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

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Within 6 months	Within 1 year	Within 5 years	Within 10 years	More than 10 years ago
North Carolina	2,178	116	7.0	5.1- 9.5	73	4.2	3.0- 5.9	323	16.7	14.3-19.4	215	8.3	6.8-10.0	1,451	63.9	60.6-67.1
-Western NC	518	28	5.4	3.3- 8.8	14	2.5	1.3- 5.0	76	18.9	13.9-25.1	53	8.6	5.8-12.5	347	64.6	58.2-70.5
GENDER
Male	248	12	4.9	2.2-10.7	5	1.8	0.7- 4.6	35	17.3	10.8-26.5	17	5.2	2.6-10.2	179	70.8	61.6-78.5
Female	270	16	6.0	3.3-10.8	9	3.5	1.3- 8.8	41	20.9	14.1-29.8	36	12.7	8.0-19.6	168	56.9	48.0-65.4
RACE
White	480	26	5.4	3.2- 9.0	12	2.4	1.1- 5.0	71	19.3	14.2-25.8	48	8.5	5.6-12.5	323	64.4	57.8-70.5
African American	12	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.5	0.5-22.1	1	7.7	1.0-40.0	1	10.1	1.4-47.4	9	78.7	47.1-93.9
Other Minorities	24	2	9.5	2.3-31.6	1	9.9	1.4-45.4	4	11.8	4.0-30.0	3	8.5	2.3-27.3	14	60.2	36.8-79.8
AGE
18-24	18	6	33.9	12.8-64.1	4	21.2	6.4-51.5	8	44.9	20.7-71.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	39	7	18.5	7.4-39.2	5	7.8	2.7-20.6	12	45.0	21.3-71.2	7	14.0	5.2-32.6	8	14.7	5.8-32.7
35-44	56	1	1.2	0.2- 8.4	2	2.3	0.6- 9.4	12	26.5	13.8-44.8	11	17.5	7.3-36.2	30	52.5	35.3-69.1
45-54	100	4	1.6	0.6- 4.5	2	0.8	0.2- 3.5	17	14.8	8.2-25.3	11	4.9	2.3-10.1	66	77.8	67.0-85.8
55-64	106	5	1.5	0.5- 4.0	0	0.0	. - .	8	11.0	5.0-22.5	12	10.5	4.4-22.9	81	77.1	63.8-86.5
65-74	121	4	3.5	1.2- 9.6	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	12	9.1	5.0-16.1	10	9.8	4.6-19.8	94	77.2	66.8-85.0
75+	75	1	2.1	0.3-13.5	0	0.0	. - .	6	5.1	2.0-12.3	2	1.9	0.4- 8.1	66	90.9	81.5-95.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	85	5	4.7	1.8-11.8	4	6.6	1.8-21.3	9	17.8	7.5-36.5	10	9.4	4.2-19.5	57	61.6	45.2-75.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	135	10	5.0	2.2-10.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.9	25	22.0	13.6-33.7	9	5.4	2.4-11.8	90	66.9	55.0-76.9
Some Post-H.S.	148	8	7.4	2.8-18.2	6	2.9	1.1- 7.4	26	23.7	13.4-38.3	18	8.6	4.0-17.4	90	57.5	44.7-69.3
College Graduate	147	5	4.3	1.6-11.1	3	1.5	0.4- 5.5	16	11.8	6.4-20.7	16	11.1	5.6-21.1	107	71.4	60.5-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	64	6	8.3	3.3-19.5	3	4.0	1.1-13.8	7	12.1	4.4-29.4	7	9.5	4.1-20.6	41	66.0	50.2-78.9
$15,000- 24,999	112	6	5.1	1.9-12.9	3	1.5	0.4- 5.2	25	29.5	16.7-46.7	9	7.5	2.6-20.0	69	56.3	41.0-70.5
$25,000- 34,999	69	4	5.0	1.7-13.5	4	7.3	2.5-19.6	5	8.4	3.3-19.5	11	15.8	7.7-29.6	45	63.6	48.7-76.3
$35,000- 49,999	65	4	7.5	2.6-19.9	0	0.0	. - .	6	13.4	5.0-31.0	7	11.6	4.2-28.2	48	67.5	50.5-80.9
$50,000-74,999	55	2	1.4	0.3- 5.8	1	1.0	0.1- 6.8	6	9.8	3.4-25.1	5	5.0	1.2-18.2	41	82.8	67.1-91.9
$75,000+	50	2	9.2	1.6-39.3	0	0.0	. - .	7	11.7	5.2-24.3	3	2.6	0.7- 9.7	38	76.4	56.3-89.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	122	7	8.2	2.8-21.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.6	15	12.5	7.2-20.7	14	9.2	5.2-16.0	84	69.1	58.0-78.4
Guilford	118	6	10.9	4.7-23.4	3	4.1	1.2-12.8	17	14.9	8.8-24.0	12	10.7	5.9-18.6	80	59.5	48.3-69.7
Mecklenburg	103	2	8.1	1.5-33.7	4	2.2	0.8- 6.0	15	14.9	8.4-25.1	9	5.0	2.4-10.4	73	69.8	55.2-81.2
Orange	118	7	8.8	3.6-20.3	3	3.2	0.9-10.8	15	14.7	7.8-26.2	7	6.8	3.0-14.4	86	66.4	51.8-78.5
Wake	95	2	1.4	0.3- 5.4	3	6.9	1.9-21.7	12	13.3	7.4-22.7	6	4.8	2.1-10.7	72	73.7	61.6-83.0
Chatham/Lee	90	7	6.7	3.0-14.4	2	1.9	0.4- 8.6	10	9.9	5.2-18.1	7	7.5	3.5-15.2	64	74.0	63.5-82.3
Nash/Wilson	76	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4	0	0.0	. - .	15	24.3	14.6-37.8	8	7.6	3.7-14.9	52	67.6	54.5-78.4
Craven/Pamlico	136	5	3.2	1.2- 7.8	6	5.5	2.3-12.9	19	16.1	10.1-24.6	14	9.7	5.4-16.9	92	65.5	56.0-73.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	87	8	7.5	3.4-15.8	3	6.4	1.8-20.1	13	14.5	7.5-26.2	9	10.6	5.1-20.6	54	61.1	46.2-74.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	114	7	6.9	2.9-15.6	5	5.0	1.7-14.1	19	18.8	11.8-28.7	10	5.4	2.8-10.2	73	63.9	53.3-73.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	106	8	7.8	3.7-15.8	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3	21	20.0	12.3-31.0	14	12.5	6.9-21.4	62	58.9	46.8-70.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	113	6	9.3	3.8-21.0	2	4.2	0.9-18.6	12	10.6	5.7-18.8	14	8.5	4.8-14.4	79	67.4	55.6-77.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	100	3	1.9	0.6- 5.9	7	8.6	3.9-17.9	16	17.1	10.5-26.8	13	13.8	7.7-23.6	61	58.6	47.3-69.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	90	5	5.6	1.9-15.7	5	5.0	1.9-12.3	16	18.9	10.4-31.7	11	9.1	4.5-17.5	53	61.4	46.9-74.2
Northeast NC I	101	6	4.7	2.0-10.7	3	3.9	1.2-12.3	13	12.6	7.1-21.5	10	14.3	7.2-26.3	69	64.5	52.8-74.6
Northeast NC II	110	7	6.5	2.9-14.0	6	4.4	1.8-10.2	18	21.6	12.2-35.4	12	11.7	6.3-20.5	67	55.8	43.7-67.2
Northeastern Partnership	211	13	5.9	3.2-10.9	9	4.2	2.1- 8.4	31	18.6	11.7-28.2	22	12.5	7.9-19.2	136	58.7	49.7-67.2
Mountain AHEC	350	19	6.1	3.3-10.9	5	0.8	0.3- 2.2	46	15.9	11.2-22.1	39	9.1	5.9-13.7	241	68.0	61.0-74.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	732	34	5.3	3.1- 9.1	32	4.5	2.6- 7.8	116	21.5	16.3-27.8	78	10.1	7.1-14.3	472	58.5	52.3-64.5
Piedmont	928	54	8.2	5.4-12.4	27	4.5	2.8- 7.3	131	13.6	10.8-16.8	84	7.3	5.5- 9.5	632	66.5	61.8-70.8

Total
Respond.^

Within 6 months

Within 1 year

Within 5 years

Within 10 years

More than 10 years ago

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

2,178

116

7.0

5.1- 9.5

4.2

3.0- 5.9

323

16.7

14.3-19.4

215

8.3

6.8-10.0

1,451

63.9

60.6-67.1

-Western NC

518

5.4

3.3- 8.8

2.5

1.3- 5.0

18.9

13.9-25.1

8.6

5.8-12.5

347

64.6

58.2-70.5

GENDER

Male

248

4.9

2.2-10.7

1.8

0.7- 4.6

17.3

10.8-26.5

5.2

2.6-10.2

179

70.8

61.6-78.5

Female

270

6.0

3.3-10.8

3.5

1.3- 8.8

20.9

14.1-29.8

12.7

8.0-19.6

168

56.9

48.0-65.4

RACE

White

480

5.4

3.2- 9.0

2.4

1.1- 5.0

19.3

14.2-25.8

8.5

5.6-12.5

323

64.4

57.8-70.5

African American

0.0

. - .

3.5

0.5-22.1

7.7

1.0-40.0

10.1

1.4-47.4

78.7

47.1-93.9

Other Minorities

9.5

2.3-31.6

9.9

1.4-45.4

11.8

4.0-30.0

8.5

2.3-27.3

60.2

36.8-79.8

AGE

18-24

33.9

12.8-64.1

21.2

6.4-51.5

44.9

20.7-71.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

18.5

7.4-39.2

7.8

2.7-20.6

45.0

21.3-71.2

14.0

5.2-32.6

14.7

5.8-32.7

35-44

1.2

0.2- 8.4

2.3

0.6- 9.4

26.5

13.8-44.8

17.5

7.3-36.2

52.5

35.3-69.1

45-54

100

1.6

0.6- 4.5

0.8

0.2- 3.5

14.8

8.2-25.3

4.9

2.3-10.1

77.8

67.0-85.8

55-64

106

1.5

0.5- 4.0

0.0

. - .

11.0

5.0-22.5

10.5

4.4-22.9

77.1

63.8-86.5

65-74

121

3.5

1.2- 9.6

0.4

0.1- 2.6

9.1

5.0-16.1

9.8

4.6-19.8

77.2

66.8-85.0

75+

2.1

0.3-13.5

0.0

. - .

5.1

2.0-12.3

1.9

0.4- 8.1

90.9

81.5-95.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

4.7

1.8-11.8

6.6

1.8-21.3

17.8

7.5-36.5

9.4

4.2-19.5

61.6

45.2-75.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

135

5.0

2.2-10.9

0.7

0.1- 4.9

22.0

13.6-33.7

5.4

2.4-11.8

66.9

55.0-76.9

Some Post-H.S.

148

7.4

2.8-18.2

2.9

1.1- 7.4

23.7

13.4-38.3

8.6

4.0-17.4

57.5

44.7-69.3

College Graduate

147

4.3

1.6-11.1

1.5

0.4- 5.5

11.8

6.4-20.7

11.1

5.6-21.1

107

71.4

60.5-80.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

8.3

3.3-19.5

4.0

1.1-13.8

12.1

4.4-29.4

9.5

4.1-20.6

66.0

50.2-78.9

$15,000- 24,999

112

5.1

1.9-12.9

1.5

0.4- 5.2

29.5

16.7-46.7

7.5

2.6-20.0

56.3

41.0-70.5

$25,000- 34,999

5.0

1.7-13.5

7.3

2.5-19.6

8.4

3.3-19.5

15.8

7.7-29.6

63.6

48.7-76.3

$35,000- 49,999

7.5

2.6-19.9

0.0

. - .

13.4

5.0-31.0

11.6

4.2-28.2

67.5

50.5-80.9

$50,000-74,999

1.4

0.3- 5.8

1.0

0.1- 6.8

9.8

3.4-25.1

5.0

1.2-18.2

82.8

67.1-91.9

$75,000+

9.2

1.6-39.3

0.0

. - .

11.7

5.2-24.3

2.6

0.7- 9.7

76.4

56.3-89.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

122

8.2

2.8-21.8

0.9

0.2- 3.6

12.5

7.2-20.7

9.2

5.2-16.0

69.1

58.0-78.4

Guilford

118

10.9

4.7-23.4

4.1

1.2-12.8

14.9

8.8-24.0

10.7

5.9-18.6

59.5

48.3-69.7

Mecklenburg

103

8.1

1.5-33.7

2.2

0.8- 6.0

14.9

8.4-25.1

5.0

2.4-10.4

69.8

55.2-81.2

Orange

118

8.8

3.6-20.3

3.2

0.9-10.8

14.7

7.8-26.2

6.8

3.0-14.4

66.4

51.8-78.5

Wake

1.4

0.3- 5.4

6.9

1.9-21.7

13.3

7.4-22.7

4.8

2.1-10.7

73.7

61.6-83.0

Chatham/Lee

6.7

3.0-14.4

1.9

0.4- 8.6

9.9

5.2-18.1

7.5

3.5-15.2

74.0

63.5-82.3

Nash/Wilson

0.5

0.1- 3.4

0.0

. - .

24.3

14.6-37.8

7.6

3.7-14.9

67.6

54.5-78.4

Craven/Pamlico

136

3.2

1.2- 7.8

5.5

2.3-12.9

16.1

10.1-24.6

9.7

5.4-16.9

65.5

56.0-73.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.5

3.4-15.8

6.4

1.8-20.1

14.5

7.5-26.2

10.6

5.1-20.6

61.1

46.2-74.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

114

6.9

2.9-15.6

5.0

1.7-14.1

18.8

11.8-28.7

5.4

2.8-10.2

63.9

53.3-73.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

106

7.8

3.7-15.8

0.8

0.1- 5.3

20.0

12.3-31.0

12.5

6.9-21.4

58.9

46.8-70.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

113

9.3

3.8-21.0

4.2

0.9-18.6

10.6

5.7-18.8

8.5

4.8-14.4

67.4

55.6-77.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

100

1.9

0.6- 5.9

8.6

3.9-17.9

17.1

10.5-26.8

13.8

7.7-23.6

58.6

47.3-69.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

5.6

1.9-15.7

5.0

1.9-12.3

18.9

10.4-31.7

9.1

4.5-17.5

61.4

46.9-74.2

Northeast NC I

101

4.7

2.0-10.7

3.9

1.2-12.3

12.6

7.1-21.5

14.3

7.2-26.3

64.5

52.8-74.6

Northeast NC II

110

6.5

2.9-14.0

4.4

1.8-10.2

21.6

12.2-35.4

11.7

6.3-20.5

55.8

43.7-67.2

Northeastern Partnership

211

5.9

3.2-10.9

4.2

2.1- 8.4

18.6

11.7-28.2

12.5

7.9-19.2

136

58.7

49.7-67.2

Mountain AHEC

350

6.1

3.3-10.9

0.8

0.3- 2.2

15.9

11.2-22.1

9.1

5.9-13.7

241

68.0

61.0-74.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

732

5.3

3.1- 9.1

4.5

2.6- 7.8

116

21.5

16.3-27.8

10.1

7.1-14.3

472

58.5

52.3-64.5

Piedmont

928

8.2

5.4-12.4

4.5

2.8- 7.3

131

13.6

10.8-16.8

7.3

5.5- 9.5

632

66.5

61.8-70.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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