|
View results for a demographic group: |
Select a different topic: |
| View results for a different geographical area: |
|
| Total Respond.^ |
Regular | Lights | Ultra lights | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,175 | 1,145 | 38.7 | 36.5-40.9 | 1,460 | 45.1 | 42.9-47.3 | 570 | 16.2 | 14.7-17.9 |
| -Western NC | 389 | 124 | 34.5 | 28.8-40.6 | 192 | 48.5 | 42.3-54.7 | 73 | 17.0 | 12.9-22.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 165 | 72 | 40.9 | 32.2-50.1 | 75 | 47.2 | 38.1-56.4 | 18 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.8 |
| Female | 224 | 52 | 26.9 | 20.4-34.7 | 117 | 50.0 | 42.1-58.0 | 55 | 23.0 | 17.0-30.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 339 | 104 | 33.6 | 27.7-40.1 | 169 | 48.9 | 42.5-55.4 | 66 | 17.4 | 13.1-22.8 |
| African American | 21 | 11 | 55.3 | 31.6-76.7 | 9 | 35.9 | 17.5-59.6 | 1 | 8.9 | 1.3-42.4 |
| Other Minorities | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 30 | 18 | 58.9 | 38.7-76.5 | 12 | 41.1 | 23.5-61.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 57 | 16 | 32.7 | 18.6-50.9 | 31 | 52.5 | 35.1-69.3 | 10 | 14.8 | 6.3-30.8 |
| 35-44 | 96 | 29 | 30.3 | 20.3-42.6 | 54 | 52.8 | 40.4-64.8 | 13 | 16.9 | 8.9-29.7 |
| 45-54 | 85 | 26 | 35.0 | 23.4-48.7 | 40 | 46.8 | 34.2-59.8 | 19 | 18.2 | 10.7-29.2 |
| 55-64 | 65 | 15 | 22.0 | 12.6-35.5 | 35 | 49.5 | 35.4-63.7 | 15 | 28.5 | 16.7-44.3 |
| 65-74 | 44 | 16 | 36.8 | 21.6-55.1 | 16 | 45.5 | 28.6-63.5 | 12 | 17.7 | 8.8-32.3 |
| 75+ | 12 | 4 | 51.1 | 20.0-81.3 | 4 | 27.0 | 8.3-60.1 | 4 | 22.0 | 6.0-55.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 94 | 33 | 43.0 | 30.9-56.0 | 46 | 46.9 | 34.4-59.7 | 15 | 10.2 | 5.4-18.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 130 | 46 | 37.3 | 27.6-48.1 | 70 | 50.7 | 40.2-61.2 | 14 | 12.0 | 6.1-22.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 98 | 25 | 28.9 | 18.9-41.6 | 48 | 46.0 | 34.1-58.3 | 25 | 25.1 | 15.8-37.5 |
| College Graduate | 66 | 19 | 23.8 | 14.6-36.3 | 28 | 50.7 | 36.6-64.7 | 19 | 25.5 | 15.8-38.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 68 | 25 | 44.6 | 29.9-60.2 | 34 | 43.9 | 30.0-58.8 | 9 | 11.5 | 5.1-23.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 88 | 32 | 40.0 | 27.9-53.5 | 39 | 44.5 | 31.7-58.0 | 17 | 15.5 | 8.2-27.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 67 | 21 | 37.4 | 24.2-52.7 | 33 | 46.8 | 32.9-61.2 | 13 | 15.8 | 7.5-30.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 61 | 15 | 27.9 | 16.1-43.7 | 33 | 54.6 | 39.5-68.8 | 13 | 17.6 | 9.6-29.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 29 | 9 | 24.5 | 11.2-45.4 | 11 | 42.9 | 23.3-65.1 | 9 | 32.6 | 15.8-55.5 |
| $75,000+ | 16 | 8 | 42.0 | 18.4-69.9 | 6 | 48.9 | 22.0-76.3 | 2 | 9.1 | 2.1-31.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 152 | 43 | 32.6 | 23.9-42.7 | 69 | 44.8 | 35.2-54.7 | 40 | 22.6 | 15.6-31.6 |
| No | 233 | 79 | 35.5 | 28.3-43.4 | 121 | 50.6 | 42.6-58.5 | 33 | 13.9 | 9.1-20.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 47 | 20 | 34.8 | 21.0-51.7 | 24 | 60.9 | 43.9-75.7 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 340 | 104 | 34.7 | 28.6-41.4 | 166 | 46.3 | 39.8-52.9 | 70 | 19.0 | 14.4-24.8 |
| Currently Serving | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.
^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.
BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes
This page was generated on 12APR05.
