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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,812 1,458 50.2 47.1-53.3 1,354 49.8 46.7-52.9
GENDER
Male 1,085 672 56.7 51.8-61.5 413 43.3 38.5-48.2
Female 1,727 786 44.2 40.4-48.0 941 55.8 52.0-59.6
RACE
White 2,585 1,337 50.9 47.7-54.2 1,248 49.1 45.8-52.3
African American 76 47 52.7 35.1-69.6 29 47.3 30.4-64.9
Other Minorities 138 63 36.1 24.4-49.6 75 63.9 50.4-75.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 18 27.9 14.6-46.7 42 72.1 53.3-85.4
Non-Hispanic 2,746 1,436 51.0 47.9-54.2 1,310 49.0 45.8-52.1
AGE
18-24 89 36 43.5 27.5-61.0 53 56.5 39.0-72.5
25-34 193 93 42.6 34.0-51.7 100 57.4 48.3-66.0
35-44 345 152 43.5 36.8-50.5 193 56.5 49.5-63.2
45-54 493 266 55.5 49.6-61.3 227 44.5 38.7-50.4
55-64 648 371 59.4 54.9-63.8 277 40.6 36.2-45.1
65+ 1,022 533 53.5 49.7-57.2 489 46.5 42.8-50.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 401 256 72.1 63.5-79.3 145 27.9 20.7-36.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 916 490 53.2 48.5-57.7 426 46.8 42.3-51.5
Some Post-H.S. 690 377 49.4 42.7-56.0 313 50.6 44.0-57.3
College Graduate 801 333 36.0 31.8-40.5 468 64.0 59.5-68.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 368 229 60.4 51.5-68.7 139 39.6 31.3-48.5
$15,000- 24,999 522 308 59.6 53.0-65.9 214 40.4 34.1-47.0
$25,000- 34,999 345 189 56.5 49.7-63.0 156 43.5 37.0-50.3
$35,000- 49,999 372 186 47.6 41.1-54.2 186 52.4 45.8-58.9
$50,000-74,999 360 154 39.4 32.5-46.7 206 60.6 53.3-67.5
$75,000+ 407 182 37.4 30.3-45.0 225 62.6 55.0-69.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,069 641 62.4 58.3-66.4 428 37.6 33.6-41.7
No 1,610 752 43.4 39.7-47.2 858 56.6 52.8-60.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 358 249 69.1 63.2-74.4 109 30.9 25.6-36.8
Non-Veteran 2,220 1,088 47.7 44.1-51.4 1,132 52.3 48.6-55.9

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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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