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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Use Prevention

Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?

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  Total
Respond.^
One adult Two adults Three or more adults No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,655 884 19.6 18.0-21.3 125 5.2 4.0- 6.7 29 1.4 0.9- 2.2 3,617 73.8 71.8-75.7
-Piedmont NC 2,240 397 18.0 15.9-20.4 62 5.7 4.0- 8.0 15 1.5 0.8- 2.9 1,766 74.8 71.9-77.5
GENDER
Male 921 140 16.0 12.8-19.7 27 5.7 3.4- 9.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 751 77.3 72.7-81.2
Female 1,319 257 20.1 17.4-23.1 35 5.6 3.5- 8.7 12 2.0 0.9- 4.5 1,015 72.3 68.6-75.8
RACE
White 1,809 314 17.7 15.3-20.3 48 6.1 4.1- 9.0 10 1.2 0.5- 3.0 1,437 75.0 71.7-78.0
African American 263 55 20.3 14.7-27.2 11 6.5 3.0-13.4 4 2.8 1.0- 7.9 193 70.4 62.5-77.3
Other Minorities 162 27 17.3 11.0-26.0 2 2.0 0.3-11.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 132 79.3 69.8-86.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 134 19 15.1 8.7-25.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 113 82.4 72.0-89.5
Non-Hispanic 2,102 377 18.3 16.1-20.7 61 6.2 4.4- 8.8 14 1.5 0.7- 3.0 1,650 74.0 71.0-76.8
AGE
18-24 100 17 16.1 9.4-26.2 18 23.8 14.4-36.7 7 7.9 3.4-17.3 58 52.2 40.1-64.1
25-34 283 64 21.9 16.5-28.6 4 2.6 0.9- 6.9 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 214 74.6 67.6-80.6
35-44 430 76 17.2 13.1-22.2 8 3.0 1.2- 7.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 345 79.6 74.1-84.2
45-54 512 93 18.3 14.4-23.1 16 3.3 1.8- 6.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 401 77.9 73.0-82.2
55-64 448 88 19.5 15.4-24.2 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 351 78.3 73.4-82.6
65-74 307 44 15.3 10.9-21.0 8 3.7 1.8- 7.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 254 80.4 74.2-85.4
75+ 152 15 9.7 5.6-16.3 2 3.3 0.6-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 135 87.0 77.8-92.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 270 65 20.7 14.8-28.3 21 12.5 7.2-21.0 10 5.1 2.4-10.5 174 61.6 52.4-70.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 601 135 21.2 17.0-26.1 17 7.9 4.3-14.2 5 2.9 1.0- 7.9 444 68.0 61.8-73.7
Some Post-H.S. 588 118 23.0 18.3-28.4 16 5.4 2.6-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 454 71.7 65.7-77.0
College Graduate 780 79 10.2 7.8-13.1 8 0.9 0.4- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 693 88.9 85.8-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 103 17 13.1 6.4-24.8 9 12.0 5.5-24.1 5 8.2 3.0-20.7 72 66.7 52.4-78.5
$15,000- 24,999 267 60 21.8 15.8-29.2 13 14.0 7.4-24.7 4 2.6 0.8- 8.1 190 61.7 52.3-70.2
$25,000- 34,999 222 48 22.8 15.9-31.6 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 171 75.6 66.8-82.8
$35,000- 49,999 282 63 22.0 16.0-29.5 8 3.3 1.4- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 211 74.7 67.0-81.0
$50,000-74,999 380 76 22.9 17.1-30.0 5 4.3 1.1-14.8 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 298 71.7 63.6-78.7
$75,000+ 714 86 12.6 9.7-16.3 10 1.9 0.7- 4.8 0 0.0 . - . 618 85.5 81.5-88.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 680 146 22.6 18.6-27.1 36 10.5 6.8-15.8 10 3.4 1.4- 8.0 488 63.5 58.0-68.7
No 1,549 248 16.2 13.8-19.0 26 3.9 2.3- 6.7 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 1,270 79.0 75.6-82.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 295 44 13.7 9.6-19.2 7 5.6 1.4-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 244 80.7 71.6-87.4
Non-Veteran 1,945 353 18.6 16.2-21.1 55 5.7 4.0- 8.0 15 1.7 0.9- 3.3 1,522 74.1 71.0-76.9

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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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