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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-FEMALES

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 9,464 3,820 38.3 37.1-39.5 5,644 61.7 60.5-62.9
RACE
White 7,034 3,057 41.8 40.3-43.2 3,977 58.2 56.8-59.7
African American 1,796 576 31.0 28.4-33.7 1,220 69.0 66.3-71.6
Asian 49 5 8.7 3.3-20.8 44 91.3 79.2-96.7
Native American 200 93 48.0 39.0-57.2 107 52.0 42.8-61.0
Other Minorities 323 66 16.6 12.6-21.5 257 83.4 78.5-87.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 367 83 19.2 15.1-24.1 284 80.8 75.9-84.9
-English Speaking 178 67 35.9 28.0-44.7 111 64.1 55.3-72.0
-Spanish Speaking 189 16 7.6 4.4-12.7 173 92.4 87.3-95.6
Non-Hispanic 9,084 3,733 39.3 38.0-40.5 5,351 60.7 59.5-62.0
AGE
18-24 505 153 27.2 22.9-32.0 352 72.8 68.0-77.1
25-34 1,497 507 31.4 28.7-34.3 990 68.6 65.7-71.3
35-44 1,726 704 37.6 34.8-40.4 1,022 62.4 59.6-65.2
45-54 1,752 827 45.0 42.1-47.9 925 55.0 52.1-57.9
55-64 1,547 736 46.3 43.3-49.4 811 53.7 50.6-56.7
65-74 1,304 546 40.5 37.3-43.8 758 59.5 56.2-62.7
75+ 1,077 332 30.3 27.1-33.8 745 69.7 66.2-72.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,522 641 41.7 38.7-44.9 881 58.3 55.1-61.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,837 1,239 42.1 39.9-44.4 1,598 57.9 55.6-60.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,455 1,056 40.2 37.8-42.6 1,399 59.8 57.4-62.2
College Graduate 2,636 879 30.9 28.9-33.1 1,757 69.1 66.9-71.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,226 585 48.8 45.3-52.4 641 51.2 47.6-54.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,709 749 40.6 37.8-43.5 960 59.4 56.5-62.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,061 442 40.5 36.8-44.2 619 59.5 55.8-63.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,145 522 44.8 41.4-48.3 623 55.2 51.7-58.6
$50,000-74,999 1,007 360 34.1 30.7-37.7 647 65.9 62.3-69.3
$75,000+ 1,118 370 30.4 27.3-33.6 748 69.6 66.4-72.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,142 1,497 47.0 44.8-49.2 1,645 53.0 50.8-55.2
No 6,084 2,235 34.4 33.0-35.9 3,849 65.6 64.1-67.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 81 50.3 40.8-59.7 84 49.7 40.3-59.2
Non-Veteran 9,258 3,728 38.1 36.9-39.3 5,530 61.9 60.7-63.1
Currently Serving 35 9 18.7 9.1-34.6 26 81.3 65.4-90.9

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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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