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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,890 1,541 52.2 49.7-54.7 1,349 47.8 45.3-50.3
GENDER
Male 1,074 683 58.0 53.8-62.0 391 42.0 38.0-46.2
Female 1,816 858 46.8 43.8-49.8 958 53.2 50.2-56.2
RACE
White 2,668 1,434 52.3 49.7-54.9 1,234 47.7 45.1-50.3
African American 94 48 58.9 44.4-71.9 46 41.1 28.1-55.6
Other Minorities 118 52 46.3 33.1-59.9 66 53.7 40.1-66.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 21 38.5 23.5-56.0 48 61.5 44.0-76.5
Non-Hispanic 2,814 1,516 52.8 50.3-55.3 1,298 47.2 44.7-49.7
AGE
18-24 78 29 42.2 29.1-56.4 49 57.8 43.6-70.9
25-34 236 104 44.5 37.0-52.1 132 55.5 47.9-63.0
35-44 379 184 50.1 44.3-56.0 195 49.9 44.0-55.7
45-54 525 285 55.0 49.7-60.1 240 45.0 39.9-50.3
55-64 643 374 59.1 54.6-63.4 269 40.9 36.6-45.4
65-74 576 343 61.1 56.5-65.5 233 38.9 34.5-43.5
75+ 441 217 51.5 46.1-56.8 224 48.5 43.2-53.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 457 288 66.3 59.9-72.1 169 33.7 27.9-40.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 910 488 51.9 47.2-56.5 422 48.1 43.5-52.8
Some Post-H.S. 748 421 55.6 50.8-60.4 327 44.4 39.6-49.2
College Graduate 769 341 41.3 36.8-45.9 428 58.7 54.1-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 350 206 59.0 51.8-65.9 144 41.0 34.1-48.2
$15,000- 24,999 560 357 63.9 57.8-69.6 203 36.1 30.4-42.2
$25,000- 34,999 313 174 57.9 49.7-65.6 139 42.1 34.4-50.3
$35,000- 49,999 450 224 49.5 43.3-55.6 226 50.5 44.4-56.7
$50,000-74,999 396 213 52.0 45.6-58.3 183 48.0 41.7-54.4
$75,000+ 431 181 38.7 33.2-44.5 250 61.3 55.5-66.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,122 672 61.2 57.2-65.1 450 38.8 34.9-42.8
No 1,645 810 48.5 45.2-51.8 835 51.5 48.2-54.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 440 317 69.0 62.6-74.7 123 31.0 25.3-37.4
Non-Veteran 2,450 1,224 49.5 46.8-52.3 1,226 50.5 47.7-53.2

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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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