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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-FEMALES

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,628 1,620 38.4 36.5-40.2 464 10.7 9.7-11.9 2,544 50.9 49.0-52.7
RACE
White 3,696 1,286 38.5 36.4-40.6 336 9.8 8.6-11.1 2,074 51.7 49.7-53.8
African American 731 249 35.8 31.5-40.4 102 14.4 11.5-18.0 380 49.7 45.2-54.2
Asian 13 3 30.1 9.2-64.6 3 19.0 5.0-51.2 7 50.9 22.5-78.7
Native American 82 44 62.2 47.8-74.8 6 6.2 2.2-16.3 32 31.6 20.2-45.7
Other Minorities 95 32 35.8 23.7-50.1 15 19.1 10.9-31.4 48 45.1 32.3-58.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 110 30 28.0 18.4-40.1 20 21.7 13.6-32.8 60 50.3 38.6-61.9
-English Speaking 67 23 38.5 24.6-54.6 9 15.8 7.5-30.4 35 45.6 31.6-60.4
-Spanish Speaking 43 7 14.5 6.1-30.5 11 29.3 15.8-47.8 25 56.3 37.8-73.1
Non-Hispanic 4,514 1,589 38.7 36.9-40.6 444 10.4 9.3-11.6 2,481 50.9 49.0-52.7
AGE
18-24 167 93 60.8 51.6-69.2 34 16.2 11.0-23.1 40 23.1 16.2-31.8
25-34 571 283 50.9 46.1-55.7 87 14.4 11.4-18.0 201 34.7 30.4-39.4
35-44 800 373 43.9 39.9-48.0 90 11.8 9.4-14.7 337 44.3 40.2-48.5
45-54 1,007 390 39.3 35.7-43.0 109 10.7 8.6-13.3 508 50.0 46.3-53.7
55-64 940 290 31.4 27.9-35.2 89 9.4 7.4-11.8 561 59.2 55.3-62.9
65-74 704 145 19.4 16.2-23.0 36 4.6 3.2- 6.5 523 76.1 72.2-79.5
75+ 417 40 7.8 5.6-11.0 18 4.8 2.9- 7.8 359 87.4 83.5-90.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 678 265 48.4 43.3-53.7 59 10.4 7.5-14.2 354 41.2 36.5-46.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,586 672 46.0 42.9-49.2 158 10.1 8.4-12.0 756 43.9 40.8-47.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,305 444 35.3 31.9-38.8 138 11.3 9.3-13.7 723 53.4 49.9-56.9
College Graduate 1,053 237 23.8 20.6-27.2 109 11.3 9.1-13.9 707 65.0 61.3-68.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 716 272 44.9 40.1-49.9 75 11.4 8.7-14.7 369 43.7 39.1-48.3
$15,000- 24,999 935 384 47.4 43.0-51.9 101 11.4 9.0-14.3 450 41.2 37.1-45.4
$25,000- 34,999 587 244 46.1 40.9-51.4 67 11.0 8.1-14.7 276 42.9 37.9-48.1
$35,000- 49,999 620 238 38.5 34.1-43.1 63 10.7 8.1-14.0 319 50.8 46.1-55.4
$50,000-74,999 537 163 30.5 26.0-35.3 40 7.9 5.6-11.0 334 61.6 56.6-66.4
$75,000+ 562 127 24.8 20.7-29.4 59 11.9 9.0-15.7 376 63.3 58.4-67.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,739 626 40.2 37.2-43.3 167 10.5 8.7-12.5 946 49.4 46.4-52.4
No 2,787 951 37.0 34.6-39.4 284 10.9 9.5-12.4 1,552 52.2 49.8-54.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 94 34 34.3 23.5-47.0 12 11.1 5.8-20.0 48 54.6 42.0-66.7
Non-Veteran 4,528 1,584 38.5 36.6-40.3 451 10.7 9.6-11.9 2,493 50.8 48.9-52.7

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

^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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