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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 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 1,359 351 26.2 22.9-29.8 442 32.6 29.0-36.5 425 30.4 27.0-33.9 141 10.8 8.4-13.7
African American 226 125 58.4 49.0-67.3 66 29.5 21.6-38.9 31 10.5 6.8-16.0 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
Asian 8 2 16.4 3.1-54.9 4 66.1 25.2-91.8 2 17.5 3.3-57.3 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 47 11 17.5 7.9-34.5 17 34.5 18.1-55.6 16 45.7 26.6-66.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4
Other Minorities 42 21 55.7 33.9-75.5 12 37.4 18.8-60.6 8 6.1 2.5-13.9 1 0.8 0.1- 6.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 19 68.6 43.6-86.1 10 25.1 9.3-52.3 5 5.5 2.0-14.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
-English Speaking 27 11 46.6 23.2-71.6 10 42.6 18.5-70.8 5 9.4 3.3-23.9 1 1.3 0.2- 9.3
-Spanish Speaking 8 8 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,650 493 30.8 27.6-34.3 531 32.6 29.3-36.1 478 27.5 24.6-30.6 148 9.0 7.1-11.4
AGE
18-24 58 24 44.5 29.1-61.0 24 37.5 23.1-54.5 7 11.0 4.5-24.8 3 7.0 1.9-22.9
25-34 225 91 40.2 32.5-48.4 77 33.2 26.0-41.4 49 23.1 16.9-30.7 8 3.5 1.3- 8.7
35-44 328 91 26.4 21.0-32.5 108 30.8 24.9-37.4 101 31.2 25.2-37.9 28 11.6 7.2-18.2
45-54 422 117 27.9 22.8-33.6 128 29.2 23.7-35.5 132 31.8 26.5-37.5 45 11.1 7.9-15.5
55-64 362 86 22.7 18.0-28.2 113 32.5 26.8-38.8 117 34.0 28.0-40.5 46 10.8 7.7-14.9
65-74 202 66 30.1 23.0-38.3 64 36.0 28.0-44.8 57 26.9 20.2-34.9 15 7.0 3.3-14.0
75+ 81 35 42.9 29.6-57.4 23 32.5 20.8-46.8 19 17.3 10.2-27.8 4 7.3 2.3-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 81 25.7 18.4-34.8 109 30.2 23.7-37.7 92 29.0 22.6-36.4 44 15.1 9.8-22.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 591 169 30.3 24.8-36.5 188 34.9 29.4-40.8 189 28.1 23.5-33.3 45 6.7 4.5- 9.8
Some Post-H.S. 511 161 31.7 26.3-37.6 162 30.3 24.3-37.1 140 28.0 22.6-34.0 48 10.1 6.4-15.5
College Graduate 256 101 44.5 36.4-53.0 82 34.2 26.5-42.8 61 18.5 13.6-24.7 12 2.8 1.4- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 286 74 26.4 19.4-34.7 103 34.4 27.2-42.4 70 21.7 15.8-28.9 39 17.6 11.2-26.5
$15,000- 24,999 397 117 29.0 23.2-35.6 115 32.9 26.8-39.7 124 26.7 21.4-32.7 41 11.4 8.0-16.0
$25,000- 34,999 186 51 33.2 24.5-43.4 60 30.8 22.7-40.3 62 31.4 23.5-40.5 13 4.6 2.4- 8.5
$35,000- 49,999 238 64 26.9 18.7-37.2 75 30.5 23.2-39.0 81 33.0 25.2-41.9 18 9.6 4.4-19.5
$50,000-74,999 194 65 35.1 26.7-44.6 67 30.1 22.4-39.1 52 29.7 21.8-39.1 10 5.1 1.9-12.7
$75,000+ 172 74 42.0 32.8-51.8 50 25.5 17.8-35.0 37 24.9 16.7-35.4 11 7.7 2.9-18.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 749 192 25.4 21.1-30.2 250 33.7 29.0-38.9 213 26.6 22.5-31.2 94 14.2 10.7-18.6
No 923 316 36.7 32.2-41.5 285 31.0 26.7-35.7 269 27.3 23.5-31.4 53 5.0 3.2- 7.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 23 45.7 30.0-62.2 11 21.8 10.8-39.1 9 17.8 8.1-34.8 5 14.7 5.8-32.7
Non-Veteran 1,638 489 31.7 28.4-35.2 530 32.6 29.3-36.1 475 27.1 24.2-30.1 144 8.6 6.7-11.0

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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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