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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,189 37 5.2 3.4- 7.7 1,152 94.8 92.3-96.6
GENDER
Male 458 28 8.6 5.4-13.5 430 91.4 86.5-94.6
Female 731 9 2.1 0.9- 5.1 722 97.9 94.9-99.1
RACE
White 1,083 30 3.8 2.4- 6.0 1,053 96.2 94.0-97.6
African American 37 3 24.6 8.1-54.7 34 75.4 45.3-91.9
Other Minorities 65 4 14.0 4.8-34.4 61 86.0 65.6-95.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 0 0.0 . - . 22 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,165 37 5.3 3.5- 7.9 1,128 94.7 92.1-96.5
AGE
18-24 44 9 20.3 10.3-36.1 35 79.7 63.9-89.7
25-34 81 4 5.9 1.8-17.8 77 94.1 82.2-98.2
35-44 132 4 4.5 1.7-11.4 128 95.5 88.6-98.3
45-54 193 5 3.5 1.3- 9.0 188 96.5 91.0-98.7
55-64 284 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 278 98.4 96.2-99.3
65+ 443 6 1.0 0.4- 2.7 437 99.0 97.3-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 157 4 6.8 2.1-19.8 153 93.2 80.2-97.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 382 14 6.2 3.3-11.4 368 93.8 88.6-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 306 8 4.0 1.7- 9.2 298 96.0 90.8-98.3
College Graduate 341 11 4.5 1.8-10.7 330 95.5 89.3-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 161 3 1.3 0.3- 5.8 158 98.7 94.2-99.7
$15,000- 24,999 226 6 4.1 1.4-11.1 220 95.9 88.9-98.6
$25,000- 34,999 142 6 8.7 3.9-18.5 136 91.3 81.5-96.1
$35,000- 49,999 158 6 3.7 1.2-10.3 152 96.3 89.7-98.8
$50,000-74,999 159 3 4.9 1.5-14.9 156 95.1 85.1-98.5
$75,000+ 164 5 6.2 2.1-17.1 159 93.8 82.9-97.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 449 11 5.6 2.7-11.0 438 94.4 89.0-97.3
No 730 24 4.8 2.8- 8.1 706 95.2 91.9-97.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 169 10 6.7 3.0-14.5 159 93.3 85.5-97.0
Non-Veteran 1,017 27 5.0 3.1- 7.8 990 95.0 92.2-96.9

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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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