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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,864 88 5.6 4.1- 7.6 2,776 94.4 92.4-95.9
GENDER
Male 1,083 62 7.2 4.9-10.3 1,021 92.8 89.7-95.1
Female 1,781 26 4.2 2.4- 7.3 1,755 95.8 92.7-97.6
RACE
White 2,332 63 4.0 2.8- 5.7 2,269 96.0 94.3-97.2
African American 384 23 11.1 6.6-18.1 361 88.9 81.9-93.4
Other Minorities 131 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 130 98.0 87.1-99.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 93 2 7.3 1.7-26.8 91 92.7 73.2-98.3
Non-Hispanic 2,763 86 5.5 4.0- 7.4 2,677 94.5 92.6-96.0
AGE
18-24 79 7 10.3 4.4-22.6 72 89.7 77.4-95.6
25-34 254 20 11.4 6.5-19.3 234 88.6 80.7-93.5
35-44 444 14 4.0 2.1- 7.6 430 96.0 92.4-97.9
45-54 550 19 3.9 2.2- 6.9 531 96.1 93.1-97.8
55-64 620 21 4.3 2.5- 7.2 599 95.7 92.8-97.5
65+ 888 7 0.8 0.3- 1.9 881 99.2 98.1-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 330 12 5.9 2.5-13.3 318 94.1 86.7-97.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 778 27 7.9 4.6-13.1 751 92.1 86.9-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 681 22 6.4 3.3-12.0 659 93.6 88.0-96.7
College Graduate 1,072 26 3.3 2.0- 5.4 1,046 96.7 94.6-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 12 9.8 3.6-24.2 252 90.2 75.8-96.4
$15,000- 24,999 428 16 13.1 7.2-22.8 412 86.9 77.2-92.8
$25,000- 34,999 258 5 2.4 0.9- 6.4 253 97.6 93.6-99.1
$35,000- 49,999 328 8 3.8 1.6- 8.9 320 96.2 91.1-98.4
$50,000-74,999 431 15 6.0 3.1-11.4 416 94.0 88.6-96.9
$75,000+ 757 20 3.4 1.8- 6.3 737 96.6 93.7-98.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 948 33 7.6 4.4-12.8 915 92.4 87.2-95.6
No 1,899 54 4.9 3.3- 7.1 1,845 95.1 92.9-96.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3 356 97.7 95.7-98.8
Non-Veteran 2,494 76 5.6 4.1- 7.7 2,418 94.4 92.3-95.9

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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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