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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-MALES

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 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
RACE
White 4,247 733 20.0 18.0-22.1 167 4.2 3.4- 5.2 1,689 30.9 29.0-32.8 1,658 44.9 42.6-47.2
African American 670 131 22.6 18.0-28.0 47 7.5 5.0-11.0 200 20.6 17.1-24.7 292 49.3 43.8-54.7
Asian 40 2 10.7 2.6-35.0 3 11.2 3.1-32.9 12 29.3 15.1-49.1 23 48.8 30.5-67.5
Native American 90 23 29.7 18.8-43.6 4 7.5 2.5-20.1 34 29.9 20.1-41.9 29 32.9 22.3-45.7
Other Minorities 255 33 9.8 6.3-15.0 31 13.6 8.9-20.4 59 20.9 14.5-29.1 132 55.7 47.1-63.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 246 34 12.7 8.5-18.7 25 12.6 8.0-19.4 59 22.2 15.4-30.8 128 52.5 44.0-60.8
-English Speaking 78 16 25.8 14.9-40.7 2 3.4 0.8-14.2 27 21.3 12.8-33.2 33 49.5 35.3-63.9
-Spanish Speaking 168 18 9.1 5.1-15.6 23 15.2 9.4-23.6 32 22.4 14.4-33.2 95 53.3 43.2-63.2
Non-Hispanic 5,063 889 20.1 18.3-22.1 226 5.1 4.2- 6.1 1,940 28.7 27.1-30.4 2,008 46.1 44.0-48.2
AGE
18-24 206 48 28.1 20.7-36.9 24 10.6 6.6-16.5 18 7.4 4.2-12.7 116 54.0 45.3-62.4
25-34 473 99 19.9 15.6-25.1 43 7.8 5.4-11.1 88 20.3 15.9-25.5 243 52.0 46.3-57.6
35-44 863 179 18.9 15.9-22.3 42 4.6 3.2- 6.6 154 18.0 15.0-21.5 488 58.5 54.3-62.5
45-54 1,124 259 24.0 21.0-27.4 71 6.6 5.0- 8.7 331 26.9 23.9-30.1 463 42.5 38.9-46.2
55-64 1,168 203 16.2 13.8-18.9 42 3.9 2.6- 5.7 534 43.8 40.3-47.4 389 36.1 32.6-39.7
65-74 923 109 10.1 8.0-12.6 26 2.2 1.4- 3.4 539 58.9 54.8-62.8 249 28.9 25.2-32.8
75+ 552 24 4.7 2.8- 7.7 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 336 60.8 55.6-65.7 187 33.8 29.1-38.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 780 196 27.2 22.3-32.7 45 7.3 4.9-10.7 328 29.3 24.6-34.6 211 36.2 30.6-42.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,554 364 27.1 23.6-30.9 80 7.5 5.5-10.1 577 24.8 22.2-27.7 533 40.6 36.9-44.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,263 228 20.6 16.9-24.8 74 5.5 4.1- 7.4 471 28.6 25.3-32.3 490 45.2 41.0-49.5
College Graduate 1,720 136 6.7 5.4- 8.3 54 3.9 2.6- 5.7 624 29.9 27.1-32.9 906 59.5 56.2-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 407 120 25.6 20.0-32.2 35 12.5 7.6-20.1 141 24.7 19.0-31.5 111 37.1 29.3-45.6
$15,000- 24,999 822 186 29.6 24.0-35.8 58 7.9 5.7-10.9 332 27.5 23.3-32.2 246 35.0 29.9-40.4
$25,000- 34,999 597 123 23.3 18.4-29.1 34 6.9 4.2-11.0 237 29.0 24.2-34.4 203 40.8 34.9-46.9
$35,000- 49,999 811 168 22.2 18.4-26.6 37 5.4 3.5- 8.1 286 28.2 24.2-32.6 320 44.3 39.4-49.2
$50,000-74,999 841 122 17.5 13.2-22.8 32 4.9 3.1- 7.7 342 31.8 27.7-36.3 345 45.8 40.7-50.9
$75,000+ 1,320 121 10.0 7.6-12.9 38 3.5 2.3- 5.5 469 29.0 25.9-32.2 692 57.6 53.7-61.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,872 397 26.4 23.1-30.1 93 6.6 4.9- 8.7 842 33.9 31.0-37.0 540 33.1 29.6-36.7
No 3,216 496 17.0 14.9-19.2 141 5.4 4.2- 6.7 1,093 26.2 24.1-28.4 1,486 51.5 48.9-54.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,948 305 18.7 15.8-21.9 68 4.1 3.0- 5.4 990 44.3 41.2-47.5 585 33.0 30.0-36.0
Non-Veteran 3,376 619 19.6 17.5-21.8 185 6.5 5.3- 7.9 1,014 22.5 20.6-24.5 1,558 51.4 48.8-53.9

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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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