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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,764 3,148 44.4 42.4-46.5 3,616 55.6 53.5-57.6
GENDER
Male 2,556 1,426 51.8 48.5-55.0 1,130 48.2 45.0-51.5
Female 4,208 1,722 37.6 35.2-40.1 2,486 62.4 59.9-64.8
RACE
White 5,443 2,605 46.3 44.1-48.5 2,838 53.7 51.5-55.9
African American 929 391 37.4 32.7-42.3 538 62.6 57.7-67.3
Other Minorities 338 125 42.5 33.6-51.9 213 57.5 48.1-66.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 236 84 43.4 33.0-54.5 152 56.6 45.5-67.0
Non-Hispanic 6,504 3,052 44.5 42.5-46.5 3,452 55.5 53.5-57.5
AGE
18-24 185 68 33.6 25.5-42.9 117 66.4 57.1-74.5
25-34 637 247 43.1 37.5-49.0 390 56.9 51.0-62.5
35-44 1,092 407 38.0 34.0-42.1 685 62.0 57.9-66.0
45-54 1,351 608 44.7 40.9-48.5 743 55.3 51.5-59.1
55-64 1,378 734 54.7 51.0-58.3 644 45.3 41.7-49.0
65+ 2,052 1,062 53.5 50.3-56.7 990 46.5 43.3-49.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 830 483 56.1 48.5-63.4 347 43.9 36.6-51.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,848 965 52.7 48.5-56.8 883 47.3 43.2-51.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,636 814 47.2 43.3-51.1 822 52.8 48.9-56.7
College Graduate 2,438 883 32.2 29.6-34.8 1,555 67.8 65.2-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 610 337 57.8 49.9-65.4 273 42.2 34.6-50.1
$15,000- 24,999 948 510 49.1 43.1-55.2 438 50.9 44.8-56.9
$25,000- 34,999 639 363 57.3 50.5-63.7 276 42.7 36.3-49.5
$35,000- 49,999 845 441 53.1 47.2-58.8 404 46.9 41.2-52.8
$50,000-74,999 959 412 43.2 38.3-48.3 547 56.8 51.7-61.7
$75,000+ 1,706 628 34.7 31.6-38.0 1,078 65.3 62.0-68.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,152 1,194 56.4 52.6-60.0 958 43.6 40.0-47.4
No 4,185 1,759 40.7 38.3-43.2 2,426 59.3 56.8-61.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 787 518 63.9 58.6-68.8 269 36.1 31.2-41.4
Non-Veteran 5,415 2,383 42.2 39.9-44.4 3,032 57.8 55.6-60.1

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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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