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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,327 368 26.8 23.8-30.0 82 7.7 5.8-10.1 877 65.6 62.0-68.9
GENDER
Male 495 130 23.9 19.6-28.9 30 8.0 5.0-12.4 335 68.1 62.4-73.2
Female 832 238 29.4 25.5-33.6 52 7.4 5.4-10.1 542 63.2 58.8-67.4
RACE
White 1,217 333 26.6 23.5-29.9 81 8.4 6.3-11.0 803 65.0 61.4-68.6
African American 44 20 48.5 29.8-67.8 0 0.0 . - . 24 51.5 32.2-70.2
Other Minorities 63 15 21.5 10.7-38.3 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 47 77.1 60.3-88.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 39 11 23.9 11.1-43.9 0 0.0 . - . 28 76.1 56.1-88.9
Non-Hispanic 1,285 357 26.9 23.9-30.2 82 8.1 6.1-10.7 846 64.9 61.3-68.4
AGE
18-24 36 14 21.6 11.7-36.5 5 16.5 6.6-35.5 17 61.9 43.3-77.5
25-34 123 34 25.9 18.1-35.6 12 7.7 4.1-14.0 77 66.4 56.4-75.1
35-44 152 44 26.6 19.5-35.2 9 8.3 3.8-17.1 99 65.1 55.7-73.4
45-54 242 75 30.3 23.7-37.9 18 8.1 4.9-13.2 149 61.5 53.7-68.8
55-64 291 84 29.2 23.6-35.7 11 3.0 1.6- 5.6 196 67.8 61.3-73.6
65-74 283 65 23.6 18.3-29.8 18 7.8 4.6-12.9 200 68.6 62.0-74.6
75+ 197 50 27.1 20.4-35.1 9 4.6 2.3- 9.1 138 68.3 60.2-75.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 209 61 31.7 23.8-40.8 10 4.5 2.2- 8.9 138 63.8 54.6-72.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 406 103 23.2 18.1-29.3 25 9.1 5.4-14.9 278 67.7 60.8-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 357 112 29.5 24.0-35.6 27 10.0 6.3-15.6 218 60.5 53.8-66.8
College Graduate 354 92 25.6 20.2-31.9 20 5.4 3.3- 8.9 242 69.0 62.4-74.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 165 48 32.5 22.5-44.3 13 8.1 4.2-14.9 104 59.5 48.3-69.8
$15,000- 24,999 287 79 27.9 21.7-35.1 16 5.9 3.2-10.5 192 66.2 58.7-73.0
$25,000- 34,999 134 43 25.8 17.8-36.0 11 11.4 4.9-24.3 80 62.8 50.6-73.5
$35,000- 49,999 209 65 26.5 19.7-34.6 16 11.3 6.3-19.4 128 62.2 53.1-70.6
$50,000-74,999 183 51 27.6 20.0-36.8 11 6.5 2.9-14.0 121 65.9 56.3-74.3
$75,000+ 191 43 23.5 17.1-31.4 10 6.2 3.1-12.3 138 70.2 61.7-77.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 549 154 28.2 23.5-33.5 33 7.3 4.7-11.1 362 64.5 59.0-69.7
No 769 210 25.9 22.2-30.1 49 8.0 5.6-11.2 510 66.1 61.6-70.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 210 51 25.0 18.5-32.8 15 12.9 6.4-24.0 144 62.2 52.6-70.8
Non-Veteran 1,117 317 27.0 23.8-30.6 67 6.8 5.1- 9.2 733 66.1 62.3-69.7

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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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