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2007 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 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
GENDER
Male 5,326 924 19.4 17.6-21.2 253 5.9 4.9- 7.0 2,004 28.0 26.4-29.7 2,145 46.7 44.7-48.8
Female 9,408 1,405 15.9 14.8-17.1 392 4.7 4.1- 5.5 2,360 21.8 20.7-23.0 5,251 57.5 56.0-59.0
RACE
White 11,541 1,882 18.6 17.5-19.9 458 4.5 4.0- 5.2 3,647 27.2 26.1-28.4 5,554 49.6 48.2-51.0
African American 2,165 307 17.6 15.0-20.6 120 5.9 4.5- 7.6 507 19.3 17.2-21.6 1,231 57.2 54.0-60.3
Asian 104 7 9.6 3.6-23.5 6 7.4 2.5-20.0 19 23.9 14.0-37.6 72 59.1 45.4-71.6
Native American 275 64 26.6 19.7-35.0 13 5.7 2.7-11.6 67 23.8 16.9-32.5 131 43.9 35.7-52.3
Other Minorities 594 65 8.4 6.0-11.7 45 10.2 7.0-14.5 103 16.7 12.4-22.0 381 64.8 58.8-70.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 595 61 9.8 7.0-13.5 37 9.4 6.4-13.7 105 18.0 13.5-23.6 392 62.8 56.8-68.4
-English Speaking 237 41 20.7 14.0-29.5 7 3.6 1.5- 8.2 57 20.4 14.6-27.7 132 55.4 46.4-64.0
-Spanish Speaking 358 20 6.0 3.5-10.1 30 11.4 7.5-17.1 48 17.2 11.7-24.5 260 65.4 57.8-72.3
Non-Hispanic 14,102 2,266 18.3 17.2-19.4 606 4.9 4.4- 5.5 4,250 25.5 24.5-26.5 6,980 51.3 50.1-52.6
AGE
18-24 494 101 23.2 18.4-28.7 37 8.2 5.6-11.8 44 7.8 5.4-11.1 312 60.9 55.1-66.4
25-34 1,499 284 18.3 15.7-21.2 102 7.3 5.8- 9.3 260 18.9 16.2-22.0 853 55.5 52.0-58.9
35-44 2,337 467 19.7 17.7-21.9 107 4.7 3.8- 5.9 434 18.2 16.2-20.3 1,329 57.4 54.8-60.0
45-54 2,920 617 21.2 19.4-23.3 159 5.7 4.7- 6.9 739 24.8 22.9-26.9 1,405 48.2 45.9-50.6
55-64 3,058 500 15.8 14.3-17.5 123 4.0 3.2- 5.0 1,069 35.6 33.4-37.8 1,366 44.6 42.4-46.9
65-74 2,473 262 9.5 8.2-11.0 89 3.0 2.4- 3.9 1,077 45.8 43.4-48.3 1,045 41.6 39.2-44.1
75+ 1,865 87 5.4 4.1- 7.0 25 1.2 0.8- 1.8 721 40.7 37.8-43.6 1,032 52.8 49.8-55.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,123 490 26.8 23.6-30.2 101 5.2 3.8- 7.0 628 24.3 21.4-27.5 904 43.7 40.0-47.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,422 876 22.9 20.9-25.1 198 6.6 5.3- 8.1 1,269 23.0 21.4-24.8 2,079 47.5 45.2-49.8
Some Post-H.S. 3,801 631 18.2 16.2-20.5 217 6.1 5.1- 7.2 1,158 25.2 23.3-27.2 1,795 50.5 48.0-53.1
College Graduate 4,368 330 7.2 6.2- 8.3 129 3.4 2.7- 4.4 1,303 26.6 24.9-28.5 2,606 62.8 60.8-64.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,537 368 25.3 22.1-28.7 96 8.2 5.7-11.4 396 20.5 17.7-23.7 677 46.0 42.0-50.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,403 536 26.0 22.8-29.4 130 6.7 5.3- 8.4 726 24.0 21.5-26.7 1,011 43.3 40.0-46.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,611 282 21.0 18.0-24.4 70 5.4 3.9- 7.6 487 25.6 22.7-28.8 772 47.9 44.2-51.6
$35,000- 49,999 2,086 369 19.6 17.2-22.3 84 5.4 4.0- 7.3 623 25.5 23.0-28.2 1,010 49.5 46.3-52.6
$50,000-74,999 2,089 271 15.2 12.7-18.2 88 4.9 3.7- 6.5 688 28.2 25.6-30.9 1,042 51.7 48.5-54.9
$75,000+ 2,915 237 8.9 7.3-10.7 104 4.1 3.1- 5.2 882 26.3 24.2-28.4 1,692 60.8 58.3-63.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,283 1,017 24.1 22.1-26.2 258 5.8 4.9- 7.0 1,773 29.3 27.5-31.0 2,235 40.8 38.7-43.0
No 8,833 1,232 15.1 13.9-16.4 352 4.8 4.2- 5.6 2,445 23.3 22.1-24.6 4,804 56.8 55.2-58.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,171 340 18.2 15.5-21.2 82 4.1 3.1- 5.4 1,035 42.3 39.4-45.2 714 35.4 32.6-38.3
Non-Veteran 12,560 1,989 17.5 16.4-18.7 563 5.5 4.8- 6.2 3,329 22.1 21.1-23.2 6,679 54.9 53.5-56.2

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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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