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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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During the past 30 days, did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,538 168 5.8 4.5- 7.3 5,370 94.2 92.7-95.5
-Eastern NC 1,485 43 6.3 3.8-10.5 1,442 93.7 89.5-96.2
GENDER
Male 562 32 11.7 6.8-19.5 530 88.3 80.5-93.2
Female 923 11 1.1 0.5- 2.3 912 98.9 97.7-99.5
RACE
White 1,041 23 3.3 1.8- 6.0 1,018 96.7 94.0-98.2
African American 297 10 6.2 2.8-13.0 287 93.8 87.0-97.2
Other Minorities 141 10 22.7 9.2-46.1 131 77.3 53.9-90.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 4 27.9 10.1-57.1 64 72.1 42.9-89.9
Non-Hispanic 1,414 39 4.2 2.7- 6.6 1,375 95.8 93.4-97.3
AGE
18-24 53 3 6.4 1.8-20.1 50 93.6 79.9-98.2
25-34 159 6 10.6 3.3-29.2 153 89.4 70.8-96.7
35-44 226 4 4.9 1.4-15.2 222 95.1 84.8-98.6
45-54 274 12 6.6 2.7-15.5 262 93.4 84.5-97.3
55-64 322 12 6.1 3.0-12.0 310 93.9 88.0-97.0
65+ 438 5 2.4 0.6- 8.9 433 97.6 91.1-99.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 11 11.9 4.0-30.4 192 88.1 69.6-96.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 441 13 7.4 2.7-18.8 428 92.6 81.2-97.3
Some Post-H.S. 423 6 2.6 1.0- 6.9 417 97.4 93.1-99.0
College Graduate 416 13 6.0 2.9-12.1 403 94.0 87.9-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 11 9.5 4.0-20.8 191 90.5 79.2-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 256 10 16.2 5.9-37.0 246 83.8 63.0-94.1
$25,000- 34,999 138 3 4.0 0.9-15.7 135 96.0 84.3-99.1
$35,000- 49,999 206 3 1.3 0.4- 4.8 203 98.7 95.2-99.6
$50,000-74,999 215 4 2.2 0.6- 7.3 211 97.8 92.7-99.4
$75,000+ 289 10 6.9 3.0-15.1 279 93.1 84.9-97.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 563 19 8.6 3.8-18.3 544 91.4 81.7-96.2
No 909 22 4.6 2.2- 9.4 887 95.4 90.6-97.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 262 10 7.9 3.5-16.6 252 92.1 83.4-96.5
Non-Veteran 1,223 33 6.0 3.2-11.0 1,190 94.0 89.0-96.8

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*Asked of all respondents regardless of smoking status.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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