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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,734 7,338 47.7 46.5-49.0 7,396 52.3 51.0-53.5
-Piedmont NC 7,081 3,441 46.9 45.1-48.7 3,640 53.1 51.3-54.9
GENDER
Male 2,619 1,502 52.3 49.4-55.2 1,117 47.7 44.8-50.6
Female 4,462 1,939 41.8 39.7-43.9 2,523 58.2 56.1-60.3
RACE
White 5,657 2,851 49.0 47.1-51.0 2,806 51.0 49.0-52.9
African American 982 435 44.5 40.0-49.0 547 55.5 51.0-60.0
Other Minorities 418 142 37.7 31.2-44.7 276 62.3 55.3-68.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 312 101 37.7 30.1-45.9 211 62.3 54.1-69.9
Non-Hispanic 6,756 3,335 47.8 46.0-49.6 3,421 52.2 50.4-54.0
AGE
18-24 237 89 41.9 34.1-50.1 148 58.1 49.9-65.9
25-34 713 306 44.6 39.6-49.6 407 55.4 50.4-60.4
35-44 1,208 483 40.4 36.9-44.0 725 59.6 56.0-63.1
45-54 1,462 735 50.2 46.9-53.4 727 49.8 46.6-53.1
55-64 1,422 763 53.2 49.9-56.5 659 46.8 43.5-50.1
65-74 1,117 642 56.6 52.8-60.3 475 43.4 39.7-47.2
75+ 875 401 49.2 45.0-53.5 474 50.8 46.5-55.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 939 561 58.1 52.7-63.3 378 41.9 36.7-47.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,971 1,038 53.3 49.8-56.8 933 46.7 43.2-50.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,789 927 49.2 45.5-52.8 862 50.8 47.2-54.5
College Graduate 2,375 912 35.2 32.6-37.9 1,463 64.8 62.1-67.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 375 56.4 50.1-62.5 271 43.6 37.5-49.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,003 575 55.9 50.6-61.0 428 44.1 39.0-49.4
$25,000- 34,999 714 347 47.5 42.0-53.1 367 52.5 46.9-58.0
$35,000- 49,999 976 510 50.4 45.8-55.1 466 49.6 44.9-54.2
$50,000-74,999 1,039 496 49.1 44.6-53.6 543 50.9 46.4-55.4
$75,000+ 1,692 699 38.3 35.2-41.6 993 61.7 58.4-64.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,367 1,354 58.6 55.5-61.7 1,013 41.4 38.3-44.5
No 4,413 1,963 42.5 40.3-44.8 2,450 57.5 55.2-59.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 947 637 65.8 61.3-70.0 310 34.2 30.0-38.7
Non-Veteran 6,132 2,804 44.4 42.5-46.4 3,328 55.6 53.6-57.5

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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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