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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,688 1,044 40.3 38.0-42.7 1,644 59.7 57.3-62.0
GENDER
Male 892 468 52.1 48.1-56.1 424 47.9 43.9-51.9
Female 1,796 576 31.0 28.4-33.7 1,220 69.0 66.3-71.6
AGE
18-24 176 48 30.1 21.7-40.1 128 69.9 59.9-78.3
25-34 468 125 28.6 23.8-33.9 343 71.4 66.1-76.2
35-44 530 203 39.3 33.9-44.8 327 60.7 55.2-66.1
45-54 522 238 45.1 39.9-50.4 284 54.9 49.6-60.1
55-64 427 205 52.1 46.3-58.0 222 47.9 42.0-53.7
65-74 329 157 49.9 43.1-56.7 172 50.1 43.3-56.9
75+ 220 62 33.3 25.6-41.9 158 66.7 58.1-74.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 605 262 51.7 46.7-56.6 343 48.3 43.4-53.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 926 390 43.8 39.8-47.9 536 56.2 52.1-60.2
Some Post-H.S. 655 242 37.1 32.6-41.8 413 62.9 58.2-67.4
College Graduate 496 148 26.2 21.9-31.1 348 73.8 68.9-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 530 237 51.3 46.0-56.5 293 48.7 43.5-54.0
$15,000- 24,999 621 266 44.4 39.3-49.7 355 55.6 50.3-60.7
$25,000- 34,999 344 112 32.1 26.4-38.4 232 67.9 61.6-73.6
$35,000- 49,999 301 135 44.6 38.0-51.3 166 55.4 48.7-62.0
$50,000-74,999 192 66 33.7 26.2-42.1 126 66.3 57.9-73.8
$75,000+ 145 44 32.5 23.8-42.7 101 67.5 57.3-76.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 948 439 51.0 47.1-54.9 509 49.0 45.1-52.9
No 1,634 563 34.6 31.8-37.6 1,071 65.4 62.4-68.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 310 172 54.0 47.2-60.7 138 46.0 39.3-52.8
Non-Veteran 2,333 865 38.7 36.1-41.3 1,468 61.3 58.7-63.9
Currently Serving 38 6 11.5 4.4-27.0 32 88.5 73.0-95.6

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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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