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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 13,224 6,462 46.5 44.9-48.0 6,762 53.5 52.0-55.1
-Eastern NC 3,648 1,856 49.0 45.8-52.2 1,792 51.0 47.8-54.2
GENDER
Male 1,323 803 55.4 50.0-60.8 520 44.6 39.2-50.0
Female 2,325 1,053 43.0 39.3-46.8 1,272 57.0 53.2-60.7
RACE
White 2,432 1,309 52.9 49.1-56.8 1,123 47.1 43.2-50.9
African American 847 367 40.0 34.0-46.4 480 60.0 53.6-66.0
Other Minorities 346 166 45.5 33.8-57.7 180 54.5 42.3-66.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 144 47 36.7 21.2-55.6 97 63.3 44.4-78.8
Non-Hispanic 3,497 1,805 49.9 46.7-53.1 1,692 50.1 46.9-53.3
AGE
18-24 135 51 31.2 20.6-44.3 84 68.8 55.7-79.4
25-34 392 185 47.8 39.0-56.7 207 52.2 43.3-61.0
35-44 554 229 45.4 38.3-52.8 325 54.6 47.2-61.7
45-54 719 401 56.3 50.6-61.8 318 43.7 38.2-49.4
55-64 740 416 58.3 52.7-63.6 324 41.7 36.4-47.3
65+ 1,079 565 53.6 48.7-58.4 514 46.4 41.6-51.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 502 289 55.5 46.9-63.8 213 44.5 36.2-53.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,161 611 48.7 42.8-54.7 550 51.3 45.3-57.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,019 541 53.9 47.3-60.4 478 46.1 39.6-52.7
College Graduate 960 412 39.6 34.7-44.6 548 60.4 55.4-65.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 467 271 50.1 39.9-60.4 196 49.9 39.6-60.1
$15,000- 24,999 625 328 56.8 49.3-64.1 297 43.2 35.9-50.7
$25,000- 34,999 372 198 50.6 40.6-60.6 174 49.4 39.4-59.4
$35,000- 49,999 486 250 48.8 39.9-57.8 236 51.2 42.2-60.1
$50,000-74,999 491 256 56.7 49.7-63.4 235 43.3 36.6-50.3
$75,000+ 680 312 41.6 35.0-48.6 368 58.4 51.4-65.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,364 796 59.7 54.2-64.9 568 40.3 35.1-45.8
No 2,046 948 42.9 38.8-47.1 1,098 57.1 52.9-61.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 363 60.3 53.0-67.1 219 39.7 32.9-47.0
Non-Veteran 2,756 1,344 46.3 42.5-50.1 1,412 53.7 49.9-57.5

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^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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