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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?

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  Total
Respond.^
One adult Two adults Three or more adults No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,616 313 14.9 13.2-16.9 40 2.3 1.5- 3.4 16 0.9 0.5- 1.6 2,247 81.9 79.8-83.8
GENDER
Male 848 100 13.3 10.7-16.4 10 2.2 1.0- 4.8 8 1.4 0.7- 2.8 730 83.1 79.6-86.1
Female 1,768 213 16.2 13.9-18.7 30 2.3 1.5- 3.5 8 0.5 0.2- 1.4 1,517 81.0 78.4-83.4
AGE
18-24 170 30 24.3 16.6-34.1 7 8.4 3.2-20.1 4 2.5 0.9- 7.2 129 64.7 54.2-74.0
25-34 452 56 13.5 10.0-18.1 7 1.9 0.8- 4.3 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5 384 83.0 78.1-87.0
35-44 511 64 13.9 10.6-18.1 10 2.5 1.2- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 437 83.6 79.1-87.2
45-54 509 70 17.3 13.3-22.2 7 1.4 0.5- 3.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 429 80.5 75.4-84.7
55-64 416 57 15.7 11.8-20.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 353 82.1 76.9-86.4
65-74 324 23 10.0 6.3-15.5 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 296 87.4 81.5-91.6
75+ 218 12 9.7 5.1-17.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 204 89.4 81.5-94.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 592 76 17.1 13.3-21.8 15 4.2 2.2- 7.8 5 1.4 0.5- 3.9 496 77.4 72.2-81.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 886 127 17.3 14.2-20.9 17 3.0 1.5- 5.6 8 1.1 0.5- 2.4 734 78.6 74.7-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 646 73 14.6 11.3-18.6 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 3 0.9 0.3- 3.3 565 83.7 79.6-87.2
College Graduate 486 35 8.0 5.5-11.5 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 0 0.0 . - . 448 90.9 87.2-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 525 62 18.1 13.8-23.5 13 3.8 2.1- 7.0 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 447 76.9 71.3-81.7
$15,000- 24,999 598 81 17.2 13.5-21.8 14 3.6 2.0- 6.6 6 1.3 0.5- 3.1 497 77.8 73.0-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 335 44 15.3 10.9-21.1 2 1.0 0.2- 5.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 288 83.3 77.2-87.9
$35,000- 49,999 294 39 16.5 11.7-22.7 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 2 1.2 0.2- 6.0 250 81.4 75.0-86.5
$50,000-74,999 187 21 12.2 7.7-18.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 164 86.4 79.5-91.2
$75,000+ 142 18 10.9 6.6-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 124 89.1 82.3-93.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 944 117 16.3 13.4-19.8 20 3.6 2.0- 6.4 8 1.4 0.6- 3.1 799 78.7 74.8-82.2
No 1,635 192 14.3 12.2-16.7 18 1.6 0.9- 2.8 8 0.7 0.3- 1.5 1,417 83.4 80.9-85.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 301 36 14.0 9.8-19.5 2 1.1 0.2- 4.8 0 0.0 . - . 263 85.0 79.2-89.3
Non-Veteran 2,278 274 15.1 13.2-17.2 38 2.5 1.6- 3.8 16 1.1 0.6- 1.9 1,950 81.3 79.0-83.4
Currently Serving 37 3 12.3 3.9-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 34 87.7 67.1-96.1

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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