9 42 14.9 10.2-21.2
$50,000-74,999 208 43 20.3 14.0-28.7 45 16.6 11.0-24.4 62 39.8 31.2-49.2 30 13.2 8.2-20.6 28 9.9 6.2-15.6
$75,000+ 267 49 20.0 13.3-29.1 54 17.9 12.7-24.7 69 28.4 21.4-36.7 47 17.7 11.5-26.1 48 15.9 11.0-22.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 228 59 27.2 20.6-34.9 33 17.5 12.2-24.5 59 28.0 21.3-35.8 32 11.5 7.8-16.5 45 15.8 11.4-21.6
Guilford 208 38 16.4 11.6-22.6 42 23.7 16.9-32.2 58 28.7 21.7-36.9 40 16.7 11.5-23.6 30 14.5 9.7-21.1
Mecklenburg 193 37 21.4 14.1-31.2 30 12.0 8.1-17.5 62 33.2 25.3-42.0 27 14.6 8.3-24.4 37 18.8 13.1-26.2
Orange 190 38 25.4 14.2-41.2 43 19.7 13.3-28.1 50 30.2 19.7-43.3 29 10.6 6.6-16.6 30 14.2 7.6-24.8
Wake 169 29 18.3 11.5-27.8 34 18.5 12.4-26.6 39 27.6 19.8-36.9 35 18.4 12.5-26.3 32 17.3 11.8-24.5
Chatham/Lee 186 30 15.7 10.1-23.6 36 20.1 14.3-27.4 48 26.9 20.2-34.9 26 12.2 8.1-17.9 46 25.2 18.5-33.3
Nash/Wilson 169 22 12.0 7.5-18.7 33 19.7 13.8-27.5 58 35.7 27.5-44.9 22 15.6 8.7-26.3 34 17.0 11.7-23.9
Craven/Pamlico 234 47 21.9 16.2-28.8 43 19.2 14.1-25.6 59 22.3 17.1-28.4 33 15.7 10.8-22.3 52 20.9 15.8-27.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 222 54 28.1 21.4-36.0 43 18.8 13.3-26.0 61 25.6 19.4-32.9 28 9.9 6.5-14.8 36 17.6 10.3-28.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 224 61 30.8 21.8-41.6 36 15.3 10.2-22.4 65 30.7 23.4-39.1 27 9.7 6.3-14.5 35 13.5 9.3-19.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 221 41 26.5 18.1-37.1 40 16.7 11.8-23.1 55 28.6 20.8-37.8 35 11.1 7.6-16.0 50 17.0 12.3-23.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 226 45 18.2 11.8-26.9 50 19.8 13.0-28.9 62 33.9 18.0-54.6 31 16.3 9.7-26.0 38 11.8 7.6-18.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 239 56 25.9 19.6-33.3 38 14.8 10.5-20.3 58 24.8 18.8-32.0 42 16.9 12.0-23.4 45 17.6 12.8-23.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 195 46 22.3 16.3-29.6 45 24.7 17.7-33.3 40 18.9 13.4-26.0 30 12.6 8.3-18.7 34 21.5 13.2-33.2
Northeast NC I 209 46 21.9 16.2-28.9 41 20.8 15.1-28.0 44 24.8 18.1-33.0 36 18.1 12.3-25.8 42 14.4 10.3-19.8
Northeast NC II 238 54 23.2 17.2-30.4 44 17.9 13.0-24.2 68 28.1 21.8-35.2 37 18.4 12.3-26.6 35 12.5 8.2-18.4
Northeastern Partnership 447 100 22.7 18.2-28.0 85 18.9 15.0-23.5 112 27.0 22.2-32.4 73 18.3 13.6-24.1 77 13.1 9.8-17.3
Mountain AHEC 667 150 22.6 18.2-27.6 129 26.0 19.3-34.1 175 25.0 20.1-30.7 97 13.4 10.3-17.1 116 13.0 10.1-16.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,549 326 22.1 18.7-26.0 292 18.9 15.9-22.3 395 27.4 23.7-31.3 247 15.8 13.0-19.0 289 15.8 13.3-18.8
Piedmont 1,820 367 22.8 20.0-26.0 345 19.3 16.6-22.2 485 28.2 25.3-31.4 289 14.1 12.0-16.6 334 15.6 13.4-18.0
Western NC 1,048 255 24.4 20.4-28.8 193 22.5 17.6-28.3 285 27.6 23.2-32.4 142 12.6 9.9-15.8 173 12.9 10.2-16.3

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* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.

^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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