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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 217 45 23.4 16.1-32.7 172 76.6 67.3-83.9
GENDER
Male 97 15 14.7 7.8-26.2 82 85.3 73.8-92.2
Female 120 30 32.7 21.1-46.9 90 67.3 53.1-78.9
RACE
White 185 31 20.5 13.0-30.7 154 79.5 69.3-87.0
African American 11 10 93.8 63.9-99.2 1 6.2 0.8-36.1
Other Minorities 20 3 8.1 1.8-29.2 17 91.9 70.8-98.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 1 92.5 43.5-99.5 1 7.5 0.5-56.5
Non-Hispanic 215 44 21.8 14.9-30.7 171 78.2 69.3-85.1
AGE
18-24 13 7 51.2 23.9-77.8 6 48.8 22.2-76.1
25-34 18 6 31.7 13.5-58.0 12 68.3 42.0-86.5
35-44 32 5 14.2 5.1-33.8 27 85.8 66.2-94.9
45-54 60 8 16.0 5.0-41.0 52 84.0 59.0-95.0
55-64 48 13 16.3 8.5-29.0 35 83.7 71.0-91.5
65+ 46 6 16.6 7.3-33.4 40 83.4 66.6-92.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 44 11 26.1 12.1-47.6 33 73.9 52.4-87.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 84 18 25.0 13.9-40.9 66 75.0 59.1-86.1
Some Post-H.S. 58 8 17.8 6.7-39.5 50 82.2 60.5-93.3
College Graduate 31 8 27.8 13.1-49.7 23 72.2 50.3-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 9 23.6 8.6-50.5 37 76.4 49.5-91.4
$15,000- 24,999 55 10 13.0 5.5-27.6 45 87.0 72.4-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 21 5 26.2 10.7-51.2 16 73.8 48.8-89.3
$35,000- 49,999 31 4 21.7 5.2-58.2 27 78.3 41.8-94.8
$50,000-74,999 24 2 5.9 1.4-22.0 22 94.1 78.0-98.6
$75,000+ 13 4 28.4 9.2-60.9 9 71.6 39.1-90.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 97 19 20.8 10.6-36.9 78 79.2 63.1-89.4
No 117 26 25.5 16.2-37.8 91 74.5 62.2-83.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 37 7 18.7 7.9-38.2 30 81.3 61.8-92.1
Non-Veteran 179 38 24.5 16.3-35.0 141 75.5 65.0-83.7

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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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