2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,727 9,573 79.1 78.1-80.1 2,154 20.9 19.9-21.9
-Eastern NC 3,855 3,118 77.8 76.0-79.6 737 22.2 20.4-24.0
GENDER
Male 1,474 1,155 74.9 71.9-77.7 319 25.1 22.3-28.1
Female 2,381 1,963 80.6 78.3-82.7 418 19.4 17.3-21.7
RACE
White 2,413 1,965 77.8 75.5-79.9 448 22.2 20.1-24.5
African American 860 696 76.4 72.2-80.2 164 23.6 19.8-27.8
Other minorities 552 432 81.2 75.7-85.7 120 18.8 14.3-24.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 202 175 87.6 81.4-92.0 27 12.4 8.0-18.6
Non-Hispanic 3,642 2,934 77.1 75.2-79.0 708 22.9 21.0-24.8
AGE
18-34 621 473 74.2 69.9-78.1 148 25.8 21.9-30.1
35-54 1,155 849 72.4 69.0-75.5 306 27.6 24.5-31.0
55-64 817 661 81.4 77.6-84.6 156 18.6 15.4-22.4
65-74 712 617 86.8 83.4-89.6 95 13.2 10.4-16.6
75+ 506 478 95.2 92.2-97.1 28 4.8 2.9- 7.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 497 375 67.7 61.7-73.2 122 32.3 26.8-38.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,166 888 72.6 69.1-75.9 278 27.4 24.1-30.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,079 860 79.5 76.2-82.4 219 20.5 17.6-23.8
College Graduate 1,101 983 90.1 87.7-92.0 118 9.9 8.0-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 505 350 63.2 57.0-68.9 155 36.8 31.1-43.0
$15,000- 24,999 677 515 73.5 68.6-77.8 162 26.5 22.2-31.4
$25,000- 34,999 436 350 78.3 72.8-83.0 86 21.7 17.0-27.2
$35,000- 49,999 488 393 76.4 70.9-81.1 95 23.6 18.9-29.1
$50,000+ 1,076 947 86.2 83.2-88.7 129 13.8 11.3-16.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,128 867 73.4 69.5-76.9 261 26.6 23.1-30.5
No 2,707 2,236 79.2 77.0-81.2 471 20.8 18.8-23.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 580 478 77.9 73.0-82.2 102 22.1 17.8-27.0
Non-Veteran 3,273 2,638 77.8 75.8-79.7 635 22.2 20.3-24.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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