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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Smoking light cigarettes is safer than smoking regular cigarettes.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No Opinion
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,884 85 5.2 4.0- 6.6 294 14.2 12.4-16.1 1,015 54.8 52.0-57.6 346 19.7 17.5-22.1 144 6.1 5.1- 7.4
RACE
White 1,447 63 4.8 3.6- 6.4 240 14.8 12.8-17.0 782 55.9 52.7-59.0 256 18.9 16.4-21.6 106 5.6 4.5- 7.0
African American 322 17 6.7 3.7-11.8 36 10.1 6.9-14.4 176 53.2 46.3-60.0 73 23.6 18.1-30.1 20 6.4 3.9-10.2
Asian 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 59.5 11.7-94.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 40.5 5.8-88.3
Native American 59 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 9 20.2 9.0-39.3 30 49.0 33.3-64.9 9 18.8 8.7-35.8 10 11.4 5.1-23.7
Other Minorities 41 4 11.7 4.3-28.2 8 23.8 11.0-44.0 19 41.6 26.0-59.2 5 14.0 5.7-30.7 5 8.9 3.5-20.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 5 14.8 6.1-31.8 7 15.0 6.3-31.8 19 47.0 30.6-64.2 7 15.8 7.0-32.0 4 7.3 2.7-18.5
-English Speaking 30 1 5.9 0.8-31.9 6 15.7 6.2-34.4 15 54.7 34.7-73.3 6 17.9 7.5-37.0 2 5.8 1.4-20.8
-Spanish Speaking 12 4 30.9 11.0-61.8 1 13.8 2.0-55.8 4 33.1 11.3-65.8 1 12.1 1.7-52.1 2 10.1 2.3-35.0
Non-Hispanic 1,841 80 4.9 3.8- 6.4 287 14.2 12.4-16.1 996 55.1 52.2-57.9 339 19.8 17.6-22.3 139 6.1 5.0- 7.3
AGE
18-24 108 2 3.5 0.9-13.0 15 13.3 7.5-22.4 61 54.2 43.0-65.0 30 29.0 19.7-40.5 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 340 14 4.6 2.4- 8.4 35 11.1 7.7-15.8 195 56.4 50.1-62.6 85 24.9 19.9-30.7 11 3.0 1.6- 5.5
35-44 439 12 3.3 1.7- 6.0 64 12.7 9.5-16.8 262 58.4 52.5-64.1 90 23.2 18.4-28.9 11 2.4 1.2- 4.5
45-54 427 21 5.7 3.4- 9.5 72 15.3 11.6-19.9 238 56.9 51.0-62.7 64 15.5 11.5-20.5 32 6.6 4.5- 9.7
55-64 320 24 7.7 4.9-11.8 48 13.1 9.5-17.7 169 56.7 49.9-63.2 50 14.3 10.2-19.5 29 8.3 5.5-12.3
65-74 174 8 6.6 2.6-15.5 42 23.0 16.3-31.3 60 34.3 26.1-43.7 24 16.5 10.4-25.1 40 19.6 13.8-27.2
75+ 72 4 7.7 2.5-21.8 17 23.0 13.9-35.7 28 38.9 27.1-52.1 3 5.7 1.8-16.6 20 24.7 15.3-37.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 377 19 6.0 3.5- 9.9 69 17.3 13.0-22.6 179 48.7 42.5-54.9 58 16.7 12.4-22.0 52 11.4 8.4-15.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 674 35 5.3 3.6- 7.8 104 13.5 10.8-16.6 364 57.1 52.4-61.6 122 18.3 14.9-22.4 49 5.9 4.2- 8.1
Some Post-H.S. 531 24 5.5 3.4- 8.8 73 12.2 9.4-15.9 299 54.7 49.2-60.1 101 22.6 18.1-27.8 34 5.0 3.4- 7.2
College Graduate 301 7 3.3 1.4- 7.5 48 15.4 11.1-20.8 173 58.3 51.5-64.7 64 20.9 16.1-26.7 9 2.1 1.0- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 340 25 8.0 5.0-12.5 47 12.3 9.0-16.7 174 53.6 47.1-60.0 52 14.4 10.6-19.1 42 11.7 8.3-16.2
$15,000- 24,999 431 14 3.9 2.0- 7.4 62 13.2 9.9-17.5 241 58.7 53.0-64.2 78 17.8 13.9-22.5 36 6.4 4.5- 9.2
$25,000- 34,999 256 13 6.2 3.3-11.4 48 15.1 10.6-21.0 126 49.7 41.9-57.5 54 25.1 18.4-33.3 15 3.9 2.1- 7.1
$35,000- 49,999 247 10 6.0 2.9-11.9 40 16.2 11.4-22.4 135 51.7 44.2-59.1 51 22.1 16.3-29.2 11 4.1 2.2- 7.5
$50,000-74,999 148 5 3.6 1.4- 9.0 25 14.7 9.2-22.7 75 55.2 45.3-64.7 34 20.6 14.1-29.2 9 5.9 2.8-12.0
$75,000+ 136 6 3.6 1.5- 8.3 18 12.3 7.2-20.4 74 53.6 43.5-63.5 36 28.9 20.2-39.5 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 741 36 5.6 3.8- 8.4 125 14.7 12.0-17.8 379 53.5 49.0-57.9 132 18.5 15.2-22.2 69 7.8 5.9-10.2
No 1,111 48 4.8 3.5- 6.7 166 14.1 11.8-16.7 621 55.8 52.1-59.4 205 20.3 17.4-23.5 71 5.0 3.8- 6.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 43 1 3.5 0.5-21.2 4 10.0 3.5-25.2 26 66.7 48.6-80.9 11 18.5 9.1-33.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
Non-Veteran 1,834 83 5.2 4.0- 6.7 289 14.3 12.5-16.3 986 54.5 51.7-57.4 334 19.7 17.5-22.2 142 6.3 5.2- 7.5
Currently Serving 7 1 10.7 1.4-50.4 1 22.5 3.3-71.2 3 40.2 11.6-77.5 1 14.5 2.0-59.2 1 12.0 1.6-53.8

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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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