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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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During the past 30 days did you usually smoke menthol cigarettes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 964 318 37.8 32.6-43.1 646 62.2 56.9-67.4
-Piedmont NC 440 139 38.4 31.5-45.7 301 61.6 54.3-68.5
GENDER
Male 180 46 36.9 26.6-48.4 134 63.1 51.6-73.4
Female 260 93 39.9 31.2-49.2 167 60.1 50.8-68.8
RACE
White 353 81 26.6 19.7-35.0 272 73.4 65.0-80.3
African American 70 54 84.2 69.9-92.4 16 15.8 7.6-30.1
Other Minorities 17 4 15.9 4.2-45.0 13 84.1 55.0-95.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 21.1 4.2-61.9 4 78.9 38.1-95.8
Non-Hispanic 433 137 39.0 32.0-46.5 296 61.0 53.5-68.0
AGE
18-24 16 8 54.7 27.8-79.1 8 45.3 20.9-72.2
25-34 55 30 48.9 32.3-65.7 25 51.1 34.3-67.7
35-44 67 21 47.0 29.9-64.9 46 53.0 35.1-70.1
45-54 93 26 27.6 17.0-41.6 67 72.4 58.4-83.0
55-64 118 31 24.4 15.3-36.5 87 75.6 63.5-84.7
65+ 90 23 33.2 20.6-48.8 67 66.8 51.2-79.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 92 32 46.1 30.0-63.0 60 53.9 37.0-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 150 50 39.4 28.5-51.5 100 60.6 48.5-71.5
Some Post-H.S. 118 28 27.6 16.8-42.0 90 72.4 58.0-83.2
College Graduate 80 29 44.5 29.7-60.2 51 55.5 39.8-70.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 80 32 52.4 35.4-68.9 48 47.6 31.1-64.6
$15,000- 24,999 95 33 44.4 30.2-59.6 62 55.6 40.4-69.8
$25,000- 34,999 53 15 25.9 13.5-43.9 38 74.1 56.1-86.5
$35,000- 49,999 51 16 33.2 17.9-53.3 35 66.8 46.7-82.1
$50,000-74,999 57 13 32.4 17.0-52.8 44 67.6 47.2-83.0
$75,000+ 53 17 36.5 19.9-57.1 36 63.5 42.9-80.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 204 65 35.8 26.4-46.5 139 64.2 53.5-73.6
No 233 73 40.3 30.9-50.4 160 59.7 49.6-69.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 54 16 36.0 18.1-58.8 38 64.0 41.2-81.9
Non-Veteran 386 123 38.7 31.4-46.4 263 61.3 53.6-68.6

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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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