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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-MALES

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 6,158 1,124 18.8 17.5-20.1 334 6.8 5.9- 7.9 2,042 26.8 25.5-28.2 2,658 47.6 45.9-49.3
RACE
White 4,765 876 20.0 18.5-21.6 206 5.3 4.3- 6.4 1,713 30.0 28.4-31.6 1,970 44.8 42.9-46.7
African American 908 181 18.4 15.5-21.7 81 10.7 7.7-14.7 229 20.0 17.1-23.3 417 50.8 46.5-55.2
Asian 42 1 3.2 0.5-19.7 3 6.7 1.9-21.0 3 5.8 1.6-19.3 35 84.2 68.3-93.0
Native American 110 31 27.4 18.8-38.2 8 7.8 3.5-16.4 29 22.3 14.4-33.0 42 42.4 31.8-53.7
Other Minorities 311 33 10.3 6.0-17.0 35 11.8 8.1-16.9 59 17.2 12.3-23.4 184 60.8 53.2-67.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 360 38 8.5 5.8-12.3 42 12.9 9.1-17.9 64 16.6 12.3-22.2 216 61.9 55.4-68.1
-English Speaking 90 11 11.5 5.5-22.2 8 10.8 4.7-22.8 22 22.0 13.8-33.1 49 55.8 43.2-67.7
-Spanish Speaking 270 27 7.9 5.1-12.2 34 13.3 9.1-19.1 42 15.5 10.7-22.0 167 63.2 55.8-70.1
Non-Hispanic 5,795 1,085 20.0 18.6-21.4 291 6.1 5.2- 7.2 1,977 28.0 26.6-29.4 2,442 45.9 44.2-47.7
AGE
18-24 296 57 19.5 14.4-25.7 30 12.0 7.8-18.1 30 8.2 5.4-12.5 179 60.3 53.2-67.0
25-34 863 183 20.7 17.7-24.1 80 9.4 7.2-12.1 126 15.6 12.8-18.9 474 54.3 50.3-58.3
35-44 1,154 253 20.2 17.6-23.0 77 7.1 5.4- 9.2 195 16.7 14.3-19.4 629 56.0 52.6-59.4
45-54 1,230 304 23.6 20.9-26.5 57 4.8 3.6- 6.5 346 29.0 26.0-32.2 523 42.6 39.3-46.0
55-64 1,161 189 15.7 13.4-18.3 51 4.5 3.2- 6.2 527 45.4 42.0-48.9 394 34.4 31.2-37.7
65-74 846 91 11.4 9.0-14.4 29 3.1 2.1- 4.6 458 53.8 49.9-57.7 268 31.7 28.1-35.4
75+ 585 43 7.1 5.1- 9.8 9 1.4 0.7- 2.9 354 60.2 55.3-64.9 179 31.3 26.8-36.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,032 266 24.2 20.7-28.0 70 8.9 6.1-12.7 352 25.2 21.8-28.9 344 41.8 37.1-46.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,827 403 23.4 20.7-26.3 115 8.6 6.8-10.9 627 27.6 25.1-30.2 682 40.4 37.3-43.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,352 269 20.2 17.6-23.1 74 5.8 4.3- 8.0 460 27.5 24.7-30.5 549 46.4 42.9-50.1
College Graduate 1,935 181 9.3 7.8-11.0 75 4.5 3.4- 5.8 600 26.5 24.3-28.9 1,079 59.7 57.1-62.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 561 142 25.4 20.6-30.8 48 9.2 6.3-13.2 200 28.9 24.2-34.1 171 36.5 31.1-42.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,021 234 21.9 18.7-25.4 77 9.5 7.2-12.6 334 25.5 22.1-29.2 376 43.1 38.7-47.7
$25,000- 34,999 777 191 26.8 22.1-31.9 32 4.8 3.1- 7.4 256 26.5 22.7-30.7 298 42.0 37.0-47.0
$35,000- 49,999 929 177 21.4 18.1-25.1 43 6.1 3.6-10.0 298 26.2 22.9-29.7 411 46.4 42.2-50.6
$50,000-74,999 915 139 14.8 12.2-18.0 50 5.9 4.2- 8.2 293 25.3 22.2-28.7 433 53.9 49.7-58.1
$75,000+ 1,213 124 11.1 9.1-13.6 40 3.8 2.6- 5.6 389 28.0 25.2-31.0 660 57.0 53.7-60.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,856 397 25.0 22.1-28.2 114 7.1 5.6- 9.0 755 33.6 30.8-36.4 590 34.3 31.3-37.5
No 4,117 692 16.7 15.3-18.2 207 6.7 5.5- 8.1 1,234 24.6 23.0-26.2 1,984 52.0 50.0-54.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,082 335 18.5 16.3-21.0 75 4.5 3.3- 6.2 970 42.0 39.4-44.7 702 34.9 32.3-37.6
Non-Veteran 4,062 784 18.7 17.2-20.4 259 7.6 6.5- 9.0 1,069 21.6 20.1-23.2 1,950 52.0 49.9-54.1

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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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