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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

How long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 1 year ago 1 to 5 years ago 5 to 10 years ago 10 or more years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,979 242 10.2 8.0-12.8 537 18.0 15.8-20.5 462 12.6 10.8-14.7 2,738 59.2 56.3-62.0
-Piedmont NC 1,980 109 9.8 7.3-13.1 278 19.8 16.7-23.4 227 13.2 10.5-16.4 1,366 57.2 53.3-61.0
GENDER
Male 937 46 9.2 5.9-14.0 141 21.0 16.6-26.1 96 13.9 9.8-19.2 654 56.0 50.4-61.4
Female 1,043 63 10.5 7.1-15.5 137 18.3 14.1-23.4 131 12.3 9.8-15.4 712 58.8 53.6-63.9
RACE
White 1,671 87 8.7 6.2-11.9 218 17.4 14.4-20.8 179 11.7 9.3-14.6 1,187 62.3 58.3-66.1
African American 216 16 13.8 6.9-25.6 39 21.8 14.0-32.4 26 9.1 5.6-14.2 135 55.3 45.0-65.2
Other Minorities 71 5 15.7 4.7-41.1 16 21.2 10.5-38.1 17 33.1 15.9-56.5 33 30.0 17.5-46.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 6 16.0 5.5-38.5 15 35.6 18.1-58.0 14 25.0 10.3-49.3 22 23.4 12.7-39.2
Non-Hispanic 1,915 103 9.2 6.8-12.3 261 17.8 15.1-20.8 213 12.1 9.9-14.7 1,338 60.9 57.3-64.4
AGE
18-24 18 8 42.8 19.9-69.3 10 57.2 30.7-80.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 102 19 20.2 10.3-35.8 38 36.0 23.6-50.6 28 29.1 16.4-46.4 17 14.7 7.7-26.1
35-44 198 19 8.3 4.5-15.0 48 23.8 17.1-32.0 44 23.1 15.9-32.3 87 44.8 35.8-54.2
45-54 326 18 8.4 4.1-16.3 54 20.1 14.0-28.0 43 11.2 7.7-16.1 211 60.3 52.2-67.9
55-64 476 19 4.3 2.3- 8.0 70 14.0 10.3-18.8 56 11.3 8.3-15.2 331 70.4 64.7-75.5
65+ 845 26 4.1 2.4- 7.1 57 6.7 4.6- 9.6 54 5.0 3.6- 7.0 708 84.2 80.3-87.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 260 14 13.0 5.0-29.8 37 14.7 8.8-23.5 30 24.7 12.7-42.6 179 47.5 35.2-60.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 553 37 12.4 7.5-19.6 95 25.0 18.2-33.3 65 11.1 7.6-16.1 356 51.5 44.1-58.8
Some Post-H.S. 506 44 13.3 8.6-20.1 68 20.4 14.2-28.5 63 10.3 7.5-14.0 331 55.9 48.4-63.1
College Graduate 659 14 3.2 1.7- 5.9 78 16.9 13.1-21.5 69 12.7 9.3-17.0 498 67.3 62.0-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 15 21.4 8.8-43.3 23 20.7 9.1-40.5 17 21.7 7.4-49.0 99 36.2 22.8-52.3
$15,000- 24,999 281 19 15.9 8.4-28.0 52 24.5 15.1-37.2 29 10.8 6.6-17.2 181 48.7 38.4-59.2
$25,000- 34,999 227 11 5.9 2.9-11.4 31 17.8 11.1-27.3 27 11.8 7.5-18.2 158 64.6 54.8-73.3
$35,000- 49,999 291 22 8.3 4.5-14.8 47 28.1 18.7-39.8 43 17.9 10.7-28.4 179 45.8 36.4-55.4
$50,000-74,999 269 17 11.1 5.0-22.8 28 12.5 7.2-21.0 32 8.7 5.8-12.9 192 67.7 57.5-76.4
$75,000+ 474 12 5.0 2.2-10.9 63 19.1 14.5-24.8 53 14.2 9.9-20.0 346 61.7 55.1-67.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 709 36 9.1 5.6-14.6 93 16.4 12.0-22.0 60 9.9 6.2-15.3 520 64.6 58.1-70.6
No 1,147 69 10.3 7.0-14.9 157 20.8 16.6-25.7 153 15.1 11.5-19.6 768 53.9 48.7-58.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 397 10 6.0 2.6-13.2 45 15.0 9.6-22.5 35 8.0 5.4-11.8 307 71.0 63.1-77.9
Non-Veteran 1,441 94 11.3 8.1-15.4 219 21.5 17.8-25.7 170 13.1 10.5-16.4 958 54.1 49.7-58.4

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*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.

^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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