SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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%)
North Carolina 14,734 2,329 17.6 16.6-18.7 645 5.3 4.7- 5.9 4,364 24.8 23.9-25.9 7,396 52.3 51.0-53.5
-Eastern NC 4,763 817 20.0 18.2-21.9 223 5.4 4.5- 6.4 1,316 22.1 20.6-23.6 2,407 52.5 50.4-54.7
GENDER
Male 1,633 335 23.7 20.6-27.1 79 5.9 4.4- 7.8 582 23.6 21.3-26.1 637 46.8 43.2-50.4
Female 3,130 482 16.5 14.7-18.4 144 4.9 4.0- 6.0 734 20.6 18.9-22.4 1,770 58.0 55.7-60.4
RACE
White 3,216 593 22.1 19.9-24.6 130 4.6 3.6- 5.7 979 25.6 23.6-27.6 1,514 47.8 45.1-50.4
African American 1,089 144 16.6 13.2-20.7 68 5.9 4.4- 8.0 239 16.5 14.2-19.2 638 60.9 56.7-65.0
Other Minorities 437 78 15.7 11.3-21.3 24 8.6 4.9-14.4 93 14.4 11.2-18.4 242 61.3 54.5-67.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 24 13.0 7.5-21.7 15 11.2 6.1-19.7 42 11.6 8.0-16.5 133 64.2 54.8-72.7
Non-Hispanic 4,532 792 20.7 18.8-22.7 207 4.8 4.0- 5.7 1,272 23.0 21.5-24.6 2,261 51.5 49.3-53.7
AGE
18-24 179 35 21.1 14.4-30.0 14 6.5 3.6-11.3 15 5.9 3.3-10.2 115 66.5 57.5-74.4
25-34 550 123 25.7 20.9-31.2 31 7.1 4.5-10.8 82 11.7 9.1-15.0 314 55.5 49.9-61.0
35-44 750 159 20.8 17.4-24.6 30 4.1 2.7- 6.3 152 19.6 16.4-23.3 409 55.5 50.9-59.9
45-54 933 214 25.2 21.8-29.0 63 7.2 5.4- 9.5 218 21.3 18.4-24.6 438 46.2 42.4-50.1
55-64 993 172 18.4 15.6-21.6 50 5.2 3.7- 7.2 333 34.2 30.8-37.8 438 42.2 38.6-45.8
65-74 780 90 10.7 8.4-13.5 27 3.1 2.0- 4.7 326 45.9 41.8-50.1 337 40.2 36.3-44.3
75+ 549 21 4.4 2.6- 7.4 7 1.1 0.5- 2.4 187 35.6 30.9-40.5 334 59.0 53.9-63.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 727 147 23.3 18.5-29.0 39 6.0 3.7- 9.6 184 19.3 15.9-23.2 357 51.4 45.1-57.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,541 329 24.8 21.5-28.4 63 5.5 3.9- 7.6 425 21.1 18.7-23.7 724 48.6 44.9-52.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,264 233 20.3 16.8-24.4 77 6.6 4.9- 8.7 348 20.5 17.9-23.4 606 52.6 48.4-56.8
College Graduate 1,224 108 10.6 8.4-13.2 44 3.5 2.4- 5.0 357 27.1 24.1-30.3 715 58.8 55.3-62.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 541 123 21.4 17.2-26.2 36 9.1 5.4-15.1 120 16.9 13.5-21.0 262 52.5 46.2-58.8
$15,000- 24,999 840 199 28.7 23.6-34.4 46 6.9 4.6-10.4 215 18.7 15.7-22.1 380 45.7 40.4-51.2
$25,000- 34,999 584 104 24.4 18.9-30.9 27 5.6 3.3- 9.2 187 26.6 22.1-31.6 266 43.5 37.8-49.3
$35,000- 49,999 660 128 24.3 19.8-29.6 32 5.5 3.6- 8.2 182 21.5 18.0-25.4 318 48.7 43.5-54.0
$50,000-74,999 654 87 12.8 10.0-16.3 34 5.4 3.7- 8.0 217 26.4 22.5-30.7 316 55.3 50.1-60.5
$75,000+ 792 87 13.0 10.1-16.6 26 3.5 2.1- 5.7 230 25.4 21.8-29.3 449 58.1 53.4-62.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,794 355 25.7 22.3-29.3 93 6.1 4.7- 7.9 574 27.4 24.8-30.3 772 40.8 37.2-44.5
No 2,775 431 17.2 15.1-19.5 123 5.3 4.1- 6.7 702 20.0 18.2-21.8 1,519 57.6 54.9-60.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 784 136 20.9 16.6-26.0 29 4.7 3.0- 7.3 338 35.7 31.7-40.0 281 38.7 34.2-43.3
Non-Veteran 3,978 681 19.8 17.9-21.9 194 5.5 4.5- 6.7 978 19.2 17.7-20.8 2,125 55.4 53.1-57.8

Back to Tobacco Use.

* 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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 06MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook