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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,688 396 15.9 14.1-17.8 185 6.9 5.7- 8.2 463 17.5 15.8-19.4 1,644 59.7 57.3-62.0
GENDER
Male 892 174 20.6 17.4-24.2 76 7.7 5.9-10.0 218 23.8 20.6-27.3 424 47.9 43.9-51.9
Female 1,796 222 12.2 10.4-14.1 109 6.3 4.9- 8.0 245 12.5 10.8-14.5 1,220 69.0 66.3-71.6
AGE
18-24 176 27 15.0 9.2-23.7 12 10.5 5.2-20.0 9 4.6 2.1- 9.8 128 69.9 59.9-78.3
25-34 468 77 17.3 13.4-21.9 23 5.7 3.5- 9.0 25 5.7 3.6- 8.9 343 71.4 66.1-76.2
35-44 530 110 21.6 17.1-26.9 36 5.5 3.7- 8.0 57 12.1 8.9-16.4 327 60.7 55.2-66.1
45-54 522 90 17.0 13.4-21.4 57 10.7 7.8-14.5 91 17.4 13.8-21.7 284 54.9 49.6-60.1
55-64 427 58 15.9 11.9-20.9 34 7.3 4.7-11.1 113 29.0 23.9-34.7 222 47.9 42.0-53.7
65-74 329 26 9.2 5.9-14.1 18 5.0 3.0- 8.3 113 35.7 29.4-42.6 172 50.1 43.3-56.9
75+ 220 8 3.7 1.6- 8.3 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 51 28.4 21.1-37.1 158 66.7 58.1-74.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 605 103 21.2 17.1-25.9 40 8.2 5.5-12.2 119 22.3 18.2-27.0 343 48.3 43.4-53.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 926 172 19.8 16.5-23.5 68 7.6 5.7-10.1 150 16.5 13.7-19.6 536 56.2 52.1-60.2
Some Post-H.S. 655 82 13.5 10.5-17.3 56 7.6 5.5-10.5 104 15.9 12.8-19.7 413 62.9 58.2-67.4
College Graduate 496 37 6.1 4.2- 8.7 21 3.3 2.0- 5.5 90 16.8 13.2-21.2 348 73.8 68.9-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 530 98 23.5 18.9-28.7 30 6.3 4.2- 9.3 109 21.5 17.5-26.2 293 48.7 43.5-54.0
$15,000- 24,999 621 112 19.1 15.0-24.0 55 8.8 6.3-12.2 99 16.6 13.0-20.9 355 55.6 50.3-60.7
$25,000- 34,999 344 50 14.1 10.4-18.8 21 5.8 3.2-10.5 41 12.2 8.6-17.0 232 67.9 61.6-73.6
$35,000- 49,999 301 50 16.7 12.3-22.3 25 9.1 5.7-14.0 60 18.8 14.2-24.5 166 55.4 48.7-62.0
$50,000-74,999 192 24 12.7 7.9-19.7 12 4.5 2.4- 8.2 30 16.6 11.2-23.8 126 66.3 57.9-73.8
$75,000+ 145 11 8.2 4.2-15.5 6 3.2 1.2- 7.9 27 21.2 13.9-30.8 101 67.5 57.3-76.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 948 153 19.5 16.3-23.2 80 8.0 6.3-10.2 206 23.4 20.2-27.0 509 49.0 45.1-52.9
No 1,634 225 13.6 11.7-15.8 95 6.3 4.9- 8.2 243 14.7 12.7-17.0 1,071 65.4 62.4-68.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 310 54 17.0 12.5-22.6 32 8.1 5.5-11.8 86 28.9 23.2-35.5 138 46.0 39.3-52.8
Non-Veteran 2,333 339 16.0 14.0-18.1 151 6.8 5.5- 8.3 375 15.9 14.1-17.9 1,468 61.3 58.7-63.9
Currently Serving 38 3 5.8 1.7-18.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 1 4.2 0.6-24.3 32 88.5 73.0-95.6

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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 (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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