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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,734 7,338 47.7 46.5-49.0 7,396 52.3 51.0-53.5
-Eastern NC 4,763 2,356 47.5 45.3-49.6 2,407 52.5 50.4-54.7
GENDER
Male 1,633 996 53.2 49.6-56.8 637 46.8 43.2-50.4
Female 3,130 1,360 42.0 39.6-44.3 1,770 58.0 55.7-60.4
RACE
White 3,216 1,702 52.2 49.6-54.9 1,514 47.8 45.1-50.4
African American 1,089 451 39.1 35.0-43.3 638 60.9 56.7-65.0
Other Minorities 437 195 38.7 32.3-45.5 242 61.3 54.5-67.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 81 35.8 27.3-45.2 133 64.2 54.8-72.7
Non-Hispanic 4,532 2,271 48.5 46.3-50.7 2,261 51.5 49.3-53.7
AGE
18-24 179 64 33.5 25.6-42.5 115 66.5 57.5-74.4
25-34 550 236 44.5 39.0-50.1 314 55.5 49.9-61.0
35-44 750 341 44.5 40.1-49.1 409 55.5 50.9-59.9
45-54 933 495 53.8 49.9-57.6 438 46.2 42.4-50.1
55-64 993 555 57.8 54.2-61.4 438 42.2 38.6-45.8
65-74 780 443 59.8 55.7-63.7 337 40.2 36.3-44.3
75+ 549 215 41.0 36.2-46.1 334 59.0 53.9-63.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 727 370 48.6 42.4-54.9 357 51.4 45.1-57.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,541 817 51.4 47.6-55.1 724 48.6 44.9-52.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,264 658 47.4 43.2-51.6 606 52.6 48.4-56.8
College Graduate 1,224 509 41.2 37.7-44.7 715 58.8 55.3-62.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 541 279 47.5 41.2-53.8 262 52.5 46.2-58.8
$15,000- 24,999 840 460 54.3 48.8-59.6 380 45.7 40.4-51.2
$25,000- 34,999 584 318 56.5 50.7-62.2 266 43.5 37.8-49.3
$35,000- 49,999 660 342 51.3 46.0-56.5 318 48.7 43.5-54.0
$50,000-74,999 654 338 44.7 39.5-49.9 316 55.3 50.1-60.5
$75,000+ 792 343 41.9 37.3-46.6 449 58.1 53.4-62.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,794 1,022 59.2 55.5-62.8 772 40.8 37.2-44.5
No 2,775 1,256 42.4 39.8-45.1 1,519 57.6 54.9-60.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 784 503 61.3 56.7-65.8 281 38.7 34.2-43.3
Non-Veteran 3,978 1,853 44.6 42.2-46.9 2,125 55.4 53.1-57.8

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^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.

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