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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

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 15,569 2,424 17.0 16.1-17.9 709 5.1 4.6- 5.6 4,272 24.1 23.2-25.0 8,164 53.9 52.7-55.0
GENDER
Male 5,685 1,033 19.4 18.0-21.0 279 5.9 5.0- 6.8 1,994 27.9 26.4-29.4 2,379 46.8 45.0-48.6
Female 9,884 1,391 14.7 13.7-15.7 430 4.3 3.8- 4.9 2,278 20.5 19.5-21.5 5,785 60.5 59.2-61.8
RACE
White 11,741 1,881 18.0 16.9-19.0 470 4.5 3.9- 5.0 3,490 26.4 25.4-27.5 5,900 51.2 49.9-52.5
African American 2,578 372 16.1 14.2-18.2 154 6.0 4.7- 7.6 535 18.0 16.2-19.9 1,517 59.9 57.3-62.4
Asian 106 4 2.4 0.7- 8.2 3 2.2 0.5- 8.4 18 9.5 5.2-16.7 81 85.9 77.3-91.6
Native American 299 89 37.4 29.4-46.2 18 4.7 2.6- 8.4 70 21.2 15.5-28.3 122 36.7 29.5-44.5
Other Minorities 778 71 9.7 7.0-13.3 61 8.8 6.4-12.1 141 19.2 15.8-23.2 505 62.3 57.5-66.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 815 57 7.6 5.2-11.0 63 8.5 6.2-11.7 153 20.3 16.8-24.2 542 63.6 59.0-68.1
-English Speaking 311 31 10.4 6.3-16.5 21 5.8 3.5- 9.4 68 21.7 16.2-28.3 191 62.2 54.7-69.1
-Spanish Speaking 503 26 6.6 3.9-11.0 42 9.5 6.5-13.7 85 19.8 15.6-24.7 350 64.1 58.3-69.5
Non-Hispanic 14,719 2,365 18.0 17.1-18.9 645 4.7 4.2- 5.3 4,099 24.4 23.5-25.3 7,610 52.9 51.7-54.0
AGE
18-24 625 135 21.7 18.0-25.9 37 6.1 4.2- 8.8 57 9.8 7.2-13.1 396 62.5 57.6-67.0
25-34 1,862 341 19.4 17.1-22.0 131 7.0 5.7- 8.5 258 15.9 13.8-18.2 1,132 57.7 54.8-60.6
35-44 2,662 501 18.0 16.3-19.9 129 4.7 3.8- 5.9 442 17.6 15.8-19.6 1,590 59.6 57.3-61.9
45-54 3,083 608 19.6 17.9-21.5 175 6.1 4.9- 7.5 782 25.9 24.0-27.8 1,518 48.5 46.3-50.7
55-64 3,084 493 15.5 14.0-17.0 131 4.1 3.3- 5.1 1,063 35.7 33.6-37.8 1,397 44.7 42.5-46.9
65-74 2,355 265 10.9 9.5-12.5 75 2.9 2.2- 3.8 979 43.6 41.2-46.1 1,036 42.5 40.1-45.0
75+ 1,786 65 3.5 2.7- 4.7 28 1.7 1.1- 2.7 664 38.2 35.5-41.0 1,029 56.5 53.7-59.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,380 465 22.7 20.1-25.6 153 6.9 5.5- 8.6 675 23.8 21.5-26.2 1,087 46.6 43.6-49.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,719 897 21.3 19.6-23.1 226 5.7 4.7- 6.8 1,278 24.2 22.6-25.9 2,318 48.9 46.8-51.0
Some Post-H.S. 3,845 697 19.5 17.7-21.4 168 5.0 4.0- 6.3 1,059 24.1 22.3-26.0 1,921 51.4 49.1-53.7
College Graduate 4,585 359 7.4 6.4- 8.4 160 3.6 2.9- 4.4 1,250 24.1 22.6-25.7 2,816 64.9 63.2-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,772 374 23.7 20.5-27.3 127 8.8 6.6-11.6 466 22.5 19.9-25.3 805 45.0 41.4-48.6
$15,000- 24,999 2,576 486 21.3 19.0-23.8 140 6.2 5.0- 7.7 704 24.9 22.5-27.4 1,246 47.6 44.7-50.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,868 341 19.5 17.0-22.2 87 5.2 3.9- 6.9 507 23.7 21.3-26.4 933 51.6 48.5-54.8
$35,000- 49,999 2,196 404 19.3 17.1-21.7 87 4.5 3.5- 5.9 591 23.9 21.6-26.4 1,114 52.2 49.3-55.1
$50,000-74,999 2,013 302 17.6 15.1-20.3 72 4.0 2.9- 5.4 577 26.0 23.6-28.5 1,062 52.5 49.5-55.4
$75,000+ 2,835 249 9.2 7.8-10.7 95 4.1 3.1- 5.4 814 25.8 23.9-27.9 1,677 60.9 58.6-63.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,600 992 21.1 19.5-22.9 285 5.7 4.9- 6.6 1,824 29.1 27.5-30.7 2,499 44.1 42.2-45.9
No 9,479 1,362 15.1 14.1-16.1 394 4.8 4.2- 5.5 2,351 22.2 21.1-23.4 5,372 57.9 56.5-59.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,265 379 19.0 16.9-21.3 87 5.3 4.0- 7.2 1,043 40.9 38.4-43.5 756 34.8 32.2-37.4
Non-Veteran 13,273 2,039 16.6 15.7-17.6 617 5.0 4.5- 5.6 3,227 21.4 20.5-22.4 7,390 56.9 55.7-58.1

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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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