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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-FEMALES

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%)
TOTAL 11,025 1,620 15.5 14.6-16.4 464 4.3 3.9- 4.8 2,544 20.5 19.6-21.5 6,397 59.6 58.4-60.8
RACE
White 8,197 1,286 17.0 15.9-18.1 336 4.3 3.8- 4.9 2,074 22.8 21.8-24.0 4,501 55.8 54.5-57.2
African American 2,115 249 11.7 10.1-13.6 102 4.7 3.7- 6.0 380 16.2 14.5-18.2 1,384 67.3 64.8-69.8
Asian 74 3 4.0 1.2-13.1 3 2.6 0.7- 9.1 7 6.8 2.8-15.7 61 86.5 76.1-92.9
Native American 185 44 28.9 20.4-39.3 6 2.9 1.0- 7.9 32 14.7 9.4-22.2 103 53.5 43.8-62.9
Other Minorities 416 32 7.0 4.4-11.1 15 3.7 2.1- 6.6 48 8.8 6.0-12.8 321 80.4 75.2-84.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 516 30 5.0 3.1- 7.8 20 3.9 2.4- 6.3 60 9.0 6.5-12.3 406 82.2 77.8-85.8
-English Speaking 175 23 13.5 8.0-21.9 9 5.6 2.6-11.6 35 16.0 10.9-23.0 108 64.9 55.6-73.2
-Spanish Speaking 341 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7 11 3.2 1.7- 6.0 25 6.1 3.6-10.3 298 89.1 84.4-92.5
Non-Hispanic 10,497 1,589 16.3 15.4-17.3 444 4.4 3.9- 4.9 2,481 21.4 20.5-22.4 5,983 57.9 56.6-59.1
AGE
18-24 521 93 19.4 15.4-24.1 34 5.2 3.5- 7.5 40 7.4 5.1-10.6 354 68.0 62.9-72.8
25-34 1,531 283 19.2 16.9-21.7 87 5.4 4.3- 6.9 201 13.1 11.3-15.2 960 62.3 59.4-65.2
35-44 2,033 373 17.3 15.5-19.3 90 4.6 3.7- 5.8 337 17.4 15.5-19.5 1,233 60.7 58.1-63.1
45-54 2,095 390 18.6 16.6-20.7 109 5.1 4.0- 6.3 508 23.6 21.5-25.8 1,088 52.8 50.2-55.4
55-64 1,972 290 14.6 12.8-16.6 89 4.4 3.4- 5.5 561 27.5 25.3-29.9 1,032 53.5 50.9-56.1
65-74 1,523 145 8.5 7.0-10.2 36 2.0 1.4- 2.9 523 33.3 30.5-36.1 819 56.3 53.3-59.2
75+ 1,284 40 2.6 1.9- 3.7 18 1.6 1.0- 2.6 359 29.3 26.3-32.4 867 66.5 63.3-69.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,683 265 18.9 16.2-21.9 59 4.0 2.9- 5.6 354 16.0 14.2-18.1 1,005 61.0 57.8-64.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,357 672 21.4 19.7-23.3 158 4.7 3.9- 5.6 756 20.4 18.8-22.2 1,771 53.4 51.2-55.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,832 444 15.8 14.1-17.7 138 5.1 4.2- 6.2 723 24.0 22.1-26.0 1,527 55.1 52.7-57.5
College Graduate 3,128 237 7.3 6.2- 8.5 109 3.5 2.8- 4.3 707 19.9 18.4-21.6 2,075 69.3 67.4-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,509 272 19.5 16.8-22.5 75 4.9 3.8- 6.5 369 18.9 16.8-21.3 793 56.6 53.2-60.0
$15,000- 24,999 2,063 384 21.7 19.2-24.5 101 5.2 4.1- 6.6 450 18.9 16.8-21.0 1,128 54.2 51.3-57.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,334 244 20.0 17.2-23.0 67 4.7 3.5- 6.5 276 18.6 16.2-21.2 747 56.7 53.3-60.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,415 238 16.5 14.3-18.8 63 4.6 3.4- 6.1 319 21.7 19.3-24.4 795 57.2 54.1-60.3
$50,000-74,999 1,320 163 12.0 10.1-14.3 40 3.1 2.2- 4.4 334 24.3 21.7-27.2 783 60.5 57.3-63.6
$75,000+ 1,575 127 8.7 7.1-10.6 59 4.2 3.1- 5.6 376 22.3 20.0-24.7 1,013 64.8 62.0-67.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,527 626 19.4 17.7-21.2 167 5.0 4.2- 6.1 946 23.8 22.1-25.6 1,788 51.8 49.6-53.9
No 7,208 951 13.8 12.7-14.9 284 4.1 3.5- 4.7 1,552 19.4 18.4-20.6 4,421 62.7 61.3-64.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 224 34 14.8 9.9-21.5 12 4.8 2.5- 8.8 48 23.5 17.0-31.6 130 57.0 48.6-65.0
Non-Veteran 10,786 1,584 15.5 14.6-16.5 451 4.3 3.9- 4.8 2,493 20.5 19.6-21.4 6,258 59.7 58.5-60.9

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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.

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