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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-WHITES

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 12,962 2,162 18.4 17.5-19.4 542 4.8 4.2- 5.4 3,787 26.3 25.3-27.2 6,471 50.5 49.4-51.7
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 515 120 24.3 20.0-29.3 38 7.3 4.8-11.0 56 8.9 6.5-12.1 301 59.4 54.0-64.6
25-34 1,553 351 23.6 21.1-26.4 108 6.8 5.4- 8.6 269 17.9 15.6-20.4 825 51.7 48.6-54.7
35-44 2,267 486 20.5 18.6-22.6 110 5.4 4.3- 6.7 434 19.3 17.4-21.4 1,237 54.8 52.3-57.2
45-54 2,500 545 21.7 19.8-23.8 108 4.2 3.4- 5.3 657 26.8 24.7-28.9 1,190 47.3 44.9-49.7
55-64 2,497 379 14.7 13.1-16.5 99 3.8 3.0- 4.8 887 37.6 35.3-39.9 1,132 44.0 41.6-46.3
65-74 1,963 201 9.8 8.3-11.5 54 2.3 1.7- 3.1 836 43.9 41.3-46.5 872 44.0 41.4-46.6
75+ 1,610 72 4.2 3.2- 5.4 23 1.5 1.0- 2.4 632 42.1 39.2-45.0 883 52.2 49.3-55.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,633 391 31.1 27.7-34.8 69 4.8 3.4- 6.7 475 23.5 21.0-26.3 698 40.5 36.8-44.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,834 828 23.8 22.0-25.8 175 5.7 4.6- 7.1 1,142 27.3 25.5-29.2 1,689 43.1 41.0-45.3
Some Post-H.S. 3,260 580 18.8 17.0-20.7 158 5.2 4.2- 6.5 993 27.8 25.9-29.8 1,529 48.2 45.9-50.6
College Graduate 4,210 357 8.5 7.5- 9.7 140 3.6 3.0- 4.5 1,170 25.1 23.6-26.7 2,543 62.8 60.9-64.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,257 271 24.8 21.4-28.6 68 5.2 3.9- 6.8 377 24.8 21.7-28.1 541 45.2 41.2-49.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,996 460 27.6 24.7-30.7 103 6.3 4.7- 8.2 581 25.2 22.7-27.8 852 40.9 37.8-44.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,541 347 25.8 22.8-29.1 62 4.3 3.1- 6.0 433 25.3 22.7-28.2 699 44.6 41.2-48.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,904 348 19.8 17.5-22.2 77 4.1 3.1- 5.3 537 26.4 24.1-28.9 942 49.7 46.9-52.6
$50,000-74,999 1,917 275 14.5 12.6-16.7 76 4.5 3.4- 5.9 564 26.1 23.9-28.6 1,002 54.8 51.9-57.7
$75,000+ 2,460 221 10.1 8.7-11.8 89 3.9 3.1- 5.1 713 27.1 25.1-29.2 1,437 58.8 56.4-61.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,980 784 23.3 21.4-25.3 196 5.6 4.6- 6.7 1,341 30.7 28.9-32.6 1,659 40.4 38.3-42.5
No 8,695 1,329 16.6 15.6-17.7 331 4.4 3.8- 5.1 2,369 24.6 23.5-25.7 4,666 54.4 53.0-55.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,885 296 18.3 15.9-20.9 63 4.1 2.9- 6.0 886 43.0 40.2-45.8 640 34.6 31.9-37.5
Non-Veteran 11,063 1,863 18.4 17.4-19.5 479 4.9 4.3- 5.5 2,897 23.4 22.4-24.4 5,824 53.3 52.0-54.6

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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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