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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 17,183 13,641 77.4 76.5-78.3 3,542 22.6 21.7-23.5
GENDER
Male 6,158 4,700 74.4 72.8-75.9 1,458 25.6 24.1-27.2
Female 11,025 8,941 80.2 79.2-81.1 2,084 19.8 18.9-20.8
RACE
White 12,962 10,258 76.8 75.8-77.8 2,704 23.2 22.2-24.2
African American 3,023 2,410 77.7 75.3-79.8 613 22.3 20.2-24.7
Asian 116 106 91.8 84.0-96.0 10 8.2 4.0-16.0
Native American 295 206 66.4 58.9-73.1 89 33.6 26.9-41.1
Other Minorities 727 612 82.4 77.8-86.3 115 17.6 13.7-22.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 876 746 83.9 80.3-86.9 130 16.1 13.1-19.7
-English Speaking 265 214 79.5 72.3-85.2 51 20.5 14.8-27.7
-Spanish Speaking 611 532 85.1 80.9-88.5 79 14.9 11.5-19.1
Non-Hispanic 16,292 12,883 76.7 75.8-77.7 3,409 23.3 22.3-24.2
AGE
18-24 817 603 71.8 67.4-75.8 214 28.2 24.2-32.6
25-34 2,394 1,761 72.6 70.2-74.8 633 27.4 25.2-29.8
35-44 3,187 2,394 75.4 73.5-77.2 793 24.6 22.8-26.5
45-54 3,325 2,465 74.1 72.2-75.8 860 25.9 24.2-27.8
55-64 3,133 2,514 80.4 78.7-82.1 619 19.6 17.9-21.3
65-74 2,369 2,068 87.7 86.0-89.2 301 12.3 10.8-14.0
75+ 1,869 1,759 94.2 92.9-95.3 110 5.8 4.7- 7.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,715 2,055 71.7 68.9-74.3 660 28.3 25.7-31.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,184 3,836 71.0 69.1-72.8 1,348 29.0 27.2-30.9
Some Post-H.S. 4,184 3,259 76.8 75.0-78.6 925 23.2 21.4-25.0
College Graduate 5,063 4,461 87.8 86.6-88.9 602 12.2 11.1-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,070 1,533 71.6 68.7-74.4 537 28.4 25.6-31.3
$15,000- 24,999 3,084 2,288 70.9 68.4-73.2 796 29.1 26.8-31.6
$25,000- 34,999 2,111 1,577 71.9 68.9-74.8 534 28.1 25.2-31.1
$35,000- 49,999 2,344 1,823 75.7 73.2-78.1 521 24.3 21.9-26.8
$50,000-74,999 2,235 1,843 81.9 79.7-83.9 392 18.1 16.1-20.3
$75,000+ 2,788 2,438 86.0 84.2-87.6 350 14.0 12.4-15.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,383 4,079 72.1 70.3-73.9 1,304 27.9 26.1-29.7
No 11,325 9,191 79.4 78.3-80.5 2,134 20.6 19.5-21.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,306 1,850 77.2 74.7-79.5 456 22.8 20.5-25.3
Non-Veteran 14,848 11,770 77.4 76.4-78.4 3,078 22.6 21.6-23.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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.

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