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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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%)
North Carolina 15,003 2,578 17.2 16.5-18.0 755 5.3 4.8- 5.8 3,575 23.3 22.5-24.1 8,095 54.2 53.2-55.2
-Piedmont NC 8,338 1,361 15.9 14.9-16.9 401 4.9 4.3- 5.6 1,985 23.1 21.9-24.2 4,591 56.2 54.8-57.5
GENDER
Male 3,110 564 17.4 15.8-19.1 167 5.7 4.7- 6.8 935 27.9 26.0-29.8 1,444 49.1 46.9-51.3
Female 5,228 797 14.4 13.3-15.6 234 4.2 3.6- 4.9 1,050 18.5 17.3-19.8 3,147 62.9 61.2-64.5
RACE
White 6,453 1,094 16.9 15.8-18.1 259 3.8 3.2- 4.4 1,687 25.8 24.5-27.2 3,413 53.5 52.0-55.0
African American 1,345 210 15.8 13.5-18.4 98 6.9 5.4- 8.7 237 18.2 15.7-21.0 800 59.1 55.8-62.4
Other Minorities 72 4 5.2 1.8-14.2 5 6.7 2.5-16.7 2 4.3 1.0-16.3 61 83.8 71.5-91.5
AGE
18-24 418 75 18.2 14.1-23.2 27 6.7 4.1-10.9 43 7.8 5.3-11.3 273 67.3 61.4-72.7
25-34 1,365 244 17.3 14.9-19.9 90 7.0 5.3- 9.1 171 12.1 10.1-14.4 860 63.7 60.4-66.8
35-44 1,640 327 18.8 16.5-21.2 84 5.2 4.0- 6.8 266 15.8 13.7-18.1 963 60.3 57.3-63.2
45-54 1,564 308 17.3 15.2-19.6 85 5.2 4.0- 6.7 376 23.8 21.3-26.6 795 53.7 50.6-56.7
55-64 1,399 235 16.6 14.3-19.3 64 3.8 2.8- 5.2 452 33.6 30.4-36.9 648 45.9 42.6-49.3
65-74 1,066 115 9.9 7.9-12.4 33 2.9 1.9- 4.5 401 41.8 38.0-45.6 517 45.4 41.6-49.2
75+ 836 54 5.5 4.1- 7.5 14 1.4 0.7- 2.5 266 35.5 31.4-39.8 502 57.6 53.3-61.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,319 304 24.0 21.1-27.1 77 7.4 5.4- 9.9 297 22.4 19.6-25.5 641 46.3 42.7-49.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,312 526 23.4 21.3-25.7 123 5.1 4.0- 6.4 533 22.4 20.4-24.6 1,130 49.1 46.4-51.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,008 338 16.0 14.1-18.2 114 5.4 4.3- 6.8 485 23.3 21.1-25.6 1,071 55.3 52.6-58.1
College Graduate 2,685 190 6.4 5.4- 7.5 87 3.4 2.7- 4.4 667 23.7 21.8-25.8 1,741 66.5 64.2-68.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 849 217 26.1 22.4-30.3 50 7.5 5.1-10.9 190 21.8 18.4-25.6 392 44.6 39.9-49.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,295 277 20.8 18.0-23.8 89 7.7 5.8-10.0 283 21.2 18.4-24.3 646 50.4 46.8-54.0
$25,000- 34,999 911 183 21.9 18.6-25.7 47 5.3 3.7- 7.7 202 20.7 17.7-24.0 479 52.0 47.9-56.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,085 200 18.8 16.1-21.9 57 5.5 4.0- 7.4 271 25.4 22.3-28.7 557 50.4 46.7-54.0
$50,000-74,999 1,076 139 12.7 10.5-15.3 42 4.1 2.8- 5.8 278 25.5 22.5-28.8 617 57.8 54.1-61.3
$75,000+ 1,316 127 9.2 7.5-11.2 44 2.9 2.0- 4.1 325 23.5 20.8-26.4 820 64.5 61.2-67.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,463 503 21.6 19.6-23.8 141 5.6 4.4- 7.0 703 28.9 26.7-31.3 1,116 43.9 41.3-46.5
No 5,637 814 13.7 12.6-14.8 244 4.6 4.0- 5.4 1,231 20.9 19.6-22.3 3,348 60.8 59.2-62.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 992 174 17.2 14.5-20.2 42 3.6 2.5- 5.2 437 44.3 40.5-48.1 339 34.9 31.4-38.6
Non-Veteran 7,306 1,181 15.6 14.6-16.7 357 5.1 4.5- 5.9 1,541 19.6 18.5-20.8 4,227 59.6 58.1-61.0
Currently Serving 28 6 22.5 9.8-43.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.8 4 13.3 4.8-31.9 17 63.2 42.7-79.8

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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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