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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 <10 cigarettes/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,777 779 31.9 29.0-34.9 813 29.3 26.6-32.1 837 26.2 23.9-28.8 348 12.6 10.7-14.7
GENDER
Male 1,091 267 31.8 27.3-36.6 272 26.6 22.6-31.1 353 25.7 22.1-29.7 199 15.9 12.8-19.5
Female 1,686 512 31.9 28.7-35.4 541 32.4 29.1-35.9 484 26.9 24.1-29.9 149 8.7 6.9-11.1
RACE
White 2,202 506 23.1 20.4-25.9 651 30.2 27.1-33.5 729 30.9 28.0-34.0 316 15.8 13.4-18.7
African American 384 189 52.4 44.4-60.2 112 29.3 22.8-36.6 66 14.5 10.3-20.0 17 3.9 2.2- 6.9
Asian 11 3 16.8 3.7-51.1 5 43.9 12.7-80.8 3 39.4 9.1-80.9 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 73 17 24.9 12.6-43.1 24 30.1 18.3-45.3 23 30.0 18.0-45.6 9 15.0 6.4-31.3
Other Minorities 101 62 76.1 64.6-84.7 21 18.9 11.1-30.4 14 4.2 2.2- 7.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 89 56 73.1 60.1-83.1 18 15.5 8.4-26.9 11 6.5 2.4-16.3 4 4.9 1.4-15.8
-English Speaking 44 17 39.4 22.8-58.9 15 30.2 15.4-50.6 8 15.6 4.9-40.0 4 14.8 4.4-39.8
-Spanish Speaking 45 39 89.7 75.5-96.1 3 8.3 2.6-23.6 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,684 723 29.0 26.2-32.0 794 30.2 27.5-33.2 825 27.7 25.2-30.4 342 13.0 11.1-15.3
AGE
18-24 124 55 42.5 31.9-53.9 46 33.5 23.7-44.9 14 13.8 7.1-25.1 9 10.2 4.6-21.0
25-34 355 140 41.7 34.4-49.3 119 32.1 25.8-39.1 74 19.0 14.4-24.7 22 7.2 4.2-12.1
35-44 535 136 27.1 22.4-32.4 161 28.5 23.9-33.5 172 29.1 24.5-34.1 66 15.4 11.5-20.2
45-54 726 181 25.3 21.4-29.6 198 26.3 22.1-30.9 232 32.1 27.9-36.6 115 16.3 13.0-20.3
55-64 593 129 21.2 17.4-25.6 163 26.0 21.9-30.6 206 36.9 32.0-42.1 95 15.8 12.4-20.0
65-74 328 96 28.5 22.7-35.2 90 28.2 22.6-34.5 105 32.3 26.4-38.8 37 11.0 7.3-16.1
75+ 107 40 34.3 23.7-46.7 32 29.9 20.2-41.7 31 30.8 20.2-43.7 4 5.1 1.6-15.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 547 137 29.0 23.0-35.9 160 26.5 21.3-32.3 158 24.0 19.4-29.3 92 20.5 14.7-27.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,004 248 28.4 23.9-33.3 296 30.7 26.1-35.7 325 28.8 24.4-33.6 135 12.1 9.7-15.0
Some Post-H.S. 786 233 33.2 27.5-39.4 235 29.9 24.7-35.7 229 26.2 22.0-30.9 89 10.7 7.8-14.5
College Graduate 438 161 42.9 36.5-49.7 122 28.8 23.2-35.2 123 22.4 18.1-27.4 32 5.8 3.7- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 430 101 30.9 23.4-39.5 138 27.7 22.2-34.0 119 22.3 17.4-28.1 72 19.1 14.0-25.5
$15,000- 24,999 626 186 33.7 27.0-41.1 158 26.5 21.1-32.8 199 24.2 19.6-29.4 83 15.6 10.6-22.5
$25,000- 34,999 334 89 35.1 27.1-44.0 105 29.4 23.1-36.7 104 25.1 19.7-31.4 36 10.4 6.5-16.2
$35,000- 49,999 432 112 29.0 22.9-36.0 120 28.8 22.8-35.5 145 30.5 24.9-36.7 55 11.8 8.1-16.9
$50,000-74,999 337 94 26.5 20.2-33.9 107 33.3 24.8-43.0 101 30.4 23.1-39.0 35 9.8 6.2-15.3
$75,000+ 320 112 34.5 27.5-42.2 89 26.1 19.6-33.8 85 28.4 20.8-37.5 34 11.0 6.9-17.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,214 286 26.0 21.7-30.9 370 29.6 25.7-33.9 355 25.6 22.2-29.3 203 18.7 15.5-22.5
No 1,542 487 35.8 32.0-39.8 436 28.9 25.3-32.8 477 26.7 23.5-30.2 142 8.6 6.4-11.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 400 106 28.9 22.1-36.9 92 26.0 18.8-34.9 128 29.8 23.7-36.7 74 15.3 11.1-20.6
Non-Veteran 2,377 673 32.3 29.2-35.6 721 29.8 27.0-32.8 709 25.7 23.1-28.4 274 12.2 10.1-14.6

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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