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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Respond.^		 <10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,812 520 29.6 27.1-32.3 630 34.7 32.0-37.4 504 27.5 25.0-30.0 158 8.2 6.8- 9.9
RACE
White 1,404 303 21.8 19.3-24.6 500 35.2 32.2-38.4 456 32.9 29.9-36.0 145 10.1 8.3-12.2
African American 299 170 57.0 49.9-63.8 94 32.8 26.4-39.9 30 8.5 5.7-12.6 5 1.7 0.5- 5.6
Asian 2 1 70.1 12.8-97.4 1 29.9 2.6-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 56 17 38.5 23.5-56.0 18 30.4 17.1-48.0 14 23.5 12.6-39.5 7 7.7 3.3-17.0
Other Minorities 40 24 63.2 45.1-78.3 11 28.0 14.7-46.8 4 7.8 2.7-20.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 24 64.9 48.0-78.8 6 16.1 6.9-33.1 9 14.3 7.0-27.3 3 4.6 1.2-16.9
-English Speaking 31 14 50.1 30.8-69.4 6 23.7 10.5-45.4 8 19.3 9.0-36.7 3 6.9 1.7-23.8
-Spanish Speaking 11 10 96.1 75.6-99.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.9 0.5-24.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,769 496 28.7 26.2-31.4 623 35.1 32.4-38.0 495 27.8 25.3-30.5 155 8.3 6.9-10.1
AGE
18-24 107 46 39.1 28.9-50.2 37 38.0 27.8-49.3 20 16.8 10.1-26.6 4 6.1 2.2-16.1
25-34 329 106 31.4 25.8-37.5 118 35.5 29.5-42.0 94 30.1 24.4-36.4 11 3.1 1.4- 6.5
35-44 426 120 28.3 23.2-33.9 167 40.4 34.6-46.4 105 24.5 19.8-29.8 34 6.9 4.7-10.0
45-54 405 99 25.5 20.6-31.1 130 30.5 25.3-36.2 124 31.0 25.7-36.8 52 13.0 9.5-17.5
55-64 310 83 31.9 25.4-39.3 106 33.8 27.6-40.5 87 24.3 19.2-30.2 34 10.0 6.3-15.6
65-74 165 41 28.2 20.4-37.5 48 24.7 17.9-32.9 56 36.8 28.0-46.6 20 10.3 6.1-16.9
75+ 66 23 32.6 21.5-46.0 23 38.8 26.1-53.1 17 24.0 14.6-36.9 3 4.7 1.3-15.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 361 94 27.2 22.0-33.2 107 28.6 23.1-34.8 115 32.5 26.8-38.8 45 11.7 8.4-16.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 652 175 28.2 24.1-32.7 231 35.2 30.9-39.7 194 28.5 24.5-32.8 52 8.1 5.7-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 510 143 27.7 23.0-33.0 196 40.5 35.1-46.2 138 26.8 22.2-31.8 33 5.0 3.3- 7.5
College Graduate 288 108 39.4 32.8-46.4 95 30.3 24.5-36.8 57 20.4 15.2-26.7 28 9.9 6.4-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 329 86 29.2 23.4-35.9 100 30.7 24.9-37.2 106 29.7 24.0-36.0 37 10.4 7.1-15.0
$15,000- 24,999 420 142 36.6 31.0-42.5 134 29.8 24.8-35.3 110 26.6 21.8-32.0 34 7.1 4.8-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 247 71 28.1 21.6-35.7 87 32.1 25.5-39.6 72 30.9 24.0-38.9 17 8.8 5.2-14.6
$35,000- 49,999 239 64 27.5 21.3-34.8 96 40.9 33.7-48.6 62 25.7 19.8-32.8 17 5.8 3.3-10.2
$50,000-74,999 145 33 22.8 15.7-31.8 64 47.2 37.3-57.4 35 22.3 15.3-31.3 13 7.8 3.9-14.9
$75,000+ 127 41 30.2 22.0-39.9 43 35.9 26.3-46.8 31 25.6 17.5-35.9 12 8.2 4.3-15.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 713 179 25.8 22.0-29.9 225 29.8 25.9-34.0 213 30.9 26.8-35.4 96 13.5 10.7-16.9
No 1,072 332 31.8 28.4-35.4 392 37.4 33.8-41.1 286 25.6 22.6-28.9 62 5.2 3.8- 7.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 22 44.9 27.3-63.9 11 29.9 13.3-54.2 8 22.9 10.6-42.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.7
Non-Veteran 1,763 497 29.3 26.7-32.0 616 34.8 32.1-37.6 494 27.6 25.1-30.2 156 8.4 6.9-10.1
Currently Serving 7 1 5.9 0.7-34.6 3 37.3 11.0-74.0 2 34.3 8.4-74.8 1 22.5 3.3-71.2

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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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