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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Opinion

In the last 12 months, have you heard about or seen the North Carolina TRU (or Tobacco.
Reality. Unfiltered.) media campaign directed at preventing tobacco use among youth?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, more than once Yes, only once No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,641 2,351 38.8 37.0-40.7 476 7.3 6.4- 8.4 3,814 53.8 52.0-55.7
-Piedmont NC 3,150 1,198 41.8 39.2-44.4 238 7.6 6.3- 9.2 1,714 50.6 48.0-53.3
GENDER
Male 1,137 451 43.0 38.8-47.3 77 7.7 5.5-10.7 609 49.3 45.1-53.6
Female 2,013 747 40.6 37.5-43.9 161 7.5 6.1- 9.2 1,105 51.8 48.7-55.0
RACE
White 2,499 923 42.3 39.4-45.3 186 7.7 6.1- 9.6 1,390 50.0 47.1-52.8
African American 464 213 47.6 41.3-54.1 42 8.5 5.8-12.4 209 43.8 37.6-50.2
Other Minorities 180 60 29.2 21.2-38.7 10 5.7 2.5-12.7 110 65.1 55.1-74.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 148 51 29.4 20.7-40.0 11 5.9 2.3-14.4 86 64.6 53.3-74.5
Non-Hispanic 2,995 1,145 43.0 40.3-45.7 227 7.8 6.4- 9.5 1,623 49.2 46.6-51.9
AGE
18-24 101 48 51.0 38.8-63.1 5 6.6 2.1-18.9 48 42.4 31.0-54.7
25-34 343 152 44.9 38.0-52.0 31 8.9 5.8-13.3 160 46.2 39.2-53.4
35-44 549 239 45.1 39.7-50.6 37 7.6 4.9-11.6 273 47.3 41.9-52.7
45-54 670 278 42.4 37.7-47.4 42 5.8 4.1- 8.3 350 51.7 46.8-56.6
55-64 632 218 33.5 29.1-38.3 54 8.7 6.0-12.5 360 57.7 52.7-62.5
65-74 480 164 35.3 30.1-40.8 44 9.9 7.0-13.7 272 54.8 49.2-60.3
75+ 360 96 31.3 25.3-38.1 24 5.9 3.8- 9.1 240 62.8 56.1-69.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 409 139 35.2 28.0-43.0 30 6.0 3.4-10.4 240 58.8 50.8-66.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 877 345 43.2 38.1-48.5 81 9.6 6.6-13.6 451 47.2 42.0-52.4
Some Post-H.S. 822 361 51.0 45.9-56.1 53 5.8 4.0- 8.2 408 43.2 38.4-48.1
College Graduate 1,041 353 36.1 32.2-40.2 74 8.1 5.8-11.0 614 55.9 51.7-59.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 104 45.3 35.8-55.2 23 6.8 4.0-11.4 137 47.8 38.2-57.7
$15,000- 24,999 472 171 39.6 32.5-47.2 44 7.8 5.0-12.0 257 52.5 45.2-59.8
$25,000- 34,999 345 143 44.1 36.1-52.4 27 10.0 5.7-17.1 175 45.9 38.0-53.9
$35,000- 49,999 418 181 49.1 42.1-56.0 29 7.9 4.8-12.6 208 43.1 36.5-49.9
$50,000-74,999 488 212 50.0 43.6-56.3 39 8.5 4.5-15.3 237 41.5 35.7-47.6
$75,000+ 761 259 37.9 33.3-42.7 52 7.4 5.3-10.2 450 54.7 50.0-59.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,100 417 40.6 36.4-45.0 90 8.3 6.2-11.0 593 51.1 46.7-55.4
No 2,036 778 42.3 39.0-45.5 147 7.3 5.7- 9.4 1,111 50.4 47.1-53.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 410 156 39.1 32.5-46.1 32 14.8 8.6-24.2 222 46.1 39.2-53.2
Non-Veteran 2,740 1,042 42.1 39.3-45.0 206 6.6 5.5- 8.0 1,492 51.2 48.4-54.1

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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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