SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-MALES

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

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,500 1,124 35.8 33.6-38.0 334 13.0 11.3-15.0 2,042 51.2 48.9-53.4
RACE
White 2,795 876 36.2 33.8-38.7 206 9.5 7.9-11.5 1,713 54.3 51.8-56.8
African American 491 181 37.4 31.9-43.3 81 21.9 16.2-28.9 229 40.7 35.2-46.6
Asian 7 1 20.5 2.9-69.1 3 42.6 12.3-79.7 3 36.9 9.8-75.9
Native American 68 31 47.7 33.7-62.0 8 13.6 6.2-27.1 29 38.8 25.8-53.6
Other Minorities 127 33 26.1 15.9-39.8 35 30.1 20.8-41.3 59 43.8 32.4-55.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 144 38 22.4 15.6-31.3 42 33.8 24.8-44.3 64 43.7 33.8-54.1
-English Speaking 41 11 25.9 12.9-45.2 8 24.3 11.1-45.4 22 49.8 32.0-67.6
-Spanish Speaking 103 27 21.6 14.0-31.8 34 36.2 25.6-48.3 42 42.2 30.8-54.5
Non-Hispanic 3,353 1,085 36.9 34.7-39.2 291 11.3 9.6-13.2 1,977 51.8 49.5-54.1
AGE
18-24 117 57 49.0 37.8-60.3 30 30.2 20.3-42.4 30 20.8 13.6-30.4
25-34 389 183 45.3 39.4-51.4 80 20.5 16.0-25.9 126 34.2 28.6-40.2
35-44 525 253 45.9 40.9-51.0 77 16.1 12.5-20.5 195 38.0 33.2-43.0
45-54 707 304 41.1 36.8-45.5 57 8.4 6.2-11.2 346 50.5 46.1-55.0
55-64 767 189 23.9 20.5-27.7 51 6.9 5.0- 9.4 527 69.2 65.2-73.0
65-74 578 91 16.7 13.3-20.9 29 4.5 3.0- 6.7 458 78.7 74.4-82.5
75+ 406 43 10.3 7.4-14.1 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3 354 87.6 83.6-90.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 688 266 41.5 36.2-47.0 70 15.2 10.7-21.2 352 43.3 38.0-48.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 403 39.2 35.2-43.4 115 14.5 11.4-18.1 627 46.3 42.4-50.3
Some Post-H.S. 803 269 37.7 33.4-42.2 74 10.9 8.0-14.7 460 51.4 46.9-55.9
College Graduate 856 181 23.1 19.7-26.8 75 11.1 8.6-14.2 600 65.8 61.7-69.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 390 142 40.0 33.2-47.1 48 14.5 10.0-20.5 200 45.6 38.8-52.5
$15,000- 24,999 645 234 38.5 33.4-43.7 77 16.7 12.8-21.6 334 44.8 39.6-50.1
$25,000- 34,999 479 191 46.1 39.5-52.9 32 8.3 5.4-12.5 256 45.6 39.3-52.1
$35,000- 49,999 518 177 39.9 34.3-45.8 43 11.3 6.8-18.1 298 48.8 43.0-54.6
$50,000-74,999 482 139 32.2 27.1-37.8 50 12.9 9.3-17.5 293 54.9 49.3-60.4
$75,000+ 553 124 25.9 21.5-30.9 40 8.8 6.0-12.7 389 65.2 60.0-70.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,266 397 38.1 34.1-42.2 114 10.8 8.6-13.6 755 51.1 47.2-55.0
No 2,133 692 34.8 32.2-37.6 207 13.9 11.6-16.6 1,234 51.3 48.4-54.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,380 335 28.5 25.3-31.9 75 7.0 5.1- 9.5 970 64.5 61.0-67.9
Non-Veteran 2,112 784 39.1 36.2-42.0 259 15.9 13.6-18.6 1,069 45.0 42.2-47.9

Back to Tobacco Use.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16AUG06.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook