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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,412 7,255 75.2 73.7-76.6 2,157 24.8 23.4-26.3
-Western NC 2,074 1,559 71.5 67.8-75.0 515 28.5 25.0-32.2
GENDER
Male 779 580 68.7 62.1-74.6 199 31.3 25.4-37.9
Female 1,295 979 74.3 70.7-77.5 316 25.7 22.5-29.3
RACE
White 1,887 1,429 72.8 69.0-76.2 458 27.2 23.8-31.0
African American 74 53 65.4 44.2-81.8 21 34.6 18.2-55.8
Other Minorities 104 70 54.4 34.5-73.1 34 45.6 26.9-65.5
AGE
18-24 135 80 58.5 46.4-69.6 55 41.5 30.4-53.6
25-34 281 203 68.8 54.9-79.9 78 31.2 20.1-45.1
35-44 342 228 63.3 54.5-71.3 114 36.7 28.7-45.5
45-54 382 267 70.4 61.8-77.7 115 29.6 22.3-38.2
55-64 355 275 75.0 67.0-81.5 80 25.0 18.5-33.0
65-74 344 285 81.2 74.5-86.5 59 18.8 13.5-25.5
75+ 219 207 94.6 89.7-97.2 12 5.4 2.8-10.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 350 239 54.9 43.6-65.7 111 45.1 34.3-56.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 645 443 64.3 58.2-70.1 202 35.7 29.9-41.8
Some Post-H.S. 544 405 75.7 69.7-80.9 139 24.3 19.1-30.3
College Graduate 528 465 90.2 86.5-92.9 63 9.8 7.1-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 170 59.5 50.5-68.0 100 40.5 32.0-49.5
$15,000- 24,999 406 280 59.2 50.0-67.8 126 40.8 32.2-50.0
$25,000- 34,999 255 180 67.1 57.0-75.8 75 32.9 24.2-43.0
$35,000- 49,999 270 205 75.7 67.5-82.4 65 24.3 17.6-32.5
$50,000-74,999 206 170 83.9 76.7-89.1 36 16.1 10.9-23.3
$75,000+ 206 186 92.0 86.0-95.5 20 8.0 4.5-14.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 347 76.1 71.1-80.5 107 23.9 19.5-28.9
Guilford 446 360 76.7 71.2-81.5 86 23.3 18.5-28.8
Mecklenburg 445 356 80.2 74.9-84.7 89 19.8 15.3-25.1
Orange 450 399 85.3 77.8-90.6 51 14.7 9.4-22.2
Wake 453 384 83.9 78.9-87.8 69 16.1 12.2-21.1
Chatham/Lee 399 311 78.1 72.7-82.7 88 21.9 17.3-27.3
Nash/Wilson 378 286 71.5 65.3-76.9 92 28.5 23.1-34.7
Craven/Pamlico 456 353 77.2 72.3-81.4 103 22.8 18.6-27.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 301 67.3 61.8-72.4 135 32.7 27.6-38.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 341 71.7 64.9-77.7 111 28.3 22.3-35.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 366 75.1 68.4-80.7 107 24.9 19.3-31.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 325 68.6 55.5-79.3 101 31.4 20.7-44.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 339 69.6 64.4-74.3 132 30.4 25.7-35.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 311 70.9 65.1-76.1 107 29.1 23.9-34.9
Northeast NC I 458 359 77.5 72.3-82.0 99 22.5 18.0-27.7
Northeast NC II 514 392 73.2 68.2-77.8 122 26.8 22.2-31.8
Northeastern Partnership 972 751 74.7 71.0-78.1 221 25.3 21.9-29.0
Mountain AHEC 1,308 1,005 73.4 68.6-77.7 303 26.6 22.3-31.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,306 2,511 74.2 71.5-76.7 795 25.8 23.3-28.5
Piedmont 4,032 3,185 76.7 74.6-78.6 847 23.3 21.4-25.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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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