BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 30 days did you usually smoke menthol cigarettes?*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	964	318	37.8	32.6-43.1	646	62.2	56.9-67.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	18	5	29.2	11.5-56.7	13	70.8	43.3-88.5
Buncombe	27	4	7.6	2.6-20.3	23	92.4	79.7-97.4
Cabarrus	24	9	48.7	26.6-71.3	15	51.3	28.7-73.4
Catawba	22	5	28.0	9.7-58.6	17	72.0	41.4-90.3
Cumberland	35	19	60.7	40.4-77.9	16	39.3	22.1-59.6
Davidson	32	7	23.4	10.7-43.9	25	76.6	56.1-89.3
Durham	22	11	42.7	18.6-70.8	11	57.3	29.2-81.4
Forsyth	28	13	55.4	28.8-79.2	15	44.6	20.8-71.2
Gaston	28	7	40.4	16.5-69.9	21	59.6	30.1-83.5
Guilford	26	7	22.8	9.7-44.9	19	77.2	55.1-90.3
Iredell	25	8	50.6	24.4-76.5	17	49.4	23.5-75.6
Johnston	33	12	21.0	9.3-40.7	21	79.0	59.3-90.7
Mecklenburg	38	9	35.8	17.6-59.2	29	64.2	40.8-82.4
New Hanover	23	11	46.3	22.0-72.5	12	53.7	27.5-78.0
Onslow	36	15	36.3	20.5-55.6	21	63.7	44.4-79.5
Orange	16	2	18.4	3.8-56.1	14	81.6	43.9-96.2
Pitt	28	19	76.3	55.0-89.4	9	23.7	10.6-45.0
Randolph	29	8	34.3	11.2-68.5	21	65.7	31.5-88.8
Robeson	38	15	49.3	30.5-68.3	23	50.7	31.7-69.5
Rowan	41	14	55.3	30.9-77.4	27	44.7	22.6-69.1
Union	20	10	65.3	39.1-84.6	10	34.7	15.4-60.9
Wake	30	10	35.5	18.3-57.6	20	64.5	42.4-81.7
Wayne	31	16	52.0	30.2-73.1	15	48.0	26.9-69.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	307	134	42.7	32.9-53.1	173	57.3	46.9-67.1
Piedmont	440	139	38.4	31.5-45.7	301	61.6	54.3-68.5
Western NC	217	45	23.4	16.1-32.7	172	76.6	67.3-83.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	148	27	19.8	12.5-30.0	121	80.2	70.0-87.5
Northwest	224	66	39.9	29.4-51.4	158	60.1	48.6-70.6
Charlotte	119	41	48.8	35.8-62.0	78	51.2	38.0-64.2
Greensboro	99	24	23.0	12.9-37.5	75	77.0	62.5-87.1
Southern Regional	116	49	46.9	33.5-60.7	67	53.1	39.3-66.5
Coastal	40	16	43.1	18.8-71.3	24	56.9	28.7-81.2
Wake	92	35	30.6	19.9-43.8	57	69.4	56.2-80.1
Area L	8	3	53.8	15.8-87.9	5	46.2	12.1-84.2
Eastern	118	57	40.9	26.7-56.7	61	59.1	43.3-73.3

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

964

318

37.8

32.6-43.1

646

62.2

56.9-67.4

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

29.2

11.5-56.7

70.8

43.3-88.5

Buncombe

7.6

2.6-20.3

92.4

79.7-97.4

Cabarrus

48.7

26.6-71.3

51.3

28.7-73.4

Catawba

28.0

9.7-58.6

72.0

41.4-90.3

Cumberland

60.7

40.4-77.9

39.3

22.1-59.6

Davidson

23.4

10.7-43.9

76.6

56.1-89.3

Durham

42.7

18.6-70.8

57.3

29.2-81.4

Forsyth

55.4

28.8-79.2

44.6

20.8-71.2

Gaston

40.4

16.5-69.9

59.6

30.1-83.5

Guilford

22.8

9.7-44.9

77.2

55.1-90.3

Iredell

50.6

24.4-76.5

49.4

23.5-75.6

Johnston

21.0

9.3-40.7

79.0

59.3-90.7

Mecklenburg

35.8

17.6-59.2

64.2

40.8-82.4

New Hanover

46.3

22.0-72.5

53.7

27.5-78.0

Onslow

36.3

20.5-55.6

63.7

44.4-79.5

Orange

18.4

3.8-56.1

81.6

43.9-96.2

Pitt

76.3

55.0-89.4

23.7

10.6-45.0

Randolph

34.3

11.2-68.5

65.7

31.5-88.8

Robeson

49.3

30.5-68.3

50.7

31.7-69.5

Rowan

55.3

30.9-77.4

44.7

22.6-69.1

Union

65.3

39.1-84.6

34.7

15.4-60.9

Wake

35.5

18.3-57.6

64.5

42.4-81.7

Wayne

52.0

30.2-73.1

48.0

26.9-69.8

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

307

134

42.7

32.9-53.1

173

57.3

46.9-67.1

Piedmont

440

139

38.4

31.5-45.7

301

61.6

54.3-68.5

Western NC

217

23.4

16.1-32.7

172

76.6

67.3-83.9

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

148

19.8

12.5-30.0

121

80.2

70.0-87.5

Northwest

224

39.9

29.4-51.4

158

60.1

48.6-70.6

Charlotte

119

48.8

35.8-62.0

51.2

38.0-64.2

Greensboro

23.0

12.9-37.5

77.0

62.5-87.1

Southern Regional

116

46.9

33.5-60.7

53.1

39.3-66.5

Coastal

43.1

18.8-71.3

56.9

28.7-81.2

Wake

30.6

19.9-43.8

69.4

56.2-80.1

Area L

53.8

15.8-87.9

46.2

12.1-84.2

Eastern

118

40.9

26.7-56.7

59.1

43.3-73.3

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*Asked of current smokers or those who last smoked less than 30 days ago.

^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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